Computers’ amazing abilities to entertain people, help them work, and even respond to voice commands are, at their heart, the results of decades of technological development and innovation in ...

Does system architecture affect power dissipation? You bet it does. A few days ago, I discussed an article in EDN that was written by Dean Andersen. He stated as his first major point that ...

Traditional planar chip design (left) and Intel's new Tri-Gate technology (right). The company believes that 3D transistors perform more efficiently Intel has unveiled its next generation of ...

A breakthrough microchip specification language will allow ambiguous English to be replaced by a mathematically precise description of processor functions and design. Better yet, it applies to every ...

As new use cases emerge in the personal electronics market, the processors that run them must evolve to meet the changing requirements. In 1990, the productivity era drove growth in personal computers ...

The microprocessor-memory gap has been growing for over 30 years, and in that time caches have been crucial components in digital system design. All high-performance microprocessors are designed with ...

Integrating processors, sensors, and data exchange functionality into everyday objects, the Internet of Things (IoT) pushes computing capabilities far beyond desktops and servers. On December 5, ...

A new technical paper titled “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Microprocessor Design Space Exploration” was published by researchers at Harvard University and Google research groups.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the opening of an advanced microprocessor development facility in Fort Collins, CO. Dubbed the “Mile High Design Center” (MHDC), the facility is the latest in AMD’s ...

The chip industry faces a pivotal moment as hardware-side exploits cannot simply be fixed with software updates. Current chip engineering standards may need to be overhauled Computers’ amazing ...