Month: March 2025
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Startup Lightmatter Discloses New Photonics
Lightmatter announces Passage M1000 optical interposer & L200 CPO tech. They stand out for connecting to chiplets across their surface instead of only at their edges. Optical tech like this will accelerate the transition from copper and help XPUs to scale.
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Nvidia GTC 2025 Roundup: What’s Most Significant?
Last week Nvidia held its annual GTC developer conference, where it disclosed upcoming hardware products. Analyzing significant disclosures and their implications, we find…
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Intel Expands Xeon 6 to Target Enterprise Customers
Intel has expanded its Xeon 6 line with enterprise-targeted and 5G-targeted models. Distinctive options include 4S and 8S support and 136 PCIe lanes. But is it enough to regain customer confidence?
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Synaptics SR-Series MCUs Reduce Edge-AI Power
Synaptics has released a new microcontroller series integrating AI acceleration and implementing multiple domains to mitigate power. The Synaptics SR100’s main processing elements are an Arm Cortex-M55 CPU and an Ethos-U55 NPU. For low-power operation, the MCU has a Cortex-M4 core with a proprietary micro NPU. Targeting computer vision, the chip also has camera interfaces,…
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4Q24 Processor Market: AMD, Intel, Microchip, and Nvidia Q4 Earnings Review
Every quarter we examine earnings from an illustrative set of processor companies targeting data-center, PC, and embedded markets.
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MIPS Targets Physical AI to Fuel Next Growth Phase
MIPS is developing an AI accelerator and a CPU subsystem for real-time processing. The S8200 NPU and M8500 subsystem target industrial and automotive applications. MIPS will produce an M8500 chip as a reference for customers evaluating custom MCUs based on the subsystem.