Neo’s 3D X DRAM technology promises an 8× increase in DRAM capacity with a per-bit cost one-sixth that of conventional DRAM. The company seeks a partner for silicon implementation.
TechInsights’ floorplan analysis reveals MediaTek and Qualcomm have increased GPU size in their flagship smartphone processors while Apple has held its GPU size constant.
At the recent VLSI Symposia, Intel presented three papers discussing PowerVia technology: one on the technology itself, another on the results from a test microprocessor, and a third looking at the possible evolution of PowerVia.
Bluespec’s licensable RISC-V MCUX CPU IP adds custom instructions to its existing ultralow-footprint CPU, branded MCU. Optimized for FPGAs, these CPUs occupy fewer lookup tables than any other commercial RISC-V core.
Tesla has started deploying its Dojo supercomputer that employs unusual technologies to pack AI-training performance in a smaller volume than Nvidia-based systems.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 offers more-powerful CPUs and faster DRAM than MediaTek’s Dimensity 6100+, but neither new chip delivers much improvement to low-cost smartphones.
Intel’s new accounting approach gives financial responsibility to manufacturing, treating business units as internal customers. This greater accountability should help the overall profitability and competitiveness of its foundry business.
Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics feature prominently in MLPerf Tiny v1.1 results, and Plumerai’s inference engine demonstrates how it speeds up model execution.
Meta has developed an AI accelerator chip called MTIA, following in the footsteps of Google and Amazon. Employing RISC V CPUs and fixed-function units, the chip offered 102 INT8 TOPS at 25 W TDP.
Lightelligence’s ONoc interposer connects chiplets optically through silicon waveguides on a monolithic multireticle substrate. The company launched a machine-learning application as a demonstrator.
South Korean AI startup Rebellions has launched Atom, an AI-accelerator card targeting the high-frequency trading market. The company has raised over $100 million and has released ResNet-50 MLPerf benchmark performance data.