Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 will use custom AI chip
The custom silicon is a coprocessor designed by Microsoft that will natively and flexibly implement DNNs, according to the company.
Intel strikes back in x86 server CPUs
The platinum 8180 and 8160 versions of Skylake have edged AMD’s Epyc 7601 by 2% to 28% in performance and…
Graphics processor draws 70μA/MHz in active mode
The TZ1201XBG graphics processor is based on a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F processor, capable of operating at 96MHz, according to Toshiba.
EV6x upgrade promises 4x performance improvement
The EV6x vision processors for ADAS have an improved dedicated and programmable convolutional neural network (CNN) engine and support all…
NXP seeks wider natural-language processing
The goal for NXP is to extend its approach for natural-language processing, claiming that dedicated hardware is not required in…
AMD seeks growth in diversity
The company is ramping up new products across a diverse set of markets, delivering high-performance processors that meet customer demands.
Freescale gets NXP top MCU vendor spot
Strong growth in MCUs for IoT applications and suppliers jockeying for marketshare resulted in several acquisitions. IC Insights reveals how…
28nm quad-core LTE SoC powers Micromax Bharat 2
The SC9832 processer clocks at 1.3GHz and supports 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS, according to…
I/O controllers enable 1.6M read ops/sec
Microsemi's smart storage solutions target 'Flash performance' for data center servers with 12Gbps SAS or 6Gbps SATA HDDs or SSDs.
Expanded Synergy MCUs cover up to 240MHz frequencies
Renesas has seven MCU Groups with 57 devices with on-chip flash memory sizes of 64kB, 128kB, 256kB, 512kB, 1MB, 2MB…