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Introducing the 'system on a chip'
News National Semi calls the Geode SC3200 a "system on a chip", since it integrates features from four chips -- the same processor core as its predecessor, a video processor, memory controller and input/output controller -- on a single microprocessor.
[September 19, 2000, 8:05]
HW-SW Framework for Distributed Parallel Computing on Programmable Chips
White Papers This paper addresses a new hardware/software Multi Processor System-on-a-Chip (MPSoC) co-design methodology to map PVM/MPI parallel software framework to a developed multiprocessor architecture for distributed parallel computing on a chip.
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
Toshiba goes straight on chip design
News The company on Monday announced X Architecture, a new design method that promises to increase the performance and reduce the size and power consumption of system-on-a-chip processors. System-on-a-chip processors are used in an increasingly wider...
[June 5, 2001, 9:05]
AMD 64-bit chips get Windows support
News Microsoft announced on Wednesday afternoon that it will offer a version of the Windows operating system that supports AMD's upcoming 64-bit Hammer family of processors: the next-generation desktop Athlon, and the dual-processor SledgeHammer server...
[April 25, 2002, 8:47]
Comdex 2001: IBM prepares sequel to Summit server
News IBM still is months from launching its most important Intel server, based on a chip that enables a 16-processor system, but already Big Blue is contemplating a 32-processor successor as well as plans to license the first model to other companies.
[November 14, 2001, 10:02]
Embedded chips chase gadget market
News Like to buy a system-on-a-chip processor? Sharp Microelectronics announced a 200MHz system-on-a-chip processor based on the ARM922T core. This year at the conference, a number of chipmakers are announcing new system-on-a-chip processors.
[April 11, 2001, 10:44]
ARM launches digital-music product
News The first solution, announced on Wednesday, is for the development of SD Card-based system-on-chip devices that are designed using ARM's SD Card PrimeCell peripheral designed methodology. ARM's Primecell components are designed be interoperable...
[August 1, 2001, 14:05]
IBM puts Opteron on the rack
News IBM on Tuesday will give supercomputing aficionados a glimpse of an Opteron chip-based system that is geared for high-performance tasks. On Monday, Intel gave details of a new version of its upcoming Itanium 2 6M "Madison" chip.
[June 24, 2003, 11:20]
Intel confirms 820 chip set delay
News At the same time, Intel announced a new integrated chip set, the 810E, and two new processors a 533MHz Pentium III and 600MHz Pentium III, which support a 133MHz system bus. With its 133MHz system bus and support for Rambus Direct RAM, the 820...
[September 28, 1999, 9:34]
General purpose processors flash their assets
News Standard" processors and system-on-a-chip designs that combine the function of several chips in one piece of silicon dominate the new offerings on display at the Embedded Processor Forum, which began on Tuesday in San Jose, California.
[June 13, 2001, 9:26]
Microsoft lends support to 64-bit push
News Dubbed Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems, the operating system will run on PCs with the Athlon 64 chip and also workstations using AMD's Opteron chip, Microsoft said. The announcement is a key vote of support for AMD, which is...
[September 23, 2003, 16:45]
AMD's Athlon XP delivers on everyday performance
News New tests in ZDNet's labs have shown that a system built around AMD's latest chip -- the Athlon XP 1800+ -- running at 1.53GHz can outperform a 2GHz Intel P4 system when running mainstream and high-end productivity applications.
[October 9, 2001, 12:26]
Start-up gives PDAs a multimedia boost
News The core will be built into a highly integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) along with MediaQ's own hardware acceleration for multimedia applications. The chip, which will compete with products from Texas Instruments, Intel and Motorola, among others...
[April 16, 2003, 15:27]
E in Intel 810E stands for chEap
News The 810E chip set works with Pentium III processors and offers support for 66MHz, 100MHz or 133MHz system buses. PCs based on Intel's Pentium III chip are set to break through the $1000 barrier. The chip maker Monday announced a new desktop PC chip...
[September 28, 1999, 10:05]
IBM brings speed to the low end
News Big Blue's p615 previously had a 1.2GHz version of the Power4+ chip, which has two processor "cores" on a single slice of silicon. As expected, the new version comes with a 1.45GHz chip and is scheduled to begin shipping on 24 October.
[October 20, 2003, 12:45]
Cars to navigate via multiple operating systems
News The environment provides single-chip support for Tron, a variant of the popular Japanese operating system for embedded devices, and Microsoft Windows Automotive, Microsoft’s operating system for cars.
[December 12, 2003, 10:40]
AMD turns big guns on 64-bit demo
News The CD, using a SCI technology called GameStorm, is an attempt to get around a problem facing the Athlon 64 as well as other 64-bit processors, such as the IBM G5 used in new Macintosh PCs, and even Intel's 64-bit Itanium server chip: the lack of...
[October 6, 2003, 17:35]
Adaptive OFDM System Design for Cognitive Radio
White Papers In order to support such an adaptive OFDM system, the paper proposes a MultiProcessor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) architecture which can be dynamically reconfigured. This paper presents a design technology for mapping flexible OFDM baseband for...
[April 11, 2007, 1:01]
World's smallest combination lock gears up - for IT security
News Using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) design, the Recodable Locking Device has six notched gear wheels each the size of a full stop to replicate a traditional locking mechanism on a silicon chip.
[March 5, 2003, 15:48]
AMD dual-core desktop debut due
News In the gamer desktop market, Intel will come out with a dual core-chip for high-end PCs this year that will also sport HyperThreading, which effectively will allow the chip to mimic, to a certain degree, a four-processor system.
[February 23, 2005, 8:00]
