Year: 2025
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Speedy Nuclei CPU Supports Apps and Real-Time Processing
At the RISC-V Summit North America, Nuclei disclosed its new licensable UX1030H CPU. A midrange configuration of the company’s high-end 1000-series cores, the design complies with RISC-V’s RVA23 profile and supports real-time as well as application processing. Nuclei targets the UX1030H at performance-sensitive systems, such as communications, computing, and storage infrastructure. Based in Shanghai, Nuclei…
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Byrne-Wheeler Report, Episode 4
Bob and Joe discuss the RISC-V Summit, Nvidia BlueField 4, the possibility of an Intel-SambaNova acquisition, and Amazon’s Indiana data center and Trainium 2.
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Axelera’s Europa NPU Hits 629 TOPS in 45 W
Edge-AI specialist Axelera is moving upmarket. The company’s new Europa AI accelerator (NPU) triples the raw performance of its Metis NPU to 629 TOPS (and more than quadruples its Yolo V8 throughput), positioning it for automotive, robotics, and even data-center applications. Slated to ship in the first half of 2026, the new device adds capabilities…
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Nvidia’s 800 VDC Proves Jensen is Listening
Among the revelations and reintroductions of rack-scale systems at OCP earlier this month, Nvidia’s contribution of the 800 VDC architecture seems to have stolen the show. This past year, Nvidia’s most prominent customers have experienced the rising inefficiencies of using established power architectures as they rapidly ramped up GB200 NVL72 (Blackwell) racks. The announcement of…
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Byrne-Wheeler Report, Episode 3 (Revenge of the 5 MW Rack)
The boys discuss the AMD-OpenAI deal and OCP news including AMD Helios, Broadcom Thor Ultra, Intel Crescent Island, and SUE/ESUN/SUE-T.
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SiFive Adds to Intelligence Family
SiFive’s refreshed Intelligence family features vector/matrix units, a low-cost option, and upgrades for AI, encryption, customization, and performance.