Multi-core
GPU’s versus Multicore CPU’s
Intel talks about why they believe multicore general purpose processors scale better than GPU’s.
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TI’s multicore DSPs sink to new power lows
EE Times reports TI said its C66x KeyStone-based multicore DSPs were its highest performing yet, at 16 GFLOPs/W, while also being fairly straightforward to program, making them well suited to researchers working in oil and gas exploration, financial modeling and molecular dynamics.
Multimode wireless and SDR success lies in software optimization
I have a nice quote in a Mobile Handset DesignLine article written by Fanny Mlinarsky.
IMEC unveils tools to speed up design of energy-efficient multi-processor SoC platforms
IMEC announced The IMEC MPSoC technology provides solutions by focusing on design-time application mapping. The technology’s two main threads offer support for fast parallelization (with the Multi-processor Parallelization Assistant tool) and support for memory hierarchy optimizations (with the Memory Hierarchy tool).
IMEC’s tools, methods, and associated services have a proven industrial strength. They have been used [...]
QNX Ships First Multi-Core RTOS to Achieve Common Criteria Security Certification
QNX Software Systems announced that the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS Secure Kernel v6.4.0 has been certified to the stringent security requirements of the Common Criteria ISO/IEC 15408 Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL 4+).
The QNX Neutrino RTOS Secure Kernel marks two industry firsts: it is the only full-featured RTOS to achieve Common Criteria certification, and it [...]