Processors

Intel Discloses 9th Gen Core, Refreshes Core X, And Reintroduces STIM

David SchorArchitectures, Desktop ProcessorsOctober 14, 2018 Tagged 14nm, CFL-R, Coffee Lake, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Core X, Intel, Skylake, Skylake-X, Xeon W

An overview of Intel’s 9th Gen Core, new Core X processors, and the switch to STIM as well as a look at their transition from a mainstream quad-core to an octa-core.

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

David SchorArchitectures, Floorplanning, Hot Chips 30, Interconnects, Server ProcessorsOctober 7, 2018 Tagged 14HP, 14nm, A-Bus, Centaur, Hot Chips, Hot Chips 30, IBM, NVLink, OpenCAPI, POWER, 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.

BrainChip Discloses Akida, A Neuromorphic SoC

David SchorArchitectures, Embedded Processors, Server ProcessorsSeptember 28, 2018 Tagged AI, Akida, BrainChip, neural processors, neuromorphic chip, spiking neural network

BrainChip discloses Akida, a Neuromorphic System-on-Chip for the edge and server.

Ampere Ships First Gen ARM Server Processors

David SchorServer ProcessorsSeptember 19, 2018 Tagged 16FF+, 16nm, Ampere Computing, ARM, ARMv8, Skylark, X-Gene

Partnering up with Lenovo, ARM server startup Ampere has announced their first-generation eMAG microprocessors are now shipping.

AMD Announces Threadripper 2, Chiplets Aid Core Scaling

David SchorDesktop ProcessorsAugust 7, 2018 Tagged 12LP, 12nm, AMD, HEDT, Ryzen, Threadripper, Threadripper 2, x86, Zen+

AMD announces their second-generation Threadripper processors with up to 32 cores based on their 12nm Zen+ microarchitecture.

Intel Launches Desktop Xeon E, Their Fastest Entry-Level Workstation Processors

David SchorDesktop Processors, Server ProcessorsJuly 13, 2018 Tagged Coffee Lake, Coffee Lake E, Intel, x86, Xeon E, Xeon E3

Intel has launched their fastest entry-level workstation microprocessors based on Coffee Lake.

Intel Reveals Initial 9000-Series Coffee Lake SKUs

David SchorDesktop ProcessorsJuly 3, 2018 Tagged 14nm, Coffee Lake, Core i3, Core i5, x86

Intel has revealed the specs for some of the initial 9000-series Coffee Lake SKUs.

Qualcomm Refreshes Mid-Range Lines with the 632, 439, and 429

David SchorMobile ProcessorsJune 27, 2018 Tagged 12nm, 14LPP, 14nm, ARM, ARMv8, Qualcomm, SDM429, SDM439, SDM632, Snapdragon, Snapdragon 400, Snapdragon 600

Qualcomm has refreshed their mid-range lines with the new Snapdragons 632, 439, and 429 SoCs.

Core i7-8086K Overclockability Silicon Lottery Stats

David SchorDesktop ProcessorsJune 17, 2018 Tagged Coffee Lake, Core i7, Intel, Silicon Lottery, x86, Yield

Silicon Lottery has published new statistics regarding the overclockability of Intel’s hexa-core commemorative Core i7-8086K processor.

Wave to acquire MIPS

David SchorEmbedded Processors, Neural ProcessorsJune 13, 2018 Tagged AI, MIPS, neural processors, Wave Computing

Wave Computing will be acquiring MIPS Technologies.