Electronic Design

How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution

The history of Intel’s 8008 processor. Insight into the x86 architecture. Lasting legacy with modern applications. Computer Terminal Corporation (now defunct Datapoint) launched the DataPoint 3300 ...

How CP/M-86's delay handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom

Not long after, Microsoft licensed 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products (SCP), specifically to sub-license the OS to IBM in ...
IEEE

An Error-Resilient RISC-V Microprocessor With a Fully Integrated DC–DC Voltage Regulator for Near-Threshold Operation in 28-nm CMOS

Abstract: This article presents an energy-efficient microprocessor design that fully integrates an error-resilient RISC-V core and an embedded dc–dc switched-capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR). The ...
IEEE

IBM Telum II Microprocessor: 5.5 GHz With On-Die AI and Data Processing, and Design–Technology Co-Optimizations for Power, Area, and Reliability

Abstract: The IBM Telum II microprocessor features eight cores operating at a base frequency of 5.5 GHz, ten 36-MB L2 caches achieving 3.6-ns access latency, a 360-MB virtual L3 cache, and a new ...
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Growing microprocessors instead of wheat in northeast Colorado?

A data center that may soon be formally proposed in northeastern Colorado shocks me in its potential demand for electricity. A behemoth. The data center may require up to two gigawatts of electricity, ...