Year: 2025
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MediaTek Kompanio Ultra Confronts Intel for Chromebook Plus Sockets
MediaTek’s Arm-based Kompanio Ultra 910 rivals Intel’s Core Ultra 5 125U performance at lower power. What does this mean for Chromebook Plus, thin clients, and Windows on Arm?
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Researchers Reveal GPU Architecture’s Warped World
Researchers reverse-engineered an Nvidia Ampere GPU, revealing microarchitecture details such as compiler-controlled dependency management and caching.
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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,…