[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some of the most commercially successful RISC processors ...

Hardware/software co-design has been a goal for several decades, but success has been limited. More recently, progress has been made in optimizing a processor as well as the addition of accelerators ...

TL;DR: Ubitium is developing a Universal Processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA into a single chip, aiming to revolutionize the market by reusing every transistor for multiple functions.

DSP developer Improv Systems Inc. today introduced its Jazz 2 architecture and family of Jazz 2 configurable processor core tool suites. The Beverly, Mass.-based company's second generation Jazz ...

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 ...