Chip design is as much of an art as it is an engineering feat. With all of the possible layouts of logic and memory blocks and the wires linking them, there are a seemingly infinite placement ...

The Performance P650, a RISC-V processor family member, is 50% faster than its predecessor but slower than top-end chips in Samsung and Apple smartphones. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Tiling is about repeating modular units within the same chip to enhance scalability and efficiency; chiplets involve combining different silicon pieces to achieve a more diverse and powerful system ...

Since their early introduction a few years ago, AI-powered features have become a mainstay of EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools. Many of the complex yet potentially tedious tasks silicon ...

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up I reported on China’s chip design progress last ...