News tagged with memory caches

More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing, simulation shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

IBM Announces Highest Performance Embedded Processor for System-on-Chip Designs

IBM today announced the industry's highest performance, highest throughput processor for system-on-chip (SoC) product families in the communication, storage, consumer, and aerospace and defense markets.

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Gadgets: Verbatim SureFire, RockBuds earphones, Targus Lap Chill Mat

Bigger, better and faster is what you get from the new Verbatim SureFire portable hard drive.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New AMBA 4 specification optimizes coherency for heterogeneous multicore SoCs

ARM today announced the latest AMBA 4 interface and protocol specification featuring the AMBA 4 AXI Coherency Extensions (ACE). Cache coherency is essential in multicore computing applications to efficiently maintain the ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0