News tagged ‘cpu’
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013
nCore HPC Announces BrownDwarf Supercomputer
nCore HPC has rolled out their BrownDwarf supercomputer that features a heterogeneous ARM- and digital signal processor-based (DSP) system, capable of carrying out high-performance computing tasks at significantly reduced power levels.
Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013
AMD Reaches 5GHz Clock Speed with 8-Core FX-9590 Processor
AMD has unveiled its new FX-9590 processor with a turbo clock speed of 5GHz. The eight-core CPU boasts of the improved 'Piledriver' chip architecture, and it comes unlocked so as to allow for overclocking.
Thursday, 6 Jun 2013
AMD Announces its Elite A-Series Desktop APUs at Computex 2013 (Updated)
AMD has announced its new Elite A-Series APUs for desktops, codenamed 'Richland', at Computex 2013. They also showed off a range of new Kabini and Temash-equipped devices and a working prototype of the next generation 'Kaveri' APU.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Intel Reveals Power Management Technology Behind Upcoming "Haswell" Processors
Intel has revealed some of the advancements made in power management for their upcoming 4th generation Intel Core processors. These new chips have been touted to reduce idle power by as much as twenty times due to new power optimization technology and improvements made to the 22nm Tri-Gate transistor.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Intel Launches Low-Power, High-Performance Silvermont Microarchitecture
Silvermont will be the foundation for a range of innovative products beginning to come to market later this year, and will also be manufactured using the company's 22nm Tri-Gate SoC manufacturing process, which brings significant performance increases and improved energy efficiency.
Monday, 31 Dec 2012
AMD to End Vision Branding?
According to an article from SemiAccurate, AMD is ending its ‘Vision’ branding for its APU platforms and PC systems using these platforms.
Thursday, 29 Nov 2012
AMD to Raise Cash by Selling 58-acre Campus and Leasing Back Space
To raise much needed cash, AMD is planning on selling its Austin, Texas campus and then leasing back space.
Thursday, 1 Nov 2012
In the Pipeline: An Intel 48-Core Processor for Smartphones and Tablets
Intel is working on a 48-core processor for smartphones and tablets. The company's focus on this project is to find new ways to manage and use multiple cores in mobile devices. According to the project researchers, this massive multi-core CPU could be ready in five to ten years.
Wednesday, 31 Oct 2012
ARM Announces 64-Bit Cortex-A50 Series Processors
ARM has just announced their 64-bit Cortex-A50 series of processors. This comes just shortly after AMD announced their plans to build 64-bit ARM processors for servers. The flagship Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processors will feature ARMv8 architecture and can work together in a big.LITTLE configuration.
Monday, 29 Oct 2012
IBM Reports Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Chip Technology
Scientists at IBM Research have reported a breakthrough in carbon nanotube technology, allowing them to arrange the nanotubes 100 times more densely than earlier methods
