| Dearth of tools, expertise slows multi-core progress
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2007-05-16 |
| The progress of multi-core ICs are slowing down due to lack of parallel-programming tools needed to program and debug multi-core ICs, said Anant Agarwal |
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| IT industry needs to address parallel programming, Bill Gates
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2007-05-14 |
| Bill Gates asked the IT industry to solve the programming challenge of using multiple processors in parallel. |
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| Freescale's GPON SoC makes light of last mile woes
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2007-05-14 |
| The availability of Freescale's voice-enabled multi-core GPON chip, MSC7120, in India can impact broadband connectivity approaches in the country, claims Freescale |
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| Microprocessors pick up in sluggish server arena, IDC projects
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2007-05-08 |
| IDC projected slowdown for the computer server market and rise for microprocessors. |
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| EU project's embedded roadmap centres on multi-core, compilation
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2007-05-04 |
| HiPEAC, a project on high performance embedded applications and compilers, has produced a guide to the major challenges facing embedded applications for the next several years. |
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| Intel launches multi-core programming contest in China
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2007-04-19 |
| In expansion to its multi-core programming effort in China, Intel signs up more 35 universities to help them in designing curriculums, research and training programmes |
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| IBM touts advances in through-silicon via packaging tech
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2007-04-17 |
| IBM Corp. announced it has made advances in through-silicon via packaging that will allow it to ship production chips using the new interconnect in 2008. |
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| Platform secures partitioning for multi-core systems
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2007-04-10 |
| QNX Software Systems unveiled the world's 'first' secure memory and CPU partitioning capability for multi-core systems—QNX Secure Partitioning for Multi-Core Processors |
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| TI to revamp fab strategies
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2007-03-21 |
| Amid stinging losses of its base band chip monopolies at Docomo, Ericsson and Nokia, Texas Instruments is moving with a new sense of urgency to shake up its corporate culture and revamp its fab and product strategies. |
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| Multi-core processors suit China market, says IntellaSys
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2007-03-19 |
| U.S.-based IntellaSys sees China as a good application foreground for their multiple processors. |
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| DSP moves toward mutlicore road
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2007-03-12 |
| The DSP market is moving towards multi-core solutions in order to solve a host of new problems. At present, Texas Instruments Inc. fields a six-core solution. In February, TI introduced two multi-core DSPs for wireless infrastructure, including a six-core product |
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| picoChip steps up R&D, teams up with BUPT
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2007-03-12 |
| It's a long way from Bath, England, to the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). Yet for U.K. start-up picoChip, it's become one of the quickest ways to juice up its R&D. |
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| Freescale reports reduction in EDA tool flow
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2007-03-05 |
| Freescale Semiconductor has reported significant design efficiency improvements and a sizeable reduction in the number of EDA "tool flows". |
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| IBM's eDRAM challenges Intel
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2007-02-22 |
| IBM Corp. has disclosed that it will be able to pack as much as 48MB of eDRAM on a processor or ASIC when its 45nm process technology comes online in 2008. |
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| eDRAM to cement IBM, AMD relationship
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2007-02-21 |
| IBM's new embedded DRAM technology is expected to boost the company's relationship with Advanced Micro Devices. |
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| IBM to put 48MB on next-gen microprocessor
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2007-02-19 |
| By combining techniques in process and circuit design, IBM believes it can put as much as 48MB of fast DRAM on a reasonably sized CPU when its 45nm technology becomes available in 2008. |
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| Designing low-power multi-processor chips
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2007-02-16 |
| Power consumption is not something that can be achieved using a single technique. It calls for a combination of factors, including simplified system design, an efficient memory controller and the use of multiple processors that are optimised for specific tasks. |
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| Long way to go for multi-core processors
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2007-02-16 |
| 2006 may go down as the year the electronics industry woke up to the full breadth and significance of the trend to multi-core processors |
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| Intel announces teraflop capacity on a chip
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2007-02-13 |
| On Intel Corp. researchers have developed the 'first' programmable processor that offers teraflop performance on a single 80-core chip while consuming only 62W-less than many single-chip processors today. |
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| Intel to set up key plant in China
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2007-01-17 |
| Market sources claim that Intel Corp. will put up a major manufacturing plant in China that will manufacture 65nm multi-core processors. To date, Intel has invested about Rs.4,532 crore ($1 billion) in China |
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| Vista, dual-core to boost PC growth
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2007-01-09 |
| The arrival of Vista in the consumer market, the increased availability of multi-core microprocessors and a recovery in the desktop segment will mean greater sales growth in PCs, iSuppli predicts |
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| Asia set sights on more design activities
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2007-01-08 |
| With the slew of investments and expansion projects undertaken in India, Singapore, Malaysia and even Vietnam last year, multinationals have reaffirmed their confidence in the potential of these nations. |
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| Samsung selects ST's Nomadik processor
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2006-12-21 |
| STMicroelectronics (ST) has announced that Samsung Electronics has selected its Nomadik multimedia application processor technology for several digital TV mobile phone models. |
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| Future of EDA industry not too bright, says Magma exec
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2006-11-13 |
| The future of the EDA industry is not too bright, unless it enables chip design of even greater complexity with fewer engineers, thus helping the IC industry deal with the problem of lower profitability. |
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| ARM appoints Tata Elxsi as first approved design centre
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2006-11-13 |
| Tata Elxsi Ltd has been appointed as the first approved design centre of the UK-based ARM Embedded Technologies Ltd to develop software and embedded applications for silicon vendors. |
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| Intel promotes parallel programming in India
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2006-10-13 |
| According to Intel, India has yet to understand the need for programming in parallel to take advantage of multicore processing systems that are increasingly in shipment today. |
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| AMD, Intel face off on quad core
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2006-09-28 |
| Industry rivals AMD and Intel will face off over quad-core processors this week as each side tries to position itself as leading the race for multi-core x86 processors |
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| Intel joins 45 universities for software development
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2006-08-14 |
| Intel Corp. has announced a global effort to prepare university students for a new paradigm of software development as it transitions its processors from single-processor engines to ones that will have multiple cores and threads. |
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| Sarnoff licenses ARM's multi-core processor
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2006-07-31 |
| Sarnoff Corp. has licensed ARM's ARM11 MPCore multi-core processor. Sarnoff will be using the processor to develop high-performance, low-power mobile vision SoC |
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| KT picks picoChip for Femtocell development
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2006-07-25 |
| picoChip has signed a partnership agreement with Korea Telecom (KT) to develop WiBro/WiMAX access points, sometimes called Femtocells or Home-Basestations. |
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