Vision Language Models Come Rushing In


Just when you thought the pace of change of AI models couldn’t get any faster, it accelerates yet again. In the popular news media, the introduction of DeepSeek in January 2025 created a moment that captured headlines in every newspaper and website heralding comparisons to the Sputnik moment of 1957. But rapid change is also happening in many quarters that are hidden from view of the Chat-App... » read more

Optimizing Data Center TCO With CXL And Compression


In the ever-evolving landscape of data centers, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) remains a critical metric. It encompasses all costs associated with data center infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, including initial purchase, installation, utilization, maintenance, energy consumption, and eventual replacement. By understanding and optimizing TCO, hyperscalers can make informed decisions that e... » read more

How SPDM Can Drive Digital Transformation


While simulation has proven to help companies develop better products faster and more efficiently, it also produces copious amounts of data. Simulation process data management (SPDM) solutions further accelerate and improve the approach to product development and serve as the cornerstone for implementing and optimizing the digital thread in modern product development. Ansys subject matter ex... » read more

Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) RTOS On Xtensa Multicore


An increasing number of multi-threaded embedded applications want to leverage multicore designs. Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) RTOS provides automatic load balancing of multiple threads in a multicore environment. Also, numerous legacy multi-threaded embedded applications are deployed on a single-core RTOS that customers want to move to a multicore environment. For these reasons, application ... » read more

Building Vision-Enabled Devices To Capture The Emerging Wave In IoT


The evolution of vision (the eye) is considered one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. 540 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, there was a sudden burst of evolutionary activity that resulted in the appearance of a variety of new species. Many of these species were characterized by the development of an eye which allowed them to perceive and interact with ... » read more

Advanced Packaging: A Curse Or A Blessing For Trustworthiness?


In recent years, the issue of trustworthiness in electronics has become increasingly important, especially in areas where security is of the essence such as the automotive sector, industry, and critical infrastructure. These sectors depend on electronic systems that are not only powerful but also absolutely reliable and, above all, secure. This represents a major challenge, as the increasing co... » read more

How Ultra Ethernet And UALink Enable High-Performance, Scalable AI Networks


By Ron Lowman and Jon Ames AI workloads are significantly driving innovation in the interface IP market. The exponential increase in AI model parameters, doubling approximately every 4-6 months, stands in stark contrast to the slower pace of hardware advancements dictated by Moore's Law, which follows an 18-month cycle. This discrepancy demands hardware innovations to support AI workloads, c... » read more

Choosing The Right Memory Solution For AI Accelerators


To meet the increasing demands of AI workloads, memory solutions must deliver ever-increasing performance in bandwidth, capacity, and efficiency. From the training of massive large language models (LLMs) to efficient inference on endpoint devices, choosing the right memory technology is critical for chip designers. This blog explores three leading memory solutions—HBM, LPDDR, and GDDR—and t... » read more

MACs Are Not Enough: Why “Offload” Fails


For the past half-decade, countless chip designers have approached the challenges of on-device machine learning inference with the simple idea of building a “MAC accelerator” – an array of high-performance multiply-accumulate circuits – paired with a legacy programmable core to tackle the ML inference compute problem. There are literally dozens of lookalike architectures in the market t... » read more

The When, Why, And How Of Waiting And Backoff In Multi-Threaded Applications On Arm


With multithreaded applications, there are situations where it is unavoidable or desirable to wait for other threads. Implementing such wait instruction sequences correctly is important for both multithreaded scalability and power efficiency. Scalability is measured both in terms of aggregated throughput and fairness. Fairness is when all contending threads get an equal share of the contended ... » read more

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