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The RISC-V momentum continues with the GAP8, a new IoT/AI Application Processor

David SchorEmbedded Processors, Neural ProcessorsFebruary 28, 2018 Tagged 55LP, 55nm, AI, Deep Learning, edge computing, GreenWaves, IoT, RISC-V, TSMC

The RISC-V momentum continues with the the launch of the GAP8, an IoT/AI ultra-low power application processor by GreenWaves, a France-based startup. The chip is designed for lengthy autonomous battery-powered edge/IoT inference operations.

Zhaoxin launches their highest-performance Chinese x86 chips

David SchorDesktop Processors, Mobile Processors, Server ProcessorsJanuary 21, 2018 Tagged 28nm, China, HLMC, KaisHeng, KaiXian, TSMC, VIA Technologies, x86, Zhaoxin

Zhaoxin has launched the highest-performance domestic Chinese x86 chips based on the WuDaoKou microarchitecture. Zhaoxin new chips are a brand new SoC design featuring higher performance cores, a new DDR4 memory controller and integrated graphics.

Esperanto exits stealth mode, aims at AI with a 4,096-core 7nm RISC-V monster

David SchorManycore Processors, Neural ProcessorsJanuary 1, 2018 Tagged 7nm, AI, Esperanto, HBM, RISC-V, TSMC

Exiting stealth mode, Esperanto, a small start-up lead by Dave Ditzel has unveiled their high-performance RISC-V cores they have been working on. Their first product will be a 4,096-core manycore processor designed for accelerating AI workloads.

The 2,048-core PEZY-SC2 sets a Green500 record

David SchorManycore Processors, Processors, SupercomputersNovember 1, 2017 Tagged 16FF+, 16nm, 28HPC+, 3D packaging, Green500, liquid immersion, MIPS, MIPS64, PEZY, PEZY-SCx, SMT, Supercomputers, ThruChip Interface, TSMC, Xeon D, ZettaScaler

PEZY-SC2 is PEZY’s newest 16nm a many-core processor featuring 2,048 cores that is powering the world’s most power-efficient supercomputer. The chip is the first to use a unique 3D packaging interconnect technology known as TCI in order to achieve a memory bandwidth of over 2 TB/s.