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.

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.

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, ...