Archive for June, 2007
HPEC 2006
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Another site with some interesting multicore presentations, much of it defense oriented.  From September 2006 (I’ve only just come across it): High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) 2006.
AMCC Dual PowerPC Core
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC) has announced it dual core PowerPC device, Titan. It runs at 2 GHz and consumes approximately 5 Watts: AMCC Announces Titan: 2 GHz Power Architecture Processor for Embedded Applications
ARC buys Tenison for simulation capability
Friday, June 22nd, 2007After their purchase of Teja Technologies, Arc International is buying Tenison, the simulation company in the UK:Â ARC buys Tenison for simulation capability
IEEE Computer Multicore Issue
Friday, June 22nd, 2007The June 2007 IEEE Computer has a cover story on multicore. There are only two multicore articles, but the article titled “An Open Source Environment for Cell Broadband Engine System Software” is a must for those interested in tools for the Cell BE.
NVIDIA Tesla
Thursday, June 21st, 2007NVIDIA has announced its Tesla GPU. It features 128 processors and is squarely targeting non-graphics applications. The press release is available through HPC Wire: NVIDIA Announces Tesla GPU Line for HPC Market
Games Flourish In A Parallel Universe
Thursday, June 21st, 2007The new issue of Electronic Design magazine (06.21.07) has an article on multicore in gaming. It focuses on the Cell BE in the PS3 and the 3-core PowerPC in the X-Box360: Games Flourish In A Parallel Universe
Motorola ATCA blade taps Cavium multicore processor
Friday, June 15th, 2007Google Acquires Multicore Programming Startup PeakStream
Friday, June 15th, 2007From Information Week (via Embedded.com):Â Google Acquires Multicore Programming Startup PeakStream
ARC buys Teja to speed multicore development
Friday, June 15th, 2007From the 4/2/2007 EE Times Europe: