• The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Adds AI Options

    MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip graphic

    For its newest flagship smartphone processor, MediaTek has adopted the most recent Arm technology, including the SME2 capabilities that speed up CPU-based AI processing. That’s not the only AI-related enhancement, however. The Dimensity 9500 includes a second-generation AI accelerator (NPU) that doubles the peak execution rate of its predecessor and adds a new low-power NPU… continue reading

  • Introducing The Byrne-Wheeler Report

    Joe and Bob of the Byrne-Wheeler Report

    Bob Wheeler and I have launched a video podcast covering chip news. Episode 1 covers the Hot Interconnects and Hot Chips conferences, as well as Arm’s Lumex and Nvidia’s Rubin CPX announcements. We hope you enjoy this new format, which will complement our respective written analysis. continue reading

  • Nvidia Discloses Rubin CPX, an Unexpected Data-Center GPU

    Vera Rubin CPX rack and tray

    Nvidia has unveiled the Rubin CPX, an AI chip for data centers that was not previously on their public roadmaps. It can offload LLMs’ decode stages. continue reading

  • Nvidia Draws Intel Near

    Godfather II screenshot

    Nvidia is investing $5 billion in Intel. Intel agrees to supply Nvidia customized Xeons (presumably by adding NVLink) and to use Nvidia GPUs in its PC processors. continue reading

  • Can the Ubitium UB410 be the First Universal Processor?

    Ubitium UPA block diagram

    Startup Ubitium is about to tape out its first chip, which it calls a universal processor. The forthcoming UB410 is RISC-V compatible and aims to replace CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, DSPs, and FPGAs. Initially focusing on consumer applications, the company seeks to provide a unified environment for general-purpose, AI, signal-processing, and other code. Ubitium’s founders have… continue reading

  • Arm Reveals Lumex IP for Mobile Clients

    Arm has disclosed its first Lumex-branded licensable designs (IP) for mobile clients. Predominantly targeting smartphones, the Lumex platform includes four CPU performance tiers and is the company’s first implementation of Scalable Matrix Extensions (SME2) for AI processing and other matrix-math workloads. Alongside the new CPUs, Arm has updated its Mali GPU, adding ray-tracing acceleration. New… continue reading

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