Architectures

A Look At The Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 Integration

David SchorArchitectures, InterconnectsAugust 11, 2019 Tagged 10nm, Ice Lake, Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1, USB 4, x86

At look the Ice Lake Thunderbolt 3 integration, Intel’s biggest integration since the graphics on Sandy Bridge.

DARPA ERI: HIVE and Intel PUMA Graph Processor

David SchorArchitectures, ERI Summit 2019, Server ProcessorsAugust 4, 2019 Tagged DARPA, DARPA HIVE, Graph Processor, Intel PUMA, Programmable Unified Memory Architecture, PUMA

An update on the DAPRA HIVE program and the first disclosure of Intel’s Graph Analytics (GA) processor that is currently under development

DARPA ERI: How Ayar Labs Collaboration With GF Produces A Photonics Chiplet That Can Supercharge Intel FPGAs

David SchorArchitectures, Circuit Design, ERI Summit 2019, FPGAsJuly 20, 2019 Tagged AIB, Ayar Labs, chiplet, DARPA, EMIB, ERI Summit, ERI Summit 2019, FPGA, GlobalFoundries, Photonics, RISC-V

From a DARPA vision and a $15 million seed to a commercialized CMOS silicon photonics product: how Ayar Labs collaboration with GF produces a photonics chiplet that can supercharge Intel FPGAs.

A Look At The AMD Zen 2 Core

David SchorArchitecturesJuly 6, 2019 Tagged 7nm, branch prediction, x86, Zen, Zen 2

Ahead of the highly anticipated Ryzen 3000 desktop series launch, here is a look at the AMD Zen 2 core microarchitecture.

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Nvidia Inference Research Chip Scales to Dozens of Chiplets

David SchorArchitectures, Interconnects, Neural Processors, VLSI 2019June 30, 2019 Tagged 16nm, chiplet, ground-referenced signaling, multi-chip package, neural processors, Nvidia, RISC-V

Nvidia recently presented a research chip comprising dozens of chiplets that enables them to scale from milliwatts to hundreds of watts in order to cater to different markets such as edge, mobile, automotive, and data center.

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Intel Sunny Cove Core To Deliver A Major Improvement In Single-Thread Performance, Bigger Improvements To Follow

David SchorArchitecturesMay 28, 2019 Tagged 10nm, Ice Lake, Sunny Cove, x86

Intel disclosed additional details about their upcoming Sunny Cove core, claiming a large improvement in single-thread performance.

Intel Announces 10th Gen Core Processors Based On 10nm Ice Lake, Now Shipping

David SchorArchitectures, Mobile ProcessorsMay 28, 2019 Tagged 10nm, Ice Lake, Sunny Cove, x86

Intel announces 10th Generation Core based on the 10nm Ice Lake Chips which are now shipping to OEMs.

Arm Unveils Cortex-A77, Emphasizes Single-Thread Performance

David SchorArchitecturesMay 26, 2019 Tagged ARM, ARMv8.2, Cortex, Cortex-A76, Cortex-A77, Deimos

Arm unveiled the Cortex-A77 with a strong emphasizes on single-thread performance.

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Ice Lake Brings A New CPU, GPU, IPU, and I/Os, To Follow By Tiger Lake Next Year

David SchorArchitectures, Floorplanning, Mobile ProcessorsMay 12, 2019 Tagged 10nm, 7nm, AVX-512, Gen11, Ice Lake, Sapphire Rapids, Tiger Lake

A look at Ice Lake mobile CPUs which bring a new CPU core, a new Gen11 GPU, and a new 4th Gen IPU as well the new roadmap detailed by Intel at their recent investor meeting which includes Xeon Sapphire Rapids CPUs and 7nm Xe Data Center GPGPUs for 2021.

Huawei Expands Kunpeng Server CPUs, Plans SMT, SVE For Next Gen

David SchorArchitectures, Server ProcessorsMay 3, 2019 Tagged 7HPC, 7nm, ARM, ARMv8.2, Hi1620, Hi1630, HiSilicon, Huawei, Kunpeng, TaiShan

Last week Huawei expanded their Kunpeng CPU family of custom Arm server processors with more models and new servers.