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Microprocessors Turn 30
News In 2000 alone, 385 million microprocessors were shipped and 6.4 billion microcontrollers went out factory doors, according to Mercury Research. In the past 30 years, of course, microprocessors and microcontrollers (embedded microprocessors with...
[November 15, 2001, 10:09]
Energy Per Instruction Trends In Intel Microprocessors
White Papers This paper presents an overview of EPI, explain the factors that affect a microprocessor's EPI, and derive a historical comparison of the trends in EPI over multiple generations of Intel microprocessors.
[December 21, 2006, 23:00]
Industry-Standard 64-Bit Microprocessors Have Permanently Altered The Server Landscape
White Papers In this white paper, Insight 64 assesses the state of current and future 64-bit microprocessor technology, and examines the pros and cons of industry-standard and proprietary microprocessors. This paper concludes that 64-bit industry-standard...
[January 9, 2005, 23:00]
AJile Systems: Low-Power Direct-Execution Java Microprocessors For Real-Time And Networked Embedded Applications
White Papers The Java environment, with its platform neutrality, simplified object model, strong notions of safety and security, as well as multithreading support, provides many advantages for a new generation of networked embedded and real-time systems.
[November 10, 2004, 23:00]
Michael Dell: AMD Environment "too Fragile"
News Dell, the world's leading PC manufacturer, finally ended the debate regarding its choice of microprocessors Thursday when CEO, Michael Dell, outlined his concerns over AMD's microprocessors. In an interview held in London, Dell told ZDNet UK News...
[February 4, 2000, 9:05]
Sun Chip To Mix Old And New
News Sun Microsystems will come out with a new line of microprocessors for dense servers next year that will wed cutting-edge design concepts to a chip from the 1990s. Gemini, the first chip in a new line of "h series" microprocessors to be launched in...
[August 18, 2003, 10:10]
Intel Countersues Transmeta
News The legal conflict between Intel, the world's largest supplier of microprocessors, and small rival Transmeta took another twist on Tuesday when it emerged that Intel is countersuing Transmeta. The claim covers a wide range of microprocessors...
[January 11, 2007, 14:26]
Fujitsu Siemens Lays Out Nanotech Roadmap
News Microprocessors that use carbon nanotubes rather than copper wires to connect layers of transistors may be available in less than a decade, according to Fujitsu Siemens. Reger explained that this technology is needed to enable the development of...
[March 10, 2005, 15:20]
Intel Cuts Prices And Plans New Chips
News Chip giant Intel slashed the prices of many of its faster desktop microprocessors on Sunday, fulfilling widespread expectations. Intel routinely reassesses the pricing of its microprocessors. Intel last changed its microprocessors pricing range on...
[February 28, 2000, 16:48]
AMD Unveils New Chips, Cuts Prices
News Advanced Micro Devices announced two new desktop microprocessors on Tuesday, but consumers won't be able to get them until next month. With the downturn in the PC market, the two companies are cutting prices and raising the speed of their...
[August 21, 2002, 16:09]
'The Microprocessor Is Dead' Says Sun
News Today's microprocessors will become extinct by the end of the decade, to be replaced by computers built onto a single chip, Sun Microsystems chief technology officer Greg Papadopoulos said on Tuesday.
[October 15, 2003, 11:55]
Exclusive: AMD Axes The K6-III
News Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has axed its year old K6-III range of microprocessors due to lack of demand. The decision to discontinue K6-III microprocessors became effective Tuesday, she said. Quoting the official line on the chips' demise, the...
[January 26, 2000, 14:37]
Q&A: The Future Of Analogue Chips
News When National Semiconductor decided to challenge Intel and Advanced Micro Devices in the market for low-end microprocessors in 1997, chief executive Brian Halla teased a group of sceptical analysts, saying they probably thought he had been...
[February 3, 2003, 8:58]
Memory Hierarchy In Cache-Based Systems
White Papers This article will help the reader understand the architecture of modern microprocessors by introducing and explaining the most common terminology and addressing some of the performance related aspects.
[May 12, 2004, 0:00]
BASF And IBM Team Up For 32-nanometre Chips
News BASF is working with IBM on the chemicals and materials needed for the next-generation 32-nanometre microprocessors. It currently plans to introduce 45-nanometre (nm) microprocessors in 2008. Intel says it plans to unveil 45nm microprocessors later...
[June 25, 2007, 15:53]
Intel Unveils New Chip Manufacturing Technology
News Intel will increase the performance of its microprocessors next year, in part by spreading out its silicon atoms. Chips made on this manufacturing process will be faster than today's microprocessors, but contain far more transistors.
[August 13, 2002, 7:39]
Intel Opens 65nm Ireland Factory
News Intel has opened a third chip plant focused on 65-nanometre processes as it moves ahead with its latest array of multicore microprocessors. These microprocessors are expected to mark one of Intel's most significant product launches in the company's...
[June 26, 2006, 9:35]
AMD Issues 64-bit Hammer Spec
News Rejuvenated microprocessor manufacturer AMD continued its drive towards 64-bit computing with the release of specifications for it forthcoming 64-bit "Hammer" family of microprocessors Wednesday. AMD's Hammer microprocessors are also, by contrast...
[August 10, 2000, 10:51]
AMD Hammers Together 64-bit Simulator
News Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) took the wraps off a simulator that allows Linux programmers to develop code for its forthcoming "Hammer" family of 64-bit microprocessors, Friday. mimics the behaviour of AMD's 64-bit microprocessors and enables...
[October 9, 2000, 10:26]
The Death Of The DSP
White Papers The embedded systems market, which includes applications for embedded microprocessors, includes the high-volume consumer applications that drive the electronics industry. Analysis of the embedded systems market, which is the market for all but two...
[November 24, 2003, 23:00]
