There was a time when SPARC CPUs were the sole realm of pricey Sun workstations, but now you can put one on an FPGA with just a little trouble. The problem is you need a fairly big FPGA which isn’t ...
Ok, we’ll admit it. We like FPGAs because it reminds us of wiring up a 100-in-1 kit when we were kids. But the truth is, many projects are just as well off to have a CPU. But there’s a real sweet spot ...
The 5500FP is a ternary CPU implemented on an FPGA. It's not very fast, but it makes it easier to experiment with computers ...
Recently, Brian Bailey organized a round table that resulted in a two-part article called Supporting CPUs Plus FPGAs. The experts discussed the evolving reality of systems design based on FPGAs and ...
The lines between a server, a SmartNIC, and a Data Processing Unit, or DPU, are getting fuzzier, and the good news is that definitions do not matter nearly as much as use cases. And with its so-called ...
Everybody who is operating at any sort of scale is looking to pack more compute into a smaller space for less money. At The Next Platform, we watch the goings on in the hyperscale and HPC arenas to ...
Two years ago, Intel spent $16.7 billion to acquire FPGA chip vendor Altera. So, what’s it going to do with that big purchase? The company is finally ready to say. A field-programmable gate array, or ...
Nearly a decade ago Xilinx and Altera set a new direction for the FPGA industry, each announcing a high-end FPGA sitting beside a powerful CPUs on one die. Enticed by what had been explosive growth in ...
While they often aren’t as great as CPUs on their own, FPGAs can do a wonderful job accelerating specific tasks. Whether it's accelerating acting as a fabric for wide-scale datacenter services ...
WTF?! Many people have probably heard of FPGA from its applications for legacy hardware emulation. A recent FPGA demonstration, however, managed to run a simple game utilizing ray tracing - something ...
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR), MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) and System Level Solutions (SLS) Corporation today introduced a MIPS-Based™, FPGA-optimized soft processor for use on Altera’s FPGA ...
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tachyum™ Inc. today announced that it has taken delivery of an IO motherboard for its Prodigy Universal Processor hardware emulator from manufacturing. This provides the ...