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Author Archives: Mads Ølholm

Mads Ølholm
Nov 9, 2011
3

SuVolta shrinks the transistor variations

Advanced PowerShrink platform significantly reduced transistor variations.

As dimensions keep shrinking so does the efficiency of traditional transistors. There are a couple of different solutions to this particular problem.
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Mads Ølholm
Nov 9, 2011
8

Want to run windows? Buy a mainframe!

IBM adds support for Microsoft Windows for their mainframes.

With the addition of x86-blades the mainframes from IBM (NYSE:IBM) that originally date back to 1952 has been given a new lease of life.
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Mads Ølholm
Nov 7, 2011
5

New DIMMs from Micron increases memory capacity

Load Reduced DIMMs allow for more modules off the old memory bus…

When it comes to servers lower is better.
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Mads Ølholm
Nov 3, 2011
47

Western Digital and Samsung suspend disk drive shipments

Prices are going up. Maybe we need government intervention…

According to sources that we have spoken with in the Taiwanese market both Samsung and Western Digital have decided to suspend shipments of disk drives to PC makers in Taiwan due to a parts shortage.
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Mads Ølholm
Nov 2, 2011
8

VIA goes fan-less and embedded

New embedded board features 1.2 or 1.0GHz processor

The latest news in the embedded space comes from Taiwanese VIA Technologies (TPE:2388), which is launching an embedded board together with a chassis.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 31, 2011
17

ARM does 64 bit

Preparation for invasion of the server market continues

Not much happened at the ARM (LON:ARM) TechCon in Santa Clara last week, but on the final day ARM announced its latest architecture change called ARMJ8 that includes a brand new 64 bit instruction set.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 27, 2011
13

Quantum dots to revolutionize flat panel displays

Many more colors using standard LED backlighting

While LED is very popular because of its low energy consumption combined with its longevity it also has one major drawback.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 26, 2011
30

HP to do ARM based servers

Major blow to Intel with Lenovo doing MIPS servers…

According to a report from Bloomberg News Service HP (NYSE:HPQ) will start manufacturing servers based on the ARM architecture in a sharp departure from its previous Intel-only design philosophy.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 25, 2011
9

Xilinx sets new FPGA record

Virtex-7 2000T contains 6.8 billion transistors…

Want to roll your own processor, but can’t afford the fabbing of an ASIC?
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 24, 2011
6

HP moves networking research to China

Projects include advanced topics such as global load balancing.

HP has a little know research lab in Beijing and the focus of this lab has just shifted to networking.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 20, 2011
4

Freescale to use Cortex-A7

Together with Cortex-A15 this will allow Freescale to market a whole range of compatible processors.

Freescale Semiconductor Inc.(NYSE:FSL) has just signed a license from ARM allowing it to use the newly released Cortex-A7 design.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 19, 2011
15

Indian design house completes first 28nm chip

Complexity is difficult, no?

Soctronics headquartered in Hyderabad, India has completed its first design of a 28nm chip according to a press release that the company issued.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 19, 2011
11

ARM and TSMC complete design of 20nm processor

A15s just got smaller than they were last week

ARM and TSMC have just completed the design of a test chip based on the Cortex-A15 processor design according to a press release from the companies.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 17, 2011
39

The microprocessor turns 40

It all started 40 years ago with the Intel 4004 – and it just keeps going and going and going

This fall it is exactly 40 years since the first microprocessor saw the day of light. Intel has of course provided us with a press kit that we will make good use of, but complement it with additional information.
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Mads Ølholm
Oct 13, 2011
6

EUV closer to commercialization

Speed is still a major problem, but ASML is getting closer…

Extreme Ultraviolet lithography was originally expected to be implemented at the 22nm node, which is where Intel’s is at the moment, but much points to the fact that it will not be ready for another couple of generations even though lithography supplier ASML is hopeful.
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