• Scaleway Lifts RISC-V to the Clouds

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    Targeting hobbyists and professional developers looking to experiment with RISC-V, French cloud-services provider Scaleway rents TH1520-based systems. continue reading

  • Altera Rides Again

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    Intel is reviving the preacquisition name Altera for the soon-to-be-standalone PSG (FPGA/PLD) business Sandra Rivera will head. continue reading

  • AI-Powered Vending Machine from Mars Stirs Up Controversy

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    Bad UI design led to an embedded system showing a conspicuous error message, kicking off controversy. Vending machines deployed by candy company Mars revealed they were using face recognition. The use of USB to connect the camera suggests that the design isn’t based on a so-called application processor, which usually have MIPI interfaces. continue reading

  • 4Q23 Processor Market: Embedded Segment Turns Cold as Data Center Stays Hot

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    Four key players confirm that the data-center segment—especially AI processing—is hot, while the PC segment lacks luster and embedded sales falter. continue reading

  • Arm Neoverse V3 and N3 Turn Up the Heat on X86

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    Arm has refreshed its entire infrastructure-CPU line, delivering new Neoverse V3, N3, and E3 cores. A rung up the integration ladder, the company also offers compute subsystems (CSS) that combine these CPUs, a mesh network, cache, and interfaces to facilitate customers’ SoC and chiplet designs. Arm reports V3 and N3 are typically about 13% and continue reading

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    The SHD Group has developed a detailed RISC-V report covering design starts by application, unit volume projections by market, and projections through 2030. Visit SHD’s website to receive a complementary version. For the full version, contact us here at XPU. We’ll relay your interest, and you’ll help support this site. continue reading

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