Ars Technica

Inside the IBM PowerPC 970 ? Part I: Design Philosophy and Front End

IBM’s Tuesday, October 15th announcement of the PowerPC 970 was one of the most heavily anticipated processor announcements in recent memory. Mac users, would-be Mac users, Linux enthusiasts, and ...
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, ...
Nature

Neural Network-Based Branch Prediction Techniques

Neural network-based branch prediction techniques represent a significant advancement in processor architecture, where machine learning models replace traditional, heuristic-based mechanisms to ...
Semiconductor Engineering

SoC Telemetry & Performance Analysis Using Statistical Profiling Extension

The Arm Statistical Profiling Extension (SPE) is an architectural feature designed for enhanced instruction execution profiling within Arm CPUs. This feature has been available since the introduction ...