Heterogeneous multiprocessor (HMP) systems, using functionally asymmetric compute elements, such as application processors and microcontrollers integrated within the same SoCs, are now used ...

Sunnyvale, CA – 28 August 2013 – Imagination Technologies (IMG.L), a leading multimedia, processor, communications and cloud technologies company, recognizes its partner MediaTek Inc. for its ...

Often, the term “multiprocessing” is associated with tightly-coupled symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architectures, due in large part to SMP’s prevalence in high-performance computing, x86/x64 servers ...

Today ARM ® announced OpenCL ™ for ARM NEON ™ technology. This enables the use of the OpenCL framework on ARM Cortex ®-A processors. Alongside the already supported ARM Mali ™ GPUs, OpenCL for NEON ...

The longstanding technology trend of creating ever larger and faster processors started fragmenting several years ago when power-density and high-frequency design needs started becoming impediments.

LONDON — Despite moves by Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to bring their dual and four-core processors into embedded applications, there is a sense that some of the companies that ...

Historically, developers of programmable logic devices – and, more latterly, FPGAs – have taken advantage of process shrinks, not only to integrate more features into their parts, but also to produce ...

On Wednesday, ARM formally unveiled its next-generation smartphone processor, the Cortex A7, codenamed “Kingfisher.” But there was much more to the A7?s launch than just the unveiling of a new ...