Architectures

Intel Unveils BonanzaMine, A Bitcoin Accelerator ASIC

February 20, 2022February 21, 2022 David Schor 7 nm, ASIC, Bitcoin, blockchain accelerator, BonanzaMine, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency mining, Intel, ISSCC, ISSCC 2022

Intel unveiled BonanzaMine, its first-generation blockchain accelerator ASIC effort.

Architectures Neural Processors

Samsung-Esperanto Concept AI-SSD Prototype

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 David Schor AI-SSD, ASPLOS, ASPLOS 2021, Esperanto, Facebook, Samsung

Esperanto demonstrates a concept AI-SSD prototype in collaboration with Samsung aimed at accelerating data center workloads such as recommendation engines.

Architectures Desktop Processors

Intel Launches 12th Gen Core Desktop Alder Lake Processors

October 27, 2021November 3, 2021 David Schor 10 nm, 12 Generation Core, Alder Lake, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel, Intel 7

Intel launches 12th Gen Core desktop processors based on the Alder Lake microarchitecture.

Architectures Server Processors

Alibaba Open Source XuanTie RISC-V Cores, Introduces In-House Armv9 Server Chip

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 David Schor 5 nm, Alibaba, Apsara Conference 2021, ARM, ARMv9, Panjiu, RISC-V, T-Head, TSMC, Xuantie, Yitian 710

Alibaba open-source its high-performance XuanTie RISC-V Cores; introduces a new in-house Armv9 server chip

Architectures Neural Processors

Intel Introduces 2nd Gen Neuromorphic Research Chip: Loihi 2 on Intel 4 EUV Process

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 David Schor Intel 4, Kapoho Point, Lava, Loihi, Loihi 2, neuromorphic chip, Oheo Gulch

Intel introduces Loihi 2, its second-generation neuromorphic research chip. First chip fabricated on their Intel 4 EUV process, Loihi 2 brings faster processing and synaptic operations, new algorithm support, and increases the neurons count to 1 million.