A Guide to Processors for Network Security
A Guide to Processors for Network Security, focuses on processors that integrate hardware acceleration for security functions, including high-throughput encryption, content inspection, compression, and/or packet processing.
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A Guide to Ethernet Switch and PHY Chips
The Ethernet market is marked by technology transitions, which often result in large shifts in vendor share. In Ethernet switches, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) shipments are growing quickly, with Broadcom, Marvell, and Intel (formerly Fulcrum) competing to establish a leadership position.
The Ethernet market is marked by technology transitions, which often result in large shifts in vendor share. In Ethernet switches, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) shipments are growing quickly, with Broadcom, Marvell, and Intel (formerly Fulcrum) competing to establish a leadership position.
Communications Semiconductor Market Forecast 2010–2015
Provides a five-year forecast for more than a dozen categories of wired communications semiconductors, including network processors, 10GbE components, PON and VDSL transceivers, network search engines, optical-transport ICs, CPU IP, FPGAs, embedded microprocessors, and home-networking ICs.
Provides a five-year forecast for more than a dozen categories of wired communications semiconductors, including network processors, 10GbE components, PON and VDSL transceivers, network search engines, optical-transport ICs, CPU IP, FPGAs, embedded microprocessors, and home-networking ICs.
Mobile Semiconductor Market Share Forecast 2010-2015
Forecasts market size and vendor share for five categories of semiconductors for mobile applications: cellular baseband processors, application processors, Bluetooth transceivers, mobile Wi-Fi chips, and GPS receivers.
Forecasts market size and vendor share for five categories of semiconductors for mobile applications: cellular baseband processors, application processors, Bluetooth transceivers, mobile Wi-Fi chips, and GPS receivers.
A Guide to High-Speed Embedded Processors
Covers high-end embedded processors used for handling the complex functions required by networking applications, automotive, consumer devices, industrial control, medical imaging, and more.
Covers high-end embedded processors used for handling the complex functions required by networking applications, automotive, consumer devices, industrial control, medical imaging, and more.
A Guide To Server Processors
focuses on processors designed specifically for enterprise and cloud data-center applications, examining processor performance, integration, power dissipation, and overall system design
focuses on processors designed specifically for enterprise and cloud data-center applications, examining processor performance, integration, power dissipation, and overall system design
Communications Semiconductor Market Share 2010
provides market share data for more than 20 categories of communications semiconductors, including Ethernet products, broadband interface chips, embedded processors, FPGAs, interconnect chips, 32-bit CPU IP, and home-networking chips.
provides market share data for more than 20 categories of communications semiconductors, including Ethernet products, broadband interface chips, embedded processors, FPGAs, interconnect chips, 32-bit CPU IP, and home-networking chips.
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Apple A5 Mystery Solved
A recent filing by Audience disclosed that Apple’s A5 and A6 processors include custom circuitry that implements noise-reduction algorithms licensed from the startup. This explains the mystery of the A5’s “extra” die area.
A recent filing by Audience disclosed that Apple’s A5 and A6 processors include custom circuitry that implements noise-reduction algorithms licensed from the startup. This explains the mystery of the A5’s “extra” die area.
Editorial: Money Can Buy You Apps
Many Android apps contain ARM machine code, presenting a challenge for competing architectures entering the mobile market. Intel is spending money to overcome this challenge; MIPS is focused on a China strategy.
Many Android apps contain ARM machine code, presenting a challenge for competing architectures entering the mobile market. Intel is spending money to overcome this challenge; MIPS is focused on a China strategy.
Intel Reenters InfiniBand Market
QLogic has agreed to sell its InfiniBand business to Intel for $125 million in cash. Intel plans to continue selling all of QLogic’s InfiniBand products, including host adapters, switch systems, and silicon. This deal follows Intel’s September 2011 acquisition of 10G Ethernet switch vendor Fulcrum Microsystems.
QLogic has agreed to sell its InfiniBand business to Intel for $125 million in cash. Intel plans to continue selling all of QLogic’s InfiniBand products, including host adapters, switch systems, and silicon. This deal follows Intel’s September 2011 acquisition of 10G Ethernet switch vendor Fulcrum Microsystems.
Marvell Wins Google TV for ARM
Marvell’s new Armada 1500 media processor supersedes an Intel x86 chip in the second-generation Google TV reference platform—not exactly a surprise, because Intel withdrew from smart TVs last year.
Marvell’s new Armada 1500 media processor supersedes an Intel x86 chip in the second-generation Google TV reference platform—not exactly a surprise, because Intel withdrew from smart TVs last year.
Analysts’ Choice Award Winners
The Linley Group recognizes the top processor products of 2011 in the categories of embedded processors, mobile processors, PC processors, server processors, and processor IP. We selected the winners on the basis of their performance, power, features, and cost. And the winners are…
The Linley Group recognizes the top processor products of 2011 in the categories of embedded processors, mobile processors, PC processors, server processors, and processor IP. We selected the winners on the basis of their performance, power, features, and cost. And the winners are…
Best Processor Technology of 2011
Our Analysts' Choice Award for Best Technology of 2011 goes to Micron’s Hybrid Memory Cube. Other important technologies disclosed last year include Intel’s tri-gate (FinFET) transistors, SuVolta’s PowerShrink technology, and Venray’s merged CPU-DRAM architecture.
Our Analysts' Choice Award for Best Technology of 2011 goes to Micron’s Hybrid Memory Cube. Other important technologies disclosed last year include Intel’s tri-gate (FinFET) transistors, SuVolta’s PowerShrink technology, and Venray’s merged CPU-DRAM architecture.
Year in Review: ARM Reaches for PC/Server Market
Even as it consolidates its lead in smartphones and tablets, ARM deployed new IP cores for the PC and server markets in 2011. Ceva and Tensilica competed in DSP IP, while Imagination took the performance lead for graphics IP.
Even as it consolidates its lead in smartphones and tablets, ARM deployed new IP cores for the PC and server markets in 2011. Ceva and Tensilica competed in DSP IP, while Imagination took the performance lead for graphics IP.
Medfield Gets It Right
Intel’s new Atom processor is the first x86 chip to meet the power requirements of smartphones. It delivers leading performance on some benchmarks and has been adopted by Motorola and other smartphone makers. Future versions will rapidly improve in performance per watt.
Intel’s new Atom processor is the first x86 chip to meet the power requirements of smartphones. It delivers leading performance on some benchmarks and has been adopted by Motorola and other smartphone makers. Future versions will rapidly improve in performance per watt.
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