Items tagged with microprocessor

by Jennifer Johnson - Fri, Oct 22, 2010

Texas Instruments Adds Sitara ARM microprocessors

Texas Instruments added two new AM389x Sitara ARM microprocessors to its portfolio. Designed for use in single-board computers, gateways, routers, servers, industrial automation, human machine interfaces (HMIs) and point-of-service data terminals, the new AM3892 and the AM3894 offer PCIExpress Gen2, SATA 2.0, dual Gigabit Ethernet, and dual... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Thu, Apr 05, 2007

Whine With Your Chips. 2007 Is Likely A Bad Year For Microprocessors.

Chip sales are usually slow in the first quarter of any year. But 2007 is shaping up to be a blah year in the microprocessor business all the way through. What's the problem? But what makes 2007 special? At least one reason is the transition to the Windows Vista... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Nov 28, 2006

Intel Sampling 45nm Core Microprocessors

There's some news out of Reutrers today that states Intel is already sampling 45nm Core Microarcitecture-based processors. Although not stated in the article, the 45nm core being sampled, codenamed "Penryn", is likely to incorporate more L2 cache than current Core 2 Duo processors, and will also have support for SSE4. Other details... Read more...

by Serge Agroskin - Fri, May 26, 2006

Microprocessor History, Part 2

The second part of the microprocessor history article has been posted at BTX Form Factor Info. Not very in depth, so it's pretty easy to understand, but covers many areas of processor evolution. There have been many players in the microprocessor story, but the two companies that have had the most impact are also the two that... Read more...