Data Processing Unit

YouTube Accelerates Transcoding

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 David Schor accelerator, ASPLOS 2021, google, H.264, subscriber only (general), video acceleration, Video Coding Unit (VCU), VP9, YouTube

Google accelerates YouTube and other video services with custom silicon.

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 Alder Lake, Gracemont, Intel, Intel 7, Tremont, x86

Intel’s Gracemont small core eclipses last-generation Skylake big core performance and energy efficiency

Data Processing Unit

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

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 David Schor 5 nm, ARM, ARMv9, Data Processing Unit (DPU), Marvell, Neoverse N2, Octeon

Marvell launches the OCTEON 10 DPU series. Fabricated on a 5 nm process, these chips integrate Neoverse N2 cores, AI acceleration, vector packet processing acceleration, a 1 terabit switch, and the latest DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 I/O interfaces