This AI designed an 843-part computer (and it booted on the first try)

Although the AI didn't select the components or board layout, its assistance with routing potentially saved engineers weeks ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Flipping Processor Design On Its Head

AI is changing processor design in fundamental ways, combining customized processing elements for specific AI workloads with more traditional processors for other tasks. But the tradeoffs are ...
CNET

AI Helps Chipmakers Design the Very Processors That Speed Up AI

Artificial intelligence helps Intel squeeze the most out of the design and manufacturing of its new Meteor Lake processor that arrives Thursday. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...
EDN

The role of cache in AI processor design

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its presence felt everywhere these days, from the data centers at the Internet’s core to sensors and handheld devices like smartphones at the Internet’s edge and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Increasing Design Flexibility With RISC-V-Based Processor IP

The semiconductor industry increasingly needs more flexible and scalable processor architectures, driving the growing adoption of RISC-V. Originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley ...
Electronic Design

Power-Efficient Processor Leverages Novel Dataflow Architecture

Why this new architecture was the best thing at CES 2026. What is a dataflow architecture? Why Efficient Computer’s Electron E1 processor design is so radical. How the Electron E1 is able to be so ...