
Startup Flow Computing is developing a coprocessor targeting threaded workloads and promising to double unmodified code’s throughput. Refactored software should see much greater gains. In principle, Flow’s PPU is compatible with all instruction sets, but… continue reading

At Computex 2024, Nvidia enraptured audiences with its data-center AI success, and Intel sought to stay relevant in data-center and PC markets. continue reading

Arm’s new Immortalis-G925 boasts 35%+ graphics and AI performance leaps, but this factors in a bigger configuration and optimized physical design. Ray tracing speeds up and Arm added a fragment-prepass stage to raise system efficiency. continue reading

Intel’s Lunar Lake delivers NPU gains and a new CPU architecture for select laptops. Faster AI performance and TSMC fabrication mitigates competitive and manufacturing risk, but expensive packaging risks profitability amid rising competition. continue reading

AMD advances AI performance in data centers and laptops, while the company discloses new Epyc and Ryzen server, desktop, and laptop processors employing the Zen 5 CPU as it races to stay ahead of competitors Intel and Qualcomm. continue reading

A few big microarchitecture changes and a lot of small ones lie behind Arm’s performance and efficiency claims for the Cortex-X925 and Cortex-A725 CPUs. continue reading
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