The semiconductor chips driving modern-day computer processors are covered in billions of individual transistors, each of which can overheat under stress, causing steep drops in performance. To ...

Micrometre-scale sensors embedded in chips enable ultrafast, real-time monitoring of processor temperatures to improve thermal management in advanced electronics.

German start-up Ubitium reports tape-out of a CGRA processor, which should be suitable for general-purpose computing as well as for AI and signal processing.

Why it matters: Devices like smartphones rely on a fragmented array of CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, DSPs, and other accelerators to handle various tasks. However, these specialized cores often remain idle, ...

For engineers looking forward to the future chips powering their products and systems, the annual Hot Chips conference gives an under-the-hood glimpse at some of the next-generation processors they ...