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A Top Intel Executive Said The Power and Performance Battle with Arm Is Over
Jun 13, 2013A top Intel executive said the power and performance battle with ARM is over, because Intel's upcoming chips based on its Silvermont architecture are ahead on key metrics required to deliver strong performance and battery life on ...
Tags: Computer Products, Intel, chip
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ARM and Intel Continued at Computex, with ARM Claiming It Offered Better Performance
Jun 3, 2013The seesaw mobile processor battle between ARM and Intel continued at Computex, with ARM claiming it offered better performance per watt for mobile devices than Intel's upcoming chips. ARM's processors go into most smartphones and ...
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The Mobile Market Is Driving The Move to Novel Transistor Architectures
Apr 24, 2013The critical processes and technologies necessary to continue Moore’s Law are currently more uncertain than ever before in the history of advanced semiconductor manufacturing. To assess these uncertainties and provide the latest ...
Tags: 3D Transistors, Electronics
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The Race to Make The Most Advanced Chips for Smartphones and Tablets
Apr 22, 2013The race to make the most advanced chips for smartphones and tablets is gaining steam, with contract chip manufacturer TSMC hastening implementation of its latest manufacturing technology to close a chip-making advantage long held by Intel. ...
Tags: taiwan, Mobile Chip, Chip
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TSMC Has 'taped out' Production of ARMs 64-Bit Cortex-A57 Using a 16-Nanometre Process
Apr 8, 2013Taiwanese foundry TSMC has 'taped out' production of ARMs 64-bit Cortex-A57 using a 16-nanometre process. Taping out is the final stage before fabrication and mass production. The microprocessors could mount a growing challenge to Intel ...
Tags: microprocessors, Intel, core
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ARM and Cadence Have Announced The First Cortex-A57 Processor Test Chip
Apr 5, 2013ARM and Cadence have announced the first Cortex-A57 processor test chip fabricated on TSMC’s 16nm finfet manufacturing process technology. According to the companies, this test chip resulted in several optimisations between ...
Tags: ARM, TSMC, Cortex Processor
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Nvidia Wants Graphics Processors to Create Avatars with Realistic Human Faces
Mar 19, 2013Nvidia wants graphics processors to create avatars with realistic human faces, and power visual searches in which images can be identified to produce matching search results. Those are already possible with Nvidia's fastest graphics ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Intel Will Start Shipping Its High-Performance Atom Smartphone Chip with 3D Transistors
Feb 26, 2013Intel will start shipping its high-performance Atom smartphone chip with 3D transistors to device makers later this year, who will then test the chip for use in handsets. The Atom chip, code-named Merrifield, will improve performance and ...
Tags: Intel, high-performance Atom smartphone chip, handsets
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ARM Is Catching up with Intel on 3D Transistors
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service-ARM is catching up with Intel on 3D transistors,announcing a new partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to manufacture 64-bit chips that are faster and more power-efficient than current chips in which ...
Tags: ARM, 3D transistors, partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor
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TSMC Investing US$1 Billion in Netherlands Tools Maker ASML
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing A!838 million (US$1 billion) in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more ...
Tags: Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, ASML, Smaller Chips
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Purdue and Harvard Universities Have Produced Stacked NW Transistors
Dec 25, 2012Purdue and Harvard universities have produced stacked nanowire (NW) transistors with increased drive current and maximum transconductance. The results were presented on Wednesday 12 December at the International Electron Devices Meeting ...
Tags: Christmas Tree, 4d Electronics, nanowire transistors, wrap-around gates
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The Race to Manufacture The Most Power-Efficient and Fastest Chips Is Gaining Momentum
Sep 20, 2012The race to manufacture the most power-efficient and fastest chips is gaining momentum, with contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries on Thursday announcing technology advances that analysts said could allow the company to catch ...
Tags: Chip Manufacturing, Intel, ARM, US