SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA Conference 2011 -- NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ:NETL], a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation ...

“Heterogeneous multi-core architectures combine a few “host” cores, optimized for single-thread performance, with many small energy-efficient “accelerator” cores for data-parallel processing, on a ...

With silicon clock scaling largely dead thanks to the laws of physics, computer scientists and chip designers have had to search for performance improvements in other areas -- typically by improving ...

Chip maker ARM has a pretty strong track record making CPUs for cellphones and PDAs. And now the company is breaking into the netbook and low power computer market. We’ve already seen a handful of ...

On Tuesday, Primate Labs revealed Geekbench 6, the latest version of its popular benchmark tool. Used to gauge the CPU and GPU performance of Macs, iPhones, iPads, and non-Apple computing devices, ...

If you've been sitting on a fence about whether to go dual-core, dither no more. The prices of dual-core processors have come way down in the past year, and performance has jumped. Here's a guide to ...

The main market opportunities in the Aircraft Computers Market include the shift to high-performance, multi-core avionics driving demand for advanced CPUs, FPGAs, and SoCs. Growth is fueled by ...

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. had analysts, ...

Let's talk about AMD's next-generation Zen 6 processors, dear readers. It has already been all but confirmed that AMD will finally be increasing the core count of a Ryzen CCD to 12 cores from a long ...