Architectures

Samsung M5 Core Details Show Up

Architectures Mobile Processors November 21, 2019 1

Samsung details the high-level changes to the Exynos M5 core found in the Exynos 990.

SC19: Aurora Supercomputer To Feature Intel First Exascale Xe GPGPU, 7nm Ponte Vecchio

Architectures Roadmaps Server Processors Supercomputers Supercomputing 19 November 17, 2019 1

Intel unveils the node architecture of the Aurora Supercomputer; the system will feature Intel’s first Xe GPGPU for HPC, 7nm Ponte Vecchio.

A Look at Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine: Half Square Foot Silicon Chip

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Interconnects Neural Processors Packaging November 16, 2019 0

A look at Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE), a chip the size of a wafer, packing over 400K tiny AI cores using 1.2 trillion transistors on a half square foot of silicon.

Groq Tensor Streaming Processor Delivers 1 PetaOPS of Compute

Architectures November 15, 2019 0

AI startup Groq makes an initial disclosure of their Tensor Streaming Processor (TSP); a single chip capable of 1 petaOPS or 250 teraFLOPS of compute.

A Look at Spring Crest: Intel Next-Generation DC Training Neural Processor

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Linley Processor Conference Neural Processors November 10, 2019 1

A look at the microarchitecture of Intel Nervana next-generation data center training neural processor, codename Spring Crest.

IBM Adds POWER9 AIO, Pushes for an Open Memory-Agnostic Interface

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Interconnects Server Processors November 3, 2019 0

IBM adds a third variant of POWER9, the POWER9 Advanced I/O (AIO) processor which incorporates the Open Memory Interface (OMI), a new open memory-agnostic interface.

Intel Unveils the Tremont Microarchitecture: Going After ST Performance

Architectures Linley Processor Conference October 24, 2019 4

Intel unveils the Tremont microarchitecture, its next-generation low-power small x86 core.

Intel Spring Hill: Morphing Ice Lake SoC Into A Power-Efficient Data Center Inference Accelerator

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Neural Processors October 20, 2019 6

First detailed at Hot Chips 31, Intel Spring Hill morphs the Ice Lake SoC into a highly power-efficient data center inference accelerator.

Analog AI Startup Mythic To Compute And Scale In Flash

Architectures Neural Processors October 6, 2019 0

A look at the IPU architecture of analog AI startup Mythic which attempts to significantly reduce the power consumption by computing directly in analog in flash.

Alibaba Launches DC Inference Accelerators

Architectures Neural Processors September 28, 2019 0

Alibaba launches its own homegrown inference accelerator for their own cloud.