Radically new processor architecture, reducing overhead high frequency switching, is needed in order to fully utilize the potential of future CMOS technology. Optimizing for energy efficiency, ...

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Imsys Technologies introduces a family of single-chip-system architecture at the fall Microprocessor Forum in San Jose. Making use of the re-configurability of the IM3000.x architecture, the company ...

Adding network services in a secure fashion to today's network infrastructure requires deploying a large number of separate devices. These can include a Layer 4+ switch, an anti-spam gateway, firewall ...

Silicon densities, both for ASICs and FPGAs, can now support true systems-on-a-chip (SoCs). This level of design requires busing systems to connect various components, including 1 or more ...

Microprocessors are wondrous devices: They integrate the brain of a computer onto a single electronic component. The computing power that once required a room full of equipment now fits onto a ...

India has announced Dhruv64, a 1.0GHz, 64-bit dual-core microprocessor, marking the country's first fully homegrown CPU. Developed by C-DAC under the Microprocessor Development Programme, Dhruv64 is ...

In March of 2003, Intel officially launched its Centrino mobile computing platform, at the center of which was a new x86 processor designed specifically for the mobile computing space: the Pentium M.

Mark Hempstead owns shares in Intel Corp in a retirement account. He has received federal and industry funds for his research in power-management and computer architecture. Computers’ amazing ...