Latest Softcore Articles and Videos

Highlights of Intel’s 2021 Architecture Day—a Computing-centric Event

At Intel's 2021 Architecture Day, CEO Pat Gelsinger called the company's new computing technology "magic." Here are a few highlights from the event.

August 24, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Marvell’s OCTEON 10: The First DPU To Use Neoverse N2 ARMv9 Architecture

Marvell’s newest 5 nm data processing unit (DPU), the OCTEON 10, offers 3x improvement over the previous generation along with the newest ARMv9 Core.

July 07, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

A RISC-V Future? SiFive and Andes Aim to Shake Up the Processor Industry

RISC-V, the open-source instruction set architecture, is making inroads against industry giants, with the support of the RISC-V Foundation.

June 25, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARM Vision 2021 defines the company's roadmap for the next ten years of specialized computing with the ARMv9-A.

April 01, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

John von Neumann: From the Manhattan Project to the Princeton Architecture

John von Neumann has revolutionized the world of computing through his work on the Manhattan Project, the von Neumann (Princeton) Architecture, and the first IAS computer.

February 27, 2021 by Kimber Wymore

A New Multimodal Architecture Said to Redefine the Way Transistors Work

Researchers at the University of Surrey have come up with a new type of transistor that offers linear behavior and huge upside.

November 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Ultrasound Receiver Architecture Undergoes a Seismic Shift

Ultrasound, with nearly a century of technological history, has seen its third major technological breakthrough coming out of North Carolina State.

August 20, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

Architecture and Design Techniques of Op-Amps

In this video we will examine the internal circuitry of an operational amplifier. A thorough analysis of any professional-quality op-amp would be far too complicated for an introductory video tutorial, but if we focus on the overall architecture and a few specific design techniques, we can learn quite a bit about op-amp functionality without getting lost in the details.

August 02, 2020 by Robert Keim

SiFive, Co-Founder of RISC-V, Unveils Major Upgrades to RISC-V-Based Processors

As the co-founders of RISC-V, SiFive's level-up on processors could have significant implications for custom SoC design.

July 25, 2020 by Vanessa Samuel

The International Telecommunication Union Announces a New Architecture That Incorporates MI Mechanisms

Recently, a study into the architecture has been presented by members of the Wireless Networking and AI&ML research groups and described as a “new standard” for telecommunications networks.

May 21, 2020 by Luke James

COVID-19 Puts Spotlight on Open-Source RISC-V Cores, IP

Remote work during this pandemic has shed light anew on the virtues of RISC-V, which has just gotten more accessible.

May 20, 2020 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Neural Network Architecture for a Python Implementation

This article discusses the Perceptron configuration that we will use for our experiments with neural-network training and classification, and we’ll also look at the related topic of bias nodes.

January 09, 2020 by Robert Keim

Microchip Announces First RISC-V-based SoC FPGA to Use Half the Power of Other FPGAs

Microchip's new RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC family is said to provide 50% lower power than competing mid-range FPGAs.

December 10, 2019 by Lisa Boneta

AI Hardware Built from a Software-first Perspective: Groq’s Flexible Silicon Architecture

Groq, a semiconductor startup with software roots, has developed a new processing unit with a unique architecture that offers inference solutions for AI acceleration.

December 03, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad

How RISC-V Security Stacks Strengthen Computer Architecture

In this article, Ted Speers of Microchip reflects on how RISC-V and its security stack offer a solution for the development of computer architecture and processor security.

November 26, 2019 by Ted Speers, Microchip

Learn About SAR ADCs: Architecture, Applications, and Support Circuitry

In this article, we’ll first review the basic architecture of a SAR ADC and then take a look at one of its common applications.

October 24, 2019 by Dr. Steve Arar

The Journey of RISC-V Implementation

In this article, Western Digital's Ted Marena explores the reasons companies have and the process they go through when integrating the open process instruction set architecture RISC-V.

September 10, 2019 by Ted Marena, Western Digital