Instruction set architectures

IAR Systems and GigaDevice extend partnership with powerful Arm solutions

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

In June 2020, IAR Systems and GigaDevice announced their partnership for RISC-V.

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  • In June 2020, IAR Systems and GigaDevice announced their partnership for RISC-V.
  • "We are happy to extend our renowned development tools for Arm with support for GigaDevice's GD32 Arm Cortex-M MCUs," said Anders Holmberg, General Manager Embedded Development Tools, IAR Systems.
  • Support for GigaDevice GD32 Arm MCUs is available in latest version of IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm, version 8.50.9.
  • Editor's Note: IAR Systems, IAR Embedded Workbench, Embedded Trust, C-Trust, C-SPY, C-RUN, C-STAT, IAR Visual State, IAR KickStart Kit, I-jet, I-jet Trace, I-scope, IAR Academy, IAR, and the logotype of IAR Systems are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by IAR Systems AB.

Micro Magic, Inc. Delivers World's Highest Performance/Power RISC-V Core

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Micro Magic, Inc. announced the world's highest performance/power64-bit RISC-V core at 110,000 CoreMarks/Watt.

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  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Micro Magic, Inc. announced the world's highest performance/power64-bit RISC-V core at 110,000 CoreMarks/Watt.
  • "After achieving the world's fastest RISC-V at 5GHz and 13,000 CoreMarks,"said Mark Santoro,Ph.D.
  • co-founder of Micro Magic, Inc.,"we achievedanothermilestone byproducingover 8,000 CoreMarks at 3GHz while consuming less than 70mW.
  • "For applications like cell phones, it makes a bigdifferencewhether onecanuse their phonefor a whole day, or several, on a single charge," says Lee Tavrow, Ph.D. co-founder of Micro Magic.

PLDA Announces the Successful CXL™ Interoperability with Pre-Production Intel Xeon CPU, Code Named Sapphire Rapids

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

PLDA, the industry leader in high-speed interconnect solutions, today announced the successful CXL interoperability with pre-production Intel Xeon processors code named Sapphire Rapids.

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  • PLDA, the industry leader in high-speed interconnect solutions, today announced the successful CXL interoperability with pre-production Intel Xeon processors code named Sapphire Rapids.
  • It resulted in demonstrated interoperability between PLDAs XpressLINK CXL IP, running on a PLDA FPGA-based add-in card, and Intels development platform equipped with pre-production Sapphire Rapids processors.
  • PLDA XpressLINK and XpressLINK-SOC CXL IP are highly parameterized Compute Express Link (CXL) controller Soft IP designed to the latest CXL Specification and architected for SoC, ASIC, and FPGA implementation.
  • Intel, the Intel logo and other marks are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.

Tachyum Demonstrates Prodigy UEFI, Available To Partners For Product Launch In 2021

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Build partners will have the opportunity to access a full platform of software, operating system and chip emulation hardware when delivered.

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  • Build partners will have the opportunity to access a full platform of software, operating system and chip emulation hardware when delivered.
  • This access allows developers and manufacturers the opportunity to ensure their system applications and software will run without issue from Day One of Prodigys product launch without having to source additional resources from outside vendors.
  • Compared to ARM-based companies, Tachyum has developed the Prodigy stack from ISA through compilers to ported software to reduce integration time and ensure compatibility of Prodigy-based architectures.
  • Tachyums flagship product Prodigy excels in applications such as edge computing, IoT, HPC, convolutional AI, explainable AI, general AI, bio AI and spiking neural networks.

WebTWAINSDK now with iMac support

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

The major new feature being support for the iMac and macOS Catalina.

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  • The major new feature being support for the iMac and macOS Catalina.
  • iMac support was added in response to many requests from our users.
  • After release 1.0, we had requests from users to add support for the iMac and macOS.
  • We decided to do this and make the iMac functionality part of the standard product.

Bouffalo Lab Standardizes on SiFive RISC-V Embedded CPU Core IP for New IoT Products

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Bouffalo selected SiFive E2-Series Cores to meet the need for power-efficient performance and ultra-low-power operation in IoT devices for applications such as smart home.

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  • Bouffalo selected SiFive E2-Series Cores to meet the need for power-efficient performance and ultra-low-power operation in IoT devices for applications such as smart home.
  • The SiFive E2 Core is a compact and power-efficient 32-bit RISC-V-based core design for embedded applications such as IoT, edge computing, and microcontroller use where efficient operation is key to battery life or thermally-constrained designs.
  • Our trust was well-placed in SiFive and its silicon-proven Core IP, as we realized the efficiency and performance of SiFive RISC-V IP, and quality of their support for integrating the IP into our IoT products.
  • Were proud to see Bouffalo bring optimized IoT products to market with our industry-leading RISC-V processor cores.

Best iMac Black Friday Deals 2020: Best Early Apple iMac & iMac Pro Deals Found by Save Bubble

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Click here to shop the entire selection of deals at Walmarts Black Friday Deals for Days sales event and click here to browse Amazons current holiday season deals.

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  • Click here to shop the entire selection of deals at Walmarts Black Friday Deals for Days sales event and click here to browse Amazons current holiday season deals.
  • Apple recently released the 2020 iMac Pro, boasting up to 4TB SSD, 18 cores, and an option to add Turbo Boost for even more powerful performance.
  • The 2020 iMac Pro has a 27-inch 5K Retina display with an impressive resolution of 5120 x 2880.
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TYAN Highlights HPC and AI Server Platforms Powered by 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors at SC20

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Technologies like artificial intelligence and data analytics become more accessible to businesses, said Danny Hsu, Vice President of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation's TYAN Business Unit.

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  • Technologies like artificial intelligence and data analytics become more accessible to businesses, said Danny Hsu, Vice President of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation's TYAN Business Unit.
  • TYANs leading portfolio of HPC and AI platforms powered by 2nd gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors help enterprise and data center customers run their modern workloads effectively and efficiently as they continue to digitize their businesses.
  • TYANs HPC server platforms are powered by the 2nd gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with built-in Intel Deep Learning Boost and Intel Optane DC persistent memory technologies that provide a great base for a wide range of HPC and AI applications.
  • Please watch this video about TYAN 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor servers designed to optimize for HPC and AI.

Apple Launches ARM-Based MacBook Air, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro; Learn More at B&H

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

B&H is excited to announce the arrival of Apples first ARM-based computers, the MacBook Air , Mac mini, and 13" MacBook Pro .

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  • B&H is excited to announce the arrival of Apples first ARM-based computers, the MacBook Air , Mac mini, and 13" MacBook Pro .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201111005747/en/
    Apple New MacBook Air, 13inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, all with the Apple M1 chip.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    The 2020 MacBook Air combines Apples most popular Mac notebook with its new ARM-based M1 processor.
  • According to Apple, the 2020 MacBook Air can give you up to 18 hours on a single chargethats the longest battery life for a MacBook Air ever.

Learn the Latest on RISC-V and Vector Processing at All Six Andes Technology’s Presentations at the 2020 RISC-V Summit

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Andes CTO and Executive VP, Charlie Hong-Men Su, will give an overview and update on "Andes RISC-V Processor IP Solutions."

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  • Andes CTO and Executive VP, Charlie Hong-Men Su, will give an overview and update on "Andes RISC-V Processor IP Solutions."
  • Andes Senior Director of Architecture Div., Chuan-Hua Chang, will present "AndesClarity: a Performance & Bottleneck Analyzer for RISC-V Vector Processors."
  • He will also update RISC-V IPs newly added to Andes processor portfolio, the associated software support and their performance data.
  • Charlie Su's presentation " Andes RISC-V Processor IP Solutions " will occur on December 8 from 3:00 to 3:20 pm.