Chip rewires itself on the fly
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Chip rewires itself
Chip rewires itself
04/27/2004 08:50 AMSympatico Apr 27 2004 12:38PM GMT
Stretch Announces Chip That Rewires
Itself On The Fly
Stretch Announces Chip That Rewires
Itself On The Fly
04/26/2004 02:45 PMTaiwan chip giant TSMC upbeat on global
chip industry this year and next
Taiwan chip giant TSMC upbeat on global
chip industry this year and next
06/05/2004 11:44 AMCanadian Press Jun 5 2004 4:17PM GMT
Good Chip/Bad Chip
Good Chip/Bad Chip
03/19/2005 02:23 AMMaking computer chips is not as easy as it sounds. Manufacturers
throw out 20–50% of the chips they make because of defects. According to a USC professor, Melvin Breuer, many
of these defects are so minor that the chips could still be used in
video cards and audio applications without a problem. He feels that if
the manufacturers could identify these chips, they could resell them
and drive the cost of electronic devices down to an amount in the
billions of dollars each year of savings.
The technique doesn't have to be limited to chips that are
consistent in their errors. Chips that make errors only once in a
while can also be spared, according to Breuer. They just need to end
up in devices where humans can tolerate a glitch in the output from
time to time. For instance, a video card could mark one pixel
in a million as red instead of blue and an end user probably wouldn't
even notice the difference. The same goes for a soundcard in a
voicemail application that blurs one word in every thousand. At
present, chips failing these tests are usually tossed.
"A Chip in Every Pot"
"A Chip in Every Pot"
11/19/2003 02:10 PMResearch firm In-Stat/MDR expects to see chips in almost everything in
the home, including pots: The firm predicts that the networking
silicon market will grow from $650 million in 2002 to $1.07 billion
this year, driven by Wi-Fi and other networking technologies. In fact,
wireless LANs will be the biggest revenue opportunity for this market,
according to the study....
New chip learns on the job
New chip learns on the job
04/26/2004 01:05 PMZDNet Apr 26 2004 5:13PM GMT
The Millipede Chip
The Millipede Chip
03/14/2005 06:06 PMAnother from New
Scientist:
A super-dense memory chip that stores data in the form of nanoscale
holes in a plastic film has made its public debut at the CeBIT
electronics exhibition in Hanover, Germany.
[The] "Millipede" technology from IBM's Zurich lab promises very
high capacity thanks to its use of holes just 10 nanometres wide. This
means that a square chip measuring 2.4 centimetres on a side should be
able to store 125 gigabytes, says the company, equivalent to 25
DVDs.
Apparently, some are questioning the need for a mechanical version
of technology already available in other mediums.
Chip off the block
Chip off the block
05/18/2004 02:56 PMCypress Semiconductor's outspoken CEO, T.J. Rodgers, sounds off on
everything from stock options to Larry Ellison.
Chip off the shoulder
Chip off the shoulder
07/09/2004 01:22 AMUsatoday.com - Thu Jul 8, 08:47 pm GMT
New AMD chip moves away from the PC
New AMD chip moves away from the PC
01/04/2005 12:32 AMTaipei Times Online Jan 4 2005 3:56AM GMT
Nvidia's HIS is two way chip
Nvidia's HIS is two way chip
05/21/2004 08:31 AMAMD chip security
AMD chip security
08/15/2004 01:57 PMThis month’s
Cryptogram, a publication on security, technology
and much more, has an interesting snip on a problem with the new
AMD chips. AMD have
recently been shouting about how exciting their
No
e
Xecute technology is on the Opterons, and how it will stop
nasty code from executing. However, they don't seem to keen to discuss
a potentially major security flaw in the chips.
Essentially, the problem lies in the K8 line of chips, which includes
the much celebrated 64 bit Athlon and the Opteron chip, and the way
they update themselves. A Microcode (or bios updates) update allows
chip makers to change code on the chip where it is faulty, saving the
hassle of an expensive product recall. Using this technique, AMD
patched up a problem
discovered recently. A useful feature, one
might think. However, AMD chips that do this (K7's don't/didn't after
they discovered a problem with it!) don't appear to have any security
or validation checks on Microcode updates. As such...
"
If one is able to get root access on a machine even once, it
is hypothetically possible to install a microcode update specifically
to help compromise security from userspace at a later time. Such an
update could be flashed into the BIOS to make it persistent across
reboots."
Intel has had a
problem with this (Microcode validation), but have got around it via
implementing
encryption and authentication technology; AMD have
yet to do this.
Real World Tech, the discovers of this issue, also
speculate that, in a hypothetical situation, it might be possible also
to do serious physical damage to a AMD K8 chip.
All in all, a rather depressing report for users that have shelled out
big bucks for these new chips. Certainly not the kind of performance
one would expect from AMD, a company that needs a tip top reputation
to maintain it's level of high regard from the IT professional
community to successfully compete with chip giant Intel.
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CryptogramRead full story...No Chip in Arm, No Shot From Gun
No Chip in Arm, No Shot From Gun
04/15/2004 04:59 AMA new chip that would be implanted into a gun owner's arm and matched
up to a particular gun will make the gun inoperable for anyone else.
The chipmaker says it will lead to greater gun safety, while the NRA
and police departments are leery.
Chip Off the Old H&R Block
Chip Off the Old H&R Block
06/10/2004 09:27 AMThe tax prep specialist announces its seasonally strongest quarter.
My chip is bigger than yours
My chip is bigger than yours
05/19/2004 07:25 AMIt was five years ago today... 19 May 1999
Service with a chip
Service with a chip
03/29/2005 04:30 AMCNET Asia Mar 29 2005 8:37AM GMT
Techs down with the chip
Techs down with the chip
09/03/2004 02:30 PMCNN Sep 3 2004 6:13PM GMT
Hippocampus on a chip
Hippocampus on a chip
03/13/2003 10:20 AMNew Chip Competitor
New Chip Competitor
12/11/2003 02:33 PMJust what the market needs, another chip maker: Cambridge Silicon
Radio, traditionally a Bluetooth chip maker, said it will soon ship a
combined 802.11a/b/g chip. The company is apparently trying to leave
us in suspense by saying it will offer improvements in speed, size,
"or" cost....
Sun talks up another chip
Sun talks up another chip
02/12/2004 11:18 AMZDNet UK Feb 12 2004 3:10PM GMT
NEC develops 16X DVD+/-R chip set
NEC develops 16X DVD+/-R chip set
06/23/2004 09:16 AMNEC Electronics Corp. has developed a chip set that will help pave the
way towards DVD+/-R drives capable of 16X speed writing, the company
said Tuesday. The chip set consists of an analog signal processor,
which is used to control the laser and servo systems of the optical
pick-up unit, and a digital signal processor with ATAPI interface.
Chip Company
Chip Company
08/22/2004 01:19 PMGame concept overview published
Features: XML on a Chip
Features: XML on a Chip
03/14/2005 05:43 PMJimmy Zhang asks whether custom processors can speed XML applications,
and whether they can speed them enough to be worth the effort.
Other News: New G5 Chip
Other News: New G5 Chip
02/13/2004 11:54 AMIBM is manufacturing a new generation of the "G5" chip, and it looks
quite promising. (Apple's apparently using it for the Xserve G5.)
Favorite PowerPC Chip?
Favorite PowerPC Chip?
07/20/2004 08:03 PMChip biz IPO pushes Motorola into the
red
Chip biz IPO pushes Motorola into the
red
07/21/2004 04:12 AMBut big handset sales yield big income growth
VIA announces new secure chip
VIA announces new secure chip
05/20/2004 05:29 AMChip Traders Keep Cool
Chip Traders Keep Cool
01/04/2005 05:38 PMTheStreet.com Jan 4 2005 9:24PM GMT
Zoran DVD Upscaler Chip
Zoran DVD Upscaler Chip
07/23/2004 02:53 PMMATT GALLANT -- DVDs that contain
standard-definition video can soon look a little bit nicer on HDTVs
thanks to a chip from Zoran that was announced today but has been in
the hands of OEMs since earlier this year.
The chip takes standard-def video and does some filtering on it,
and the result is high-def, perhaps a tad fuzzy, video. Zoran also has
a chip that converts standard video into progressive scan, and they
plan to integrate the two together sometime. Though it seems that
there's nothing preventing DVD player manufacturers from using both
the chips in concert.
Read - Zoran Upscaler Chip Bridges HD DVD
Gap [ExtremeTech]
AMD expands 64-bit chip line
AMD expands 64-bit chip line
01/05/2004 06:51 PMCNET Jan 5 2004 6:21PM ET
Motorola Spins Off Chip Biz
Motorola Spins Off Chip Biz
12/17/2003 06:10 PMUnstrung.com Dec 17 2003 4:57PM ET
New NEC 3G Chip for Mobile Phones
New NEC 3G Chip for Mobile Phones
07/19/2004 06:03 AM3G Jul 19 2004 9:39AM GMT
AMD Alchemy Chip with TiVoToGo
AMD Alchemy Chip with TiVoToGo
01/04/2005 12:44 AM
AMD has announced a new chip called the 'Alchemy'
Au1200, designed to power portable video devices of all sizes. The hot
heat about the Alchemy is two-fold: first, it can resize almost any major format video into different resolutions on
the fly (upscale and downscale, it seems), meaning that devices that
use the chipset won't have to have video transcoded to its native
resolution before copying it over; also, the chip will power portable
video players that will be compatible with the just launched TiVoToGo service that
will allow you to copy recorded content from Series2 TiVos to portable
devices, such as the newly announced G
oVideo and FIC's
video players. (Thanks, Dimitri!)
Alchemy Product
Page [AMD]
Revenues up at UK chip designer
Revenues up at UK chip designer
04/20/2004 02:58 AMARM Holdings gives an upbeat outlook for the semiconductor sector as
it reports better-than-expected profits and revenues.
Does AMD want out of the chip making
game?
Does AMD want out of the chip making
game?
11/14/2003 06:58 AMAnalysis Choice of next fab more about AMD's role than location
IBM's first 64-bit blades to use G5 chip
IBM's first 64-bit blades to use G5 chip
11/14/2003 10:19 AMIBM Corp. on Tuesday will unveil a
new line of low-power blade servers based on the same 64-bit PowerPC
970 processor that Apple Computer Inc. uses in its Power Mac G5
computers. The new system, called the eServer BladeCenter JS20 will be
IBM's first 64-bit blade offering, joining the 32-bit Xeon HS20
systems IBM is already shipping.
IBM gets chip circuits to draw
themselves
IBM gets chip circuits to draw
themselves
12/08/2003 12:05 AMBig Blue is tinkering with a new material that could drastically slash
the costs of “drawing” circuits on semiconductors, and the stuff is a
close relative to tennis shoe glue.
One Chip for 3G and GSM / GPRS Handsets
One Chip for 3G and GSM / GPRS Handsets
07/13/2004 05:19 AM3G Jul 13 2004 9:41AM GMT
ARM to buy designer of systems-on-a-chip
ARM to buy designer of systems-on-a-chip
08/23/2004 10:39 AMWith the acquisition of Artisan Components, ARM will get 340
employees, plus facilities in California and India.
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