Supercomputer Types: How Many Are There & What Are They Used For?

The term supercomputer does get tossed around a lot, but what does it actually mean? What does a computer need to do to be ...
Ars Technica

SIMD vs Stream vs Vector processors

When there is talked about modern CPUs and GPUs the terms SIMD processor, Stream processor and Vector processor often pops up. I have been trying to figure out how these terms relate but its unclear ...
Business Wire

SiFive Enhances Popular X280 Processor IP to Meet Accelerated Demand for Vector Processing

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SiFive Inc., the founder and leader of RISC-V computing, today announced the release of the latest version of its SiFive® Intelligence™ X280 processor, which ...
Liliputing

SiFive launches P470 and P670 RISC-V processors with vector instruction support

RISC-V chip designer SiFive is introducing two new processors that the company says are designed for high-performance, energy-efficient applications such as wearables, smart home devices, virtual ...
WGNO

Andes Announces the AndesCore™ 46-Series Family and the 3rd generation Vector Processor AX46MPV with Matrix Extension

Hsinchu, Taiwan, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Andes Technology, a leading supplier of high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores and Founding Premier member of RISC-V ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Towards Base-Station-On-Chip: Wireless Communication Kernels On A RISC-V Vector Processor (TU Dresden, CeTI)

A new technical paper titled “Towards a Base-Station-on-Chip: RISC-V Hardware Acceleration for wireless communication” was published by researchers at TU Dresden and Centre for Tactile Internet with ...