• Arteris Expands NoC Offerings for AI Accelerators

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    Arteris has introduced mesh-topology support for its FlexNoC and Ncore NoC IP, catering to the growing demand from AI accelerators and many-core processors. The company’s parameterizable NoC solutions offer flexibility, performance, power efficiency, and—most importantly—scalability. continue reading


  • AMD Epyc 9005, MI325X, and Salina Debut at AI Gala

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    AMD paraded new data-center and PC processors at an AI-themed pep rally this week that featured partners and customers cheering the company’s advancements. Most of the products had been discussed previously but in only vague terms. continue reading


  • Intel’s Arrow Lake-S (Core Ultra 200S) Reduces Power

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    Intel’s Arrow Lake-S desktop processors improve performance and power efficiency compared with their predecessors, maintaining Intel’s solid competitive market position. The weak NPU is a branding problem, but the bigger AI problem is the technology’s weak consumer benefits. continue reading


  • Will the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Put Gen AI in the Rearview Mirror?

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    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. continue reading


  • BrainChip Akida Pico Scales Down AI Processing

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    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 continue reading


  • SiFive XM CPUs Accelerate RISC-V Matrix Math for AI

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    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. continue reading



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