Like with the rest of the design, AMD's second-generation ray-tracing builds on the lessons taught by RDNA 2 to drastically improve efficiency in "heavy RT workloads." ...

It’s not traditional computer architecture. That’s pretty much a dead field,” said Christof Teuscher, a Portland State University professor who teaches microprocessor design and computer ...

The purpose of this article is to highlight the reason for Intel’s dramatic change in server processor design and the likely impact of the change. First up is the why. The x86 is a mature ...

TL;DR Key Takeaways : RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) that eliminates licensing fees, fostering innovation and reducing economic barriers in processor design. It is ...

“Micro architecture defines how well you execute the instruction set,” says Arteris’ Frank. “When people stick to the agreed upon instruction set architecture, you are squeezing the lemon, the ...

Meteor Lake also includes changes to the manufacturing processes, introduces a reimagined "stacked" 3D design combining the parts of the CPU, and expands on the tiered high-power-vs.-low-power ...

“Microprocessor architects are increasingly resorting to domain-specific customization in the quest for high-performance and energy-efficiency. As the systems grow in complexity, fine-tuning ...

Researchers at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor, aiming at a potential architecture for the ...

Based on a parallel processing architecture, the eXtreme Processor is touted as the industry's most powerful 32-bit processor. Capable of sustainable peak performance in excess of 50 GOPS, the ...