Microprocessors
Intel Core i7
QuickPath reminds me of the revolutionary Hypertransport bus used by AMD. The initial models of Core i7 only have a single QuickPath link, which means they are not meant for
Zilog’s Crimzon Connects - Ultimate Home Automation
I have always respected Zilog as the Z80 was the first microprocessor that I got to learn. Zilog has been quite actively working in the embedded domain for a long time. For example, the eZ80 was one of the first few microprocessors to offer a hardware TCP/IP stack.
Hifn 5NP4G Network Processor
The exceptional processing capability of the Hifn 5NP4G is enabled from its embedded processor complex, which is made up of 16 picoprocessors, multiple hardware accelerators, and a PowerPC™ microprocessor. A pair of picoprocessors share hardware accelerators in a configuration that can process up to 32 frames in parallel and provide an aggregate 2,128 MIPS.
TreeMark™ Tree Rating - A fresh perspective to green computing
Centaur semiconductors have come up with a very interesting way of evaluating the energy efficiency of micoprocessor products. It is called the TreeMark™ Tree Rating. Centaur defines it as “The number of trees that need to be planted to counter the amount of carbon dioxide created as a by-product of the electricity generated to power the processor over its operational lifetime”.