Category: Computer CPU Processors Servers

Qualcomm with 24-core server CPU – RealTechToday

CPU, vigintiquattuor-core (24-core) CPU. Qualcomm also plans to roll up to 64 cores into a single stack as high-end server CPU. With this CPU, Qualcomm >>>

Posted: October 21, 2015 in Computer, CPU, Processors, Servers

The One Vision That Intel, AMD And Nvidia Are All Chasing – Why Heterogeneous Computing Is The Future

While Intel, AMD and Nvidia are arguably very different, they do share one universal vision for the future of the industry. Source: The One Vision >>>

Posted: October 12, 2015 in Computer, CPU, Graphics, Processors

Self Destructing computer chip developed by Xerox Parc engineers | BGR

Source: Self Destructing computer chip developed by Xerox Parc engineers | BGR

Posted: September 15, 2015 in Computer, Gadgetry, Military, Processors

First new cache-coherence mechanism in 30 years: More efficient memory-management scheme could help enable chips with thousands of cores

A fundamentally new approach to cache coherence has been released — the first in more than three decades. Whereas with existing techniques, the directory’s memory >>>

Posted: September 10, 2015 in Computer, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Storage

Intel Skylake: Buying a laptop? Here’s how to make sense of Intel’s new Core chips – Sep. 1, 2015

Intel’s new sixth-generation Core processors double performance over the past generation. Source: Intel Skylake: Buying a laptop? Here’s how to make sense of Intel’s new >>>

Posted: September 6, 2015 in Computer, Processors

Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics

Source: Squishy transistors—a device concept for fast, low-power electronics

Posted: September 4, 2015 in Computer, Processors

Researcher Warns of Major x86 Processor Security Vulnerability

A researcher has revealed a potentially serious vulnerability in x86 processors which allows for malicious code to be injected directly into the cpu chip. Source: >>>

Posted: August 7, 2015 in Computer, CPU, Processors, Security

Superfast fluorescence sets new speed record

Researchers have developed an ultrafast light-emitting device that can flip on and off 90 billion times a second and could form the basis of optical >>>

Posted: July 28, 2015 in Computer, CPU, Processors

IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip – The New York Times

A consortium of which the company is a part has made working versions of ultradense seven-nanometer chips, capable of holding much more information than existing >>>

Posted: July 9, 2015 in Computer, Processors

Exclusive: Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff – sources

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse >>>

Posted: June 21, 2015 in Computer, Processors