Year: 2024
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Will the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Put Gen AI in the Rearview Mirror?
The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 promises 28% greater multithread performance than its predecessor, and the company says its faster NPU ushers in the agentic AI era.
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BrainChip Akida Pico Scales Down AI Processing
Executing spiking neural networks (SNNs), BrainChip’s licensable Akida NPU can be more power and area efficient than NPUs for convolutional neural networks (CNNs). However, converting a CNN to an SNN lessens Akida’s advantage and entails additional developer complexity. BrainChip, therefore, is leaning into its advantage, offering a new scaled-down Pico configuration that can operate without…
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SiFive XM CPUs Accelerate RISC-V Matrix Math for AI
SiFive has added matrix instructions to its RISC-V CPUs for AI. Targeting microcontrollers to data centers, the new cores can be used singly or replicated hundreds of times.
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Imagination Website Trims RISC-V Portfolio
As of 25 September 2024, the Imagination Technologies website no longer features CPUs under the heading Technologies. Considering RISC-V market dynamics, it’s not for a lack of imagination the company is scaling back.
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Altera Spins Cyclone Replacement with an Old Arm Core
The forthcoming Agilex 3 family is an overdue update to the Altera product line, scaling its FPGA architecture to lower densities and (presumably) prices. Its integrated Cortex-A55, however, highlights how Arm has yet to improve upon the Cortex-A55.
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Intel Delivers Granite Rapids Without a Hitch
Granite Rapids is Intel’s third consecutive Xeon launch to have gone well, meeting expectations the company has been setting for the past two years. Closing the say-do gap is essential to restore confidence in the company.