Android Authority

Arm vs x86: Instruction sets, architecture, and all key differences explained

The Android operating system is built to run on three different types of processor architecture: Arm, Intel x86, and MIPS. The former is today’s ubiquitous architecture after Intel abandoned its ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Implementing Cryptographic Algorithms for the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture in Two Cases

This new technical paper titled “Symmetric Cryptography on RISC-V: Performance Evaluation of Standardized Algorithms” was published by researchers at Intel, North Arizona University and Google, with ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Minimal RISC-V

Microcontrollers exist in almost everything, but can RISC-V satisfy the needs of this market? Is it small enough to replace 8-bit processors? What might help people migrate to a more modern processor ...
TechSpot

Intel proposes the x86-S architecture for a simpler, more efficient CPU instruction set

Forward-looking: After being beaten by AMD in introducing the first, truly 64-bit instruction set in the x86 CPU world, Intel is now trying to get ahead of its historical competitor by working on a ...
Electronic Design

New Architecture Enhances Memory Test and Repair

Generic test and repair approaches to embedded memory have hit their limit. Smaller feature sizes, such as 130 nm and 90 nm, have made it possible to embed multiple megabits of memory into a single ...