Category: Computer Processors

Intel Atom chips have been dying for at least 18 months – only now is truth coming to light

Vendors clocked C2xxx flaw when returns spiked Source: Intel Atom chips have been dying for at least 18 months – only now is truth coming >>>

Posted: February 8, 2017 in Computer, Processors

Intel Core i7-7700K Cracks 7 GHz Bench-Stable Overclock | techPowerUp

Source: Intel Core i7-7700K Cracks 7 GHz Bench-Stable Overclock | techPowerUp

Posted: December 27, 2016 in Computer, Processors

Chinese supercomputer is the world’s fastest — and without using US chips | The Verge

Source: Chinese supercomputer is the world’s fastest — and without using US chips | The Verge

Posted: June 20, 2016 in Computer, Processors

Google’s Tensor Processing Unit could advance Moore’s Law 7 years into the future | PCWorld

Google unveils custom TPU chip, which it says advances computing performance by three generations. Source: Google’s Tensor Processing Unit could advance Moore’s Law 7 years >>>

Posted: May 19, 2016 in Computer, Processors

Can Open Source Hardware Crack Semiconductor Industry Economics?

The running joke is that when a headline begs a question, the answer is, quite simply, “No.” However, when the question is multi-layered, wrought with >>>

Posted: May 18, 2016 in Computer, Processors

Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartphone and tablet markets | PCWorld

Intel could be on the verge of exiting the market for smartphones and standalone tablets. As it cuts its Atom product line, the company is >>>

Posted: April 30, 2016 in Computer, CPU, Processors

Next Big Future: Many accurate enough chips will use software for correction to achieve up to 10,000 times higher speed and lower power usage

Source: Next Big Future: Many accurate enough chips will use software for correction to achieve up to 10,000 times higher speed and lower power usage

Posted: April 20, 2016 in Computer, CPU, Processors

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and IBM build brain-inspired supercomputer | KurzweilAI

Lawrence Livermore’s new supercomputer system uses 16 IBM TrueNorth chips developed by IBM Research (credit: IBM Research) Lawrence Livermore National Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >>>

Posted: March 30, 2016 in Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Processors

Research reveals carbon films can give microchips energy storage capability | EurekAlert! Science News

After more than half a decade of speculation, fabrication, modeling and testing, an international team of researchers led by Drexel University’s Dr. Yury Gogotsi and >>>

Posted: February 12, 2016 in Computer, Energy, Processors, Storage

Getting The Skinny On New Ultra Thin Computing Materials

To their credit, MIT aka Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has created a brand new way of creating a chip that applies multiple materials to just >>>

Posted: January 29, 2016 in Computer, Nanotechnology, Processors