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Intel Silently Launches Cannon Lake

David SchorMobile ProcessorsMay 15, 2018 Tagged 10nm, Cannon Lake, Intel, x86

Intel has silently launched the first 10nm-based Cannon Lake SKU.

ISSCC 2018: The IBM z14 Microprocessor And System Control Design

David SchorArchitectures, Circuit Design, Floorplanning, ISSCC 2018, Server ProcessorsMay 13, 2018 Tagged 14HP, 14nm, floorplan, IBM, ISSCC, ISSCC 2018, mainframe, 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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A look at Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect and the NVSwitch

David SchorArchitectures, Circuit Design, Conferences, Floorplanning, Graphics ProcessorsMay 6, 2018 Tagged 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.

QUEST, A TCI-Based 3D-Stacked SRAM Neural Processor

David SchorArchitectures, Circuit Design, ISSCC 2018, Neural ProcessorsApril 25, 2018 Tagged 3D packaging, 40 nm, 40LP, AI, die stacking, Hokkaido University, ISSCC, ISSCC 2018, Keio University, process technology, TCI, ThruChip Interface, TSMC, TSV

Attempting to address the memory bandwidth problem, the QUEST neural processor uses 3D-stacked SRAM dies along with ThruChip Interface wireless communication technology to deliver sufficiently high bandwidth to sustain peak processing performance.

Japan cancels contract, kicks out 4th fastest supercomputer amid fraud charges

David SchorSupercomputersApril 20, 2018 Tagged Green500, Gyoukou, Japan, PEZY, PEZY-SCx, Supercomputers, ThruChip Interface, TOP500

The future of Japan’s innovative trio of startups – PEZY Computing, ExaScaler, and UltraMemory – is now at risk following the termination of their supercomputer, the world’s fourth-fastest supercomputer amid fraud charges.

AMD’s Zen CPU Complex, Cache, and SMU

David SchorArchitectures, Circuit Design, ISSCC 2018April 18, 2018 Tagged 14LPP, 14nm, AMD, cache, floorplan, ISSCC, ISSCC 2017, ISSCC 2018, SRAM, x86, Zen

A look at AMD’s Zen CPU Complex (CCX), a fully independent and modular cluster of up to four cores that are incorporated into a full SoC to form complete products such as their Zeppelin die.

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AMD introduces Ryzen 2nd Gen up for pre-order

David SchorDesktop ProcessorsApril 13, 2018 Tagged 14nm, AMD, Ryzen, x86, Zen+

Ahead of its April 19th release, AMD is now offering pre-orders for their 2nd Generation, Ryzen 2000 family, desktop processors.

Qualcomm introduces a new Vision Intelligence Platform

Matt LarsonEmbedded Processors, Neural ProcessorsApril 12, 2018 Tagged 10LPE, 10nm, Adreno 615, AI, ARM, ARMv8, Hexagon 685, Kryo 300, Qualcomm, Vision Intelligence Platform

Going after the growing intelligent IoT market, Qualcomm is introducing a new Vision Intelligence Platform for accelerating camera vision processing in smart IoT applications.