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As games become ever more multithreaded, Intel's hybrid CPU design might start to lag behind AMD's simpler but more effective architecture

AMD and Intel have taken very different approaches to increasing the core counts of their processors. In the case of Team Red and its Ryzen CPUs, it went down a chiplet route, putting a block of cores ...
TweakTown

Intel CPU job ad mentions 'unified core' team - is Royal Core being resurrected for 2028?

A recent job advert mentions the 'Unified Core' design team and it seems that Intel's big core plans could be back on track ...

Nvidia reveals Vera, a new CPU with 'custom' cores which could be very exciting for its upcoming premium PC processor

Nvidia's GTC keynote helmed by none other than its great leader Jensen Huang was filled with all kinds of wonders from rack ...
Android

Arm's 'Blackhawk' CPU design aims to beat Apple's custom ARM implementation

In the realm of smartphone processors, Arm has historically played second fiddle to Apple‘s iPhone chipsets in terms of single-core CPU power. However, recent reports suggest that Arm is gearing up ...
SlashGear

World's First AI-Designed CPU Paves Way For 'Self-Evolving Machines'

The furor surrounding ChatGPT and other similar AI projects doesn't only focus on what such chatbots are doing now. They're certainly already courting controversy (attracting legal trouble for sharing ...
Ars Technica

CPU Design and GPU design...

I'm not sure where to put this but I think this is the right spot. After taking a Computer Architecture class, we brushed on MIPS stuff mostly and some light x86 work. Basically, what I learned in the ...
SiliconANGLE

Startup Efficient Compute says its CPU design cuts power consumption over 99%

Efficient Compute Corp. Inc. launched today with a new central processing unit that it claims is up to 100 times more energy-efficient than leading general-purpose CPUs. The company also said it ...
HotHardware

AMD Hints At Hybrid Zen 4 And 4C CPU Design For Upcoming Phoenix 2 APUs

After waiting months for an update on AMD’s Phoenix 2 mobile CPU architecture, a report has confirmed that a new six-core (die) Ryzen 3 mobile CPU is coming soon that should feature the Phoenix 2 ...
Android

MediaTek Dimensity 9500’s CPU could reach 4GHz clock speed

MediaTek launched the Dimensity 9400 in October as its latest flagship SoC for smartphones. The hardware platform shows how far MediaTek has come in the past few years, making it a strong competitor ...
ExtremeTech

DARPA Plans to Transform CPU Design, Drive Faster Chips

It's no secret that general-purpose compute performance has been largely stuck in idle these last few years, with top-end improvements limited to single-digit increases. DARPA has a plan for ...
ExtremeTech

VISC CPU 'virtual core' design emerges: Could this be the conceptual computing breakthrough we've been waiting for?

Soft Machines' goal with Variable Instruction Set Computing (VISC) is to break through the efficiency barriers that have prevented modern chips from realizing great architectural improvements. The ...