News tagged with processor cores

Increasing processor efficiency by 'shutting off the lights'

There was a time when a laptop could weigh 10 pounds and still sell—a time when a cell phone was larger than a pocket—and a time when an iPod only played music.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Nvidia releases the Kal-El quad-core mobile chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia has announced their brand new quad-core mobile processor at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The new processor was given the interestingly superheroic name Kal-El. Just in ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 16 | with audio podcast weblog

Qualcomm announces a new family of mobile Snapdragon Chipsets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm just announced today its next mobile processor architecture for the Snapdragon family chipsets that will include the single-core MSM8930, the dual-core MSM8960 and the quad-core APQ8064. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Scientists squeeze more than 1,000 cores on to computer chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created an ultra-fast 1,000-core computer processor.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

ASUS introduces the Eee PC 1015PEM dual core netbook

ASUS today announces the launch of the Eee PC 1015PEM with the latest Intel Atom N550 dual core processor. This processor gives the 1015PEM a level of performance that surpasses other Atom-based netbooks available today.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Intel Launches New Low-Power Moorestown Chip For Smartphones (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel will be releasing their new ultra-low-power Atom base processor designed specifically for mobile devices. The chip package is based on Intel’s 45-nanometer process and packs over 140 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Toshiba Launches 32-Bit Microcontroller For Analog Circuit Control In Industrial And Appliance Applications

Toshiba today announced availability of a new 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), the TMPM380. The TMPM380 MCU was specifically designed for the digital control of high-current circuits commonly found in industrial ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel Plans New Intel Atom Processor-based System-on-Chip

Two Intel executives today outlined the latest Intel system-on-chip (SoC) products for embedded applications and described new research to allow homes and small businesses to better use and manage energy. The forthcoming ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intel Announces Next-Generation Atom Platform (w/ Video)

Intel Corporation announced new Intel Atom processors today that feature integrated graphics built directly into the CPU, enabling improved performance and smaller, more energy-efficient designs in a new generation ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest. Located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jaguar is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 2

AMD Announces Eight New Athlon II Processors

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD announced today eight new, low cost, Athlon II processors to their Athlon II processor family.

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 1 weblog

Intel's Atom CE 4100 SoC Will Transform Internet TV (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the IDF event, in Santa Clara, California, Intel announced the debut of their newest System-on-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4100. The CE4100 SoC is designed exclusively to facilitate ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0 weblog

Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever With the New Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor

Intel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition today, bringing Intel’s award-winning and super-fast Nehalem microarchitecture ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Moore's Law Marches on at Intel

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today displayed a silicon wafer containing the world's first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory as well as ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 10

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