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Ultra Low-Cost Defect Protection for Microprocessor Pipelines
White Papers This paper introduces the BulletProof pipeline, the first ultra low-cost mechanism to protect a microprocessor pipeline and on-chip memory system from silicon defects. The sustained push toward smaller and smaller technology sizes has reached a...
[November 25, 2008, 23:00]
Transmeta sells microprocessor unit
News Struggling chip designer Transmeta has found a buyer for its microprocessor business. Culture.com Technology Limited, a subsidiary of Culturecom Holdings of Hong Kong, will purchase the rights to the Crusoe microprocessor, the first chip produced...
[June 2, 2005, 9:50]
Transmeta unveils software-based microprocessor
News Transmeta took the wraps off its long-awaited Crusoe chip on Wednesday, saying it represented the first microprocessor "whose instruction set is implemented entirely in software". In introducing the first two in what will be a family of chips...
[January 19, 2000, 16:30]
'The microprocessor is dead' says Sun
Talkback How often have I heard this from SUN. They may be right, but at this moment in time I'm not really fussed. I remember the days when SUN were real competition to Microsoft. I think one of the reasons why they aren't doing so well is that they keep...
[October 15, 2003, 13:50]
Intel celebrates microprocessor's 25th birthday
News November 15 marks the actual day when the first advertisement for the Intel 4004 chip appeared in US trade publication Electronics News. The legend goes that Dr. Ted Hoff, the inventor of the chip, came up with the design on a naturist beach in...
[October 31, 1996, 15:19]
AMD launches 1GHz microprocessor
News Microprocessor manufacturer AMD delivered a huge smack in the face to arch industry rival Intel today by announcing the launch of its 1GHz Athlon processor. A UK spokesperson for AMD this morning confirmed that the 1GHz processor, along with the...
[March 6, 2000, 8:42]
'The microprocessor is dead' says Sun
News Eventually, Papadopoulos predicted, almost an entire computer will exist on a single chip -- not a microprocessor but a "microsystem". Microprocessors are dead," Papadopoulos said, trying to provoke an audience of chip aficionados at the...
[October 15, 2003, 11:55]
Energy-Aware Microprocessor Synchronization: Transactional Memory Vs. Locks
White Papers One important way in which multiprocessors differ from uniprocessors is in the need to provide programmers the ability to synchronize concurrent access to memory. Transactional memory was proposed as a way of improving throughput especially when...
[November 25, 2008, 23:00]
Next Leap in Microprocessor Architecture: Intel Core Duo Processor
White Papers Based on dual-core technology, Intel Core Duo rewrites the rules of computing and delivers breakthrough performance with amazingly low power consumption. Intel Core Duo processor is at the heart of Intel's premium desktop and notebook platforms...
[September 11, 2009, 2:03]
It Takes Advanced Microprocessor Technology to Make a Modern Datacenter
White Papers Many IT organizations struggle to remain afloat in a sea of servers, each of which is dedicated to running a single application. Large datacenters may contain tens of thousands of servers, each consuming a few hundred watts of power and emitting...
[March 1, 2007, 0:00]
Intel's major chip breakthrough
News A breakthrough in microprocessor technology promises a ten fold increase in processor speed over the next decade according to Intel Monday. The development of the transistor seems to fit into Moore's law, which states that microprocessor speed will...
[December 11, 2000, 10:35]
Analysis: 1GHz, great if you can get 'em
News Newly crowned champion of the 1GHz microprocessor race, Advance Micro Devices (AMD), sent its PR machine into overdrive on Monday, describing the launch of its new super-chip in the same hushed tones spoken at the breaking of the sound barrier and...
[March 7, 2000, 10:51]
A look under the hood of Pentium 4
News Intel opened the hood of its next-generation microprocessor this week, revealing details about the Pentium 4's new microarchitecture to developers. But the features have not been tested by third parties, such as the Microprocessor Report.
[August 25, 2000, 13:22]
A Year Ago: Intel details 1999 Merced release
News Pre-empting next week's Microprocessor Forum, Intel Corp.today gave a more definitive timetable for the release of its first IA-64 microprocessor, code-named Merced. The Santa Clara, Calif.company said it will deliver Merced sometime in 1999 and...
[October 9, 1998, 6:33]
Chip industry looks to 2GHz in 2001
News Microprocessor manufacturers will crack the 2GHz speed barrier and 3G devices will spur on the semiconductor industry in 2001, leading analysts predicted Thursday. Microprocessor maker Intel was unsurprisingly also the subject of some key forecasts...
[January 19, 2001, 11:56]
Crusoe chip gets first suitor
News The first consumer product based on the Crusoe microprocessor from Transmeta will be announced in the US Thursday by consumer technology firm S3. According to initial reports, Diamond's "Web pad" will use the lower end 3120 Crusoe microprocessor...
[January 20, 2000, 17:37]
Big Blue appoints new patent supremo
News John Kelly, the executive who led IBM's microprocessor work, has taken a new post in charge of technology direction and intellectually property issues at the company. Kelly had headed up IBM's technology group, the organisation in charge of...
[October 14, 2004, 9:30]
Digital discusses Alpha, Merced and Compaq merger plans
News Harry Copperman, senior vice president and group executive of Digital's products division, also reaffirmed Digital's commitment to the Alpha microprocessor and said the company will shortly sign an unspecified third semiconductor maker to...
[April 1, 1998, 10:43]
25 years on, Intel times still a' changin'
News Intel today celebrated the 25th anniversary of the microprocessor with press and key figures from Intel's history. Crawford reviewed the progress of the microprocessor, from the early 4004, 8008 and 8080, to the 386 and 486, and Pentium and Pentium...
[November 1, 1996, 13:30]
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. Intel's 64-bit high-end microprocessor, Itanium, has...
[August 10, 2000, 10:51]
