Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) is a way of improving the performance of a processor by executing operations simultaneously. Modern processors generally have an abundance of execution ...

Many hands make light work, or so they say. So do many cores, many threads and many data points when addressed by a single computing instruction. Parallel programming – writing code that breaks down ...

San Jose, Calif. — Advanced Micro Devices last week published the first of several plans to extend the X86 instruction set to ease the job of programming multicore processors. With the move, AMD is ...

Abstract: Enabling better performing systems benefits applications that span those running on mobile devices to large data applications running on data centers. The efficiency of most applications is ...

Designers looking to incorporate embedded DSPs in their SoCs have at least three options. They could try a general-purpose fixed DSP even though it may not particularly suit their application. Or, ...

You only need to validate one core of a CMP design. So if that core is simpler, validation is easier. And you have to worry about the rest of the logic no matter what your core design is. You dont get ...

The Xtensa LX processor uses Tensilica's innovative FLIX (Flexible Length Instruction eXtensions) architecture – a highly efficient implementation of the Xtensa instruction set architecture (ISA) that ...

Pity the poor processor architect. Her job used to be so simple. Each new semiconductor process generation doubled the number of transistors per square millimeter, boosted the speed of circuits by a ...