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Architectures Floorplanning Interconnects ISSCC 2020 

7nm Boosted Zen 2 Capabilities but Doubled the Challenges

February 21, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 14 nm, 7 nm, AMD, capacitance, GlobalFoundries, ISSCC, ISSCC 2020, resistance, TSMC, wire delay, Zen, Zen 2

The transition to 7 nm greatly enhanced AMD silicon capabilities but introduced new drastic design challenges that required new place and route methodologies and wire engineering.

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Architectures Floorplanning Mobile Processors 

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

May 12, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 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.

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Circuit Design Floorplanning IEDM 2018 Process Technologies 

IEDM 2018: Intel’s 10nm Standard Cell Library and Power Delivery

January 6, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, DTCO, floorplan, IEDM, IEDM 2018, place and route, power delivery, routing, standard cell

Presented at the 64th IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, here’s a look at Intel’s 10-nanometer standard cell library and power delivery system.

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Architectures Floorplanning Hot Chips 30 Interconnects Server Processors 

POWER9 Scales Up To 1.2 TB/s of I/O, Targets NVLink 3, OpenCAPI Memory for 2019

October 7, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 14 nm, 14HP, A-Bus, Centaur, Hot Chips, Hot Chips 30, IBM, NVLink, OpenCAPI, POWER, Power ISA, POWER9, PowerAXON, X-Bus

A look at the IBM POWER9 scale-up design recently disclosed at Hot Chips 30 and their plans for a 3rd POWER9 derivative for 2019.

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Architectures Floorplanning Hot Chips 30 

Hot Chips 30: Nvidia Xavier SoC

September 8, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 12FFN, 12nm, AI, ARM, ARMv8, inference, neural processors, Nvidia, NVLink, Tegra, Xavier

An overview of the Xavier SoC which was detailed by Nvidia at Hot Chips 30.

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Architectures Circuit Design Floorplanning ISSCC 2018 Server Processors 

ISSCC 2018: The IBM z14 Microprocessor And System Control Design

May 13, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 14 nm, 14HP, A-Bus, floorplan, IBM, ISSCC, ISSCC 2018, mainframe, X-Bus, z/Architecture, z14

A look at the changes and enhancements that were implemented by IBM in their z14 mainframe microprocessor and system control chips.

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Architectures Circuit Design Conferences Floorplanning Graphics Processors 

A look at Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect and the NVSwitch

May 6, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 12FFN, 12nm, AI, DGX-1, DGX-2, GPU, Interconnect, Nvidia, NVLink, NVSwitch, Pascal, Volta

A look at Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect and the 2-billion transistor NVSwitch that is powering Nvidia’s latest DGX-2 deep learning machine.

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Architectures Circuit Design Floorplanning ISSCC 2018 

ISSCC 2018: AMD’s Zeppelin; Multi-chip routing and packaging

March 24, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 14 nm, 2D packaging, AMD, AMD's infinity fabric, EPYC, multi-chip package, Ryzen, x86, Zen

A look at AMD’s Zeppelin SoC and the Infinity Fabric, a multi-chip architecture used by AMD to scale their SoC design from the mainstream PC market all the way to the server market.

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Architectures Circuit Design Floorplanning ISSCC 2018 

ISSCC 2018: Intel’s Skylake-SP Mesh and Floorplan

March 9, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 14 nm, floorplan, Intel, ISSCC, ISSCC 2018, Skylake, Skylake-SP, x86, Xeon Scalable

At ISSCC 2018 Intel gave us some more interesting architectural details of their latest Skylake server microprocessors which brought a new mesh interconnect, a new cache hierarchy, and wider vector operations among a large array of other enhancements.

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Top Six Articles

  • TSMC Extends Its 5nm Family With A New Enhanced-Performance N4P Node
  • Samsung 3nm GAAFET Enters Risk Production; Discusses Next-Gen Improvements
  • A Look At Intel 4 Process Technology
  • Intel Silently Launches Cannon Lake
  • Intel, SiFive Demo High-Performance RISC-V Horse Creek Dev Platform On Intel 4 Process
  • IEDM 2022: Did We Just Witness The Death Of SRAM?

Recent

  • A Look At AMD’s 3D-Stacked V-Cache

    A Look At AMD’s 3D-Stacked V-Cache

    December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 David Schor
  • IEDM 2022: Did We Just Witness The Death Of SRAM?

    IEDM 2022: Did We Just Witness The Death Of SRAM?

    December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 David Schor
  • SiFive Announces New Cores, BiFurcates Line Into Performance And Efficiency Cores

    SiFive Announces New Cores, BiFurcates Line Into Performance And Efficiency Cores

    November 1, 2022November 2, 2022 David Schor
  • Intel, SiFive Demo High-Performance  RISC-V Horse Creek Dev Platform On Intel 4 Process

    Intel, SiFive Demo High-Performance RISC-V Horse Creek Dev Platform On Intel 4 Process

    October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 David Schor
  • TSMC Demos SoIC_H for High-Bandwidth HPC Applications

    TSMC Demos SoIC_H for High-Bandwidth HPC Applications

    October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 David Schor
  • Intel Rolls Out 13th Gen Core, Raptor Lake Processors; Cranks Up The Frequency

    Intel Rolls Out 13th Gen Core, Raptor Lake Processors; Cranks Up The Frequency

    October 1, 2022October 3, 2022 David Schor

Random Picks

Intel Launches New Comet Lake 10th Gen Mobile Processors With More Cores, LPDDR4X Memory

Intel Launches New Comet Lake 10th Gen Mobile Processors With More Cores, LPDDR4X Memory

August 21, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor
Analog AI Startup Mythic To Compute And Scale In Flash

Analog AI Startup Mythic To Compute And Scale In Flash

October 6, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor
BrainChip Discloses Akida, A Neuromorphic SoC

BrainChip Discloses Akida, A Neuromorphic SoC

September 28, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor
TSMC Demos SoIC_H for High-Bandwidth HPC Applications

TSMC Demos SoIC_H for High-Bandwidth HPC Applications

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 David Schor
A Look at Cavium’s New High-Performance ARM Microprocessors and the Isambard Supercomputer

A Look at Cavium’s New High-Performance ARM Microprocessors and the Isambard Supercomputer

June 3, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor

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Intel Introduces Thread Director For Heterogeneous Multi-Core Workload Scheduling
Desktop Processors Mobile Processors 

Intel Introduces Thread Director For Heterogeneous Multi-Core Workload Scheduling

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 David Schor

Intel introduces the Intel Thread Director for heterogeneous multi-core workload scheduling

Intel Unveils Sapphire Rapids: Next-Generation Server CPUs
Architectures Server Processors 

Intel Unveils Sapphire Rapids: Next-Generation Server CPUs

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 David Schor
Intel’s Gracemont Small Core Eclipses Last-Gen Big Core Performance
Architectures Data Processing Unit Desktop Processors Mobile Processors 

Intel’s Gracemont Small Core Eclipses Last-Gen Big Core Performance

August 19, 2021August 21, 2021 David Schor
Intel Unveils Alder Lake: Next-Generation Mainstream Heterogeneous Multi-Core SoC
Architectures Desktop Processors Mobile Processors 

Intel Unveils Alder Lake: Next-Generation Mainstream Heterogeneous Multi-Core SoC

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 David Schor
Intel Details Golden Cove: Next-Generation Big Core For Client and Server SoCs
Architectures Desktop Processors Mobile Processors Server Processors 

Intel Details Golden Cove: Next-Generation Big Core For Client and Server SoCs

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 David Schor
Intel Launches 3rd Gen Ice Lake Xeon Scalable
Architectures Server Processors 

Intel Launches 3rd Gen Ice Lake Xeon Scalable

April 6, 2021May 23, 2021 David Schor

Random

Intel Axes Nervana Just Two Months After Launch

Intel Axes Nervana Just Two Months After Launch

February 3, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor
Arm’s New Cortex-M55 Breathes Helium

Arm’s New Cortex-M55 Breathes Helium

June 20, 2020May 23, 2021 David Schor
Intel Unveils the Tremont Microarchitecture: Going After ST Performance

Intel Unveils the Tremont Microarchitecture: Going After ST Performance

October 24, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor
A look at Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect and the NVSwitch

A look at Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect and the NVSwitch

May 6, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor
Intel Launches Lakefield: An Experiment With Multiple New Technologies

Intel Launches Lakefield: An Experiment With Multiple New Technologies

June 15, 2020May 23, 2021 David Schor
The Fuse!

The Fuse!

October 30, 2017May 25, 2021 David Schor
Intel unleashes 8th Gen Core Coffee Lake lineup

Intel unleashes 8th Gen Core Coffee Lake lineup

April 3, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor

ARM WorldView All

Arm Refreshes The Cortex-A510, Squeezes Higher Efficiency
Architectures Mobile Processors 

Arm Refreshes The Cortex-A510, Squeezes Higher Efficiency

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 David Schor
Arm Unveils Next-Gen Flagship Core: Cortex-X3
Mobile Processors 

Arm Unveils Next-Gen Flagship Core: Cortex-X3

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 David Schor
Arm Introduces The Cortex-A715
Architectures Mobile Processors 

Arm Introduces The Cortex-A715

June 28, 2022June 29, 2022 David Schor
Alibaba Open Source XuanTie RISC-V Cores, Introduces In-House Armv9 Server Chip
Architectures Server Processors 

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

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 David Schor
Marvell Launches 5nm Octeon 10 DPUs with Neoverse N2 cores, AI Acceleration
Data Processing Unit 

Marvell Launches 5nm Octeon 10 DPUs with Neoverse N2 cores, AI Acceleration

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 David Schor
Arm Introduces Its Confidential Compute Architecture
Architectures 

Arm Introduces Its Confidential Compute Architecture

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 David Schor

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