Scientists introduce what they call 'simultaneous and heterogeneous multithreading' or SHMT. This system doubles computer processing speeds with existing hardware by simultaneously using graphics ...

Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades with each new generation, processors haven't seen any industry-shifting advancements in a long time. The transition from vacuum tubes to ...

“Energy efficiency of electronic digital processors is primarily limited by the energy consumption of electronic communication and interconnects. The industry is almost unanimously pushing towards ...

Existing processors in PCs, smartphones and other devices can be supercharged for enormous power and efficiency gains using a new parallel processing software framework designed to eliminate ...

This course examines fundamental issues and design trade-offs in modern processor architectures. We will discuss some of the constraints that limit the design and programmability of modern processors, ...

As the march of Moore's Law slows, so chip designers have had to find new ways of delivering the regular leaps in computer processing power we've become accustomed to. One of the more recent trends is ...

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...

We always hear that future computers will use optical technology. But what will that look like for a general-purpose computer? German researchers explain it in a recent scientific paper. Although the ...

A new technical paper titled “Augmenting Von Neumann’s Architecture for an Intelligent Future” was published by researchers at TU Munich and Pace University. “This work presents a novel computer ...

Imagine doubling the processing power of your smartphone, tablet, personal computer, or server using the existing hardware already in these devices. Hung-Wei Tseng, a UC Riverside associate professor ...