In this installment we will investigate how a cloud processing system is structured to address and react to artificial intelligence technologies; how a GPU and CPU (central processing unit) compare ...

Hardware enthusiasts of a certain vintage will become misty-eyed and nostalgic when they hear the word "Mendocino." That might be exactly why AMD picked that codename for its own cut-down, low-cost ...

For years, processors focused on performance, and that performance had little accountability to anything else. Performance still matters, but now it must be accountable to power. If small gains in ...

Direct Digital Frequency Synthesis (DDFS) techniques have fundamentally reshaped the approach to frequency generation in modern electronic systems. By employing digital methodologies such as phase ...

Data centers continue to heat up as new processors consume more energy than ever before. Cooling is the primary weapon against the heat these processors generate, but it won’t be able to keep up ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the software interface through which for example a central processor unit (CPU) is controlled. Unlike early computer systems which didn’t define a ...

Intel's next-gen 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs will be coming out in the next few months, but the next-next-gen 14th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs are getting some more details in fresh leaks. We ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With the current crop of consoles from Microsoft and Sony nearing the end of their natural ...

Chip startup Efficient Computer Corp. exited stealth mode in 2024 with a $16 million seed funding round with the announcement of its first computer processor, the E0 system-on-chip (SoC) for ...