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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In a spasm of incisive journalism, we’re reporting that various news sites are reporting that the Wall Street Journal has reported that Sam Altman wants several trillion dollars from Arab sovereign-wealth funds to fab and deploy AI chips, calling the project GlobalFoundries 2: AI Boogaloo. Shine bright, Sam. continue reading

Two years after completing its Xilinx acquisition, AMD has released a design combining an AMD-heritage processor with a Xilinx-heritage FPGA. The new AMD Embedded+ is a board, not a chip, however. It targets PC-like systems for industrial, medical, and other embedded applications. Taking over Xilinx, with its broad customer base, should help AMD expand its… continue reading

AMD’s blend of Zen 4 and Zen 4c cores in Phoenix 2 seems optimal, but the variety of heterogeneous multicore configurations in the wild suggests there’s no consensus optimum. continue reading
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