Google's Big Chip Unveil For Machine Learning: Tensor Processing Unit With 10x Better Efficiency (Updated) By Lucian Armasu published 19 May 16 Google announced that it has been working on designing a Tensor Processing Unit for the past few years, and has already used TPUs for over a year to power its applications and the AlphaGo AI.
ARM Gains New Image Processing Technology From Apical Acquisition By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 18 May 16 ARM announced that it acquired Apical for $350 million. This acquisition helps to grow ARM’s already vast presence in the mobile market with a portfolio of advanced image processing technologies.
Intel Quietly Releases Skylake-R Core i7, i5 CPUs With Iris Pro Graphics And 128 MB eDRAM By Derek Forrest published 5 May 16
Asrock Announces X99 BIOS Update, Outs Entire Intel Broadwell-E Lineup By Derek Forrest published 12 April 16 Ahead of Intel’s anticipated Broadwell-E processor launch, Asrock announced the availability of an updated BIOS with support for the new X99 platform CPUs.
IBM's Power9 CPU Could Be Game Changer In Servers And Supercomputers With Help From Google, Nvidia By Lucian Armasu published 7 April 16 Google's and Nvidia's commitment to OpenPower architecture may make IBM's Power9 an unexpected success in servers and supercomputers, starting next year.
AMD Shipping 7th Generation 'Bristol Ridge' APUs Ahead Of Schedule By Derek Forrest published 5 April 16
Everything We Know About Intel's Skylake Platform By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 29 March 16 Intel's Skylake architecture and corresponding platform represent a huge evolution in connectivity, overclocking and, ultimately, system performance. This resource should help answer any questions you have about the company's current desktop PC design.
Intel Stops The Tick-Tock Clock By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 23 March 16 Intel killed off its well known “tick-tock” design cadence known in favor of a new extended development scheme.
AMD A10-7890K APU Review By Igor Wallossek published 22 March 16 AMD's new A10-7890K represents the very top of the low-cost APU family. We're answering whether it can breathe new life into the line via online gaming, or if its small clock rate bump just isn't worth more money compared to the A10-7870K.
AMD Announces Three New Embedded SKUs With Jaguar+ And Excavator Cores By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 23 February 16 AMD announced three new SKUs in its embedded solutions G-Series product lineup that will use either Jaguar+ or Excavator CPU cores.
Router SoC 101 By Gene Fabron published 20 February 16 Do you ever wonder what goes on inside a router? In this article, we take a close look at the SoCs inside of them, which help us manage and maintain our connected lives.
AMD Releases New Athlon FX CPU SKUs, Wraith Coolers Join The Party By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 2 February 16 AMD announced that there will be three new processors released for its socket FM2+, as well as three new CPU coolers that will be bundled with its existing products.
Gigabyte Releases BIOS Update To Squash Intel Skylake Bug By Rexly Peñaflorida published 28 January 16 Gigabyte is the second OEM to release a BIOS update that should eliminate the bug on Skylake CPUs that causes the system to freeze or crash when running complex workloads.
Movidius, Google Team Up To Leverage Deep Learning On Mobile Devices By Seth Colaner published 27 January 16 Movidius and Google are teaming up to get the benefits of Deep Learning onto mobile devices. You'll get the magic of Deep Learning on-device, without needing to be connected to the Internet.
Intel Unveils Skylake vPro CPUs With Triple-Hardened 'Intel Authenticate' Security By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 19 January 16
Microsoft Limits Support For Upcoming Processors To Windows 10 By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 16 January 16
Skylake Bugs Aren't Odd, They're Prime By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 11 January 16 Intel discovered that its latest 6th Gen (Skylake) Core processors have a bug that can cause the system to freeze or crash when calculating prime numbers.
AMD Reveals Single Socket For Zen CPU, APU By Kevin Carbotte published 8 January 16 During CES 2016, AMD finally started talking about its upcoming Zen architecture processors. The company revealed the socket that will be used and announced the codenames of the new CPUs and APUs.
