“And now for something completely different.” – John Cleese
In its latest bid for world domination, ARM has announced two new high-end Cortex processor designs. One is a nice, but unremarkable, tweak on the current Cortex-A77 core. The other is something different: an unabashed speed freak that drops any pretense of power efficiency in pursuit of performance. Say hello … Read More → "ARM Cortex-X1 Launches High-Performance Line"
“Aging is mostly the failure to repair.” – Gregory Benford
Constant feature updates aren’t just a nuisance for consumers. They’re a pain for developers, too. Who wants to be stuck with the job of updating every device in the field? Nobody, that’s who. Let’s make the new guy do it.
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“If I had to calculate 100% certainty on every deal I did, I would do zero deals.” – Chip Gaines
“Prodigy” is an appropriate name for the new microprocessor under development at Tachyum, a startup endeavoring to create “the world’ … Read More → "Creating the Universal Processor"
“All politics is local.” – Tip O’Neill
My in-laws are from Detroit, born and raised. They’re big believers in buying American, and especially American cars. They’ve owned a string of Fords, Chevys, Lincolns, Dodges, Buicks, and Pontiacs. Often, they knew the people who built their cars, or at least knew someone who knew someone. That’s … Read More → "Geopolitics of SoC Design"
“Time’s fun when you’re having flies.” – Kermit the Frog
Mention “segmentation” to a marketing guy, and you’ll get a long discourse on demographics, targeted advertising, pricing brackets, and other arcana. Use the same word around an x86 programmer, however, and you’ll get a different response. He’ll either spit on the ground, roll his … Read More → "Mastering x86 Memory Segmentation"
