CPUs and Processors

IBM unveils Heron quantum processor and new modular quantum computer

IBM also shared its 10-year quantum computing roadmap, which prioritizes improvements in gate operations and error-correction capabilities.

Who’s developing quantum computers?

What Qualcomm’s rumored exit from data centers means

Anonymous sources say Qualcomm is looking to shut down or sell its Centriq line of ARM-based data center processors, causing people to speculate about the company's plans.

FPGA maker Xilinx aims range of software-programmable chips at data centers

The new chips, code-named Everest, will be made with a 7nm manufacturing process, sport as many as 50 billion transistors and target AI, communications and complex data analysis workloads in the data center

New Spectre derivative bug haunts Intel processors

Researchers have discovered how to use the Spectre design flaw to break into the SGX secure environment of an Intel CPU to steal information. A fix is coming March 16.

IBM to ship its Power9 system this month, claiming AI leadership in the data center

The Power System AC922 servers offer Power9 processors with up to 22 cores, running Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux

AMD rumored to double server core count on Epyc chip

The next generation of AMD’s Epyc server processors is expected to pack 64 cores on one chip.

Intel introduces an AI-oriented processor

The Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP) is expected to help companies develop new classes of AI applications. It is expected to be on sale before the end of the year.

Intel tightens data-center grip with Xeon Scalable Processor platform

The package embraces integrated accelerators as well as fabric, memory and storage technology

AMD launches its Epyc server chip to take on Intel in the data center

Epyc is a multimodule SoC based on the 'Zen' architecture of its Ryzen Threadripper PC processor, offering a whopping 32 cores