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PMC-Sierra Introduces New Highly Integrated SoC-based 64-bit MIPS Microprocessor Architecture

RM9150 Leverages SoC Platform Methodology, E9000 Microprocessor Core and Advanced System Bus Architecture SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004-- Today at the Embedded Processor Forum, ...
Houston Chronicle

What Are the Benefits of Using Multiple-Bus Architecture Compared to Single-Bus Architecture?

All computing devices, from smartphones to supercomputers, pass data back and forth along electronic channels called "buses." You can think about the buses like freeways, in that having additional ...
Hackaday

CPU architecture

When it comes to PCs, Westerners are most most familiar with x86/x64 processors from Intel and AMD, with Apple Silicon taking up a significant market share, too. However, in China, a relatively new ...
EDN

Virtualization and multicore x86 CPUs

August 8, 2008 will be a significant date in the history of computer architecture. This is the date that Intel intends to discontinue the Pentium 4 CPU line, therefore also the NetBurst ...
EDN

Microprocessor incorporates SH4-A CPU core and PCI-bus controller

Featuring a dedicated three-bus architecture, the SH7780 employs a 32-bit DDR-SDRAM bus at 160 MHz, a 32-bit bus for PCI-bus connections, and a 32-bit local bus at 100 MHz for connecting to flash ...
Design-Reuse

Embedded Symmetric MultiProcessing system on a SoC with 1.6GHz PowerPC IP in 45nm

Because the dimensions of lithography are now closer to the fundamental physical limits, scaling is more and more difficult and thus multi-core processor solutions are just starting to be more popular ...
Embedded

Basics of core-based FPGA design: Part 2 – System design considerations

There are a number of system design factors requiring consideration when implementing an FPGA processor. Some of those factors include the use of co-design, processor architectural implementation, ...
Computerworld

CPU architecture after Moore’s Law: What’s next?

When considering the future of CPU architecture, some industry watchers predict excitement, and some predict boredom. But no one predicts a return to the old days, when speed doubled at least every ...
HotHardware

Intel Announces New Mesh Interconnect Architecture For Its Upcoming Xeon Scalable Processors

Intel announced its family of Xeon Scalable Processors in early May, featuring the Skylake-SP microarchitecture. Those processors haven’t officially launched just yet, but today the chip giant is ...
Electronic Design

Hardware Directory

ARM9T Core The ARM9T family defines a set of RISC cores that are optimized to minimize cost and power dissipation. The family builds around the ARM9 Thumb architecture, a full ARM ISA also capable of ...
Electronic Design

Understanding FPGA Processor Interconnects

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. FPGAs are wonderful tools. They consist of a collection of logic cells called lookup tables (LUTs) surrounded by an ...