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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.

A Third Type Of Processor For VR/AR: Movidius' Myriad 2 VPU

By Seth Colaner, Matthew Humrick published 3 January 16

Emerging tech such as VR, AR, drones, smart robots and more require vision processing, and Movidius aims to get in on the ground floor.

Researchers Create Photonic Microprocessor

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 23 December 15

The University of Colorado Boulder in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley and MIT announced that they have developed the first photonic microprocessor.

Asrock Makes Non-K Skylake CPU Overclocking Official With 'SKY OC' Z170 BIOS Update

By Kevin Carbotte published 15 December 15

Yesterday it was just experimental, today it's official: Locked Skylake processors can be overclocked with Asrock Z170 motherboards. You just need a BIOS update.

AMD's Next Gen Products Taped Out, Possibly Delayed

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 14 December 15

At AMD’s Technology Investors Conference, Devinder Kumar, AMD’s Chief Financial Officer discussed the upcoming AMD upcoming products, which are now being taped out.

Nvidia Adds Jetson TX1 To Its Deep Learning Roster

By Rexly Peñaflorida published 11 November 15

Nvidia's next product for deep learning is about the size of a credit card and is meant for use in drones and robots.

Intel Haswell CPUs One Step Closer To The Grave

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 2 November 15

Skylake is becoming more affordable as Intel resolves its supply issue, pushing Haswell closer to the grave.

Intel Broadwell CPUs May Still Find A Home In Small Form Factor Systems

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 14 September 15

Intel's Broadwell CPUs may still find a place in the market in small form factor systems.

Where Are Intel's Desktop Broadwell CPUs?

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 10 September 15

Wondering where Intel's Broadwell CPUs are? Intel says they are still on their way, but who will be left to use them?

All The Intel Skylake CPUs, From Desktop To Mobile

By Seth Colaner published 2 September 15

All of the Intel 6th generation (Skylake) CPUs, from the flagship desktop CPUs to Core m chips, and everything in between, rounded up in one handy article.

Old x86 Processor Design Flaw Vulnerability Disclosed At Black Hat: What You Need To Know

By Derek Forrest published 10 August 15

AMD Adds A8-7670K APU To Kaveri Refresh Lineup

By Kevin Carbotte published 20 July 15

Freescale's i.MX 7 SoC Family Focuses On Energy Efficiency And Security For IoT Devices

By Lucian Armasu published 23 June 15

Freescale unveiled two low-power chips from the new i.MX 7 family of SoCs that are focused on IoT devices, wearables, home automation and industrial products.

AMD Carrizo Launched, Packs Efficiency And Innovation Into Mainstream Notebooks

By Kevin Carbotte published 3 June 15

AMD has been hard at work on Carrizo, refining this next generation APU processor with the goal of improving battery life and core performance, while shooting for leadership in video playback, gaming performance, and GPU compute.

Russian Company MCST Builds 'Elbrus-4C' CPU That Emulates x86 Programs

By Lucian Armasu published 11 May 15

Russian company MCST announced the launch of its Elbrus-4C CPU built on the Elbrus VLIW architecture, which targets high-performance computers and servers and can emulate x86 programs.

Nvidia Looking To Sell Icera In Q2 2016

By Rexly Peñaflorida published 6 May 15

Nvidia bought the company in 2011 to provide a baseband processor for the Tegra chip. The company will now buy its modems from third-party suppliers.

U.S. Government Restricting Supercomputer Chip Exports To China

By Lucian Armasu published 9 April 15

The U.S. government restricted U.S. chip companies from selling supercomputer chips to four Chinese technical centers that help build China's supercomputers.