SPEC Releases the SPEC CPU 2026 Benchmark Suites to Address the Latest Advances in CPU, Memory, and Compiler Technology

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced the availability of the SPEC CPU 2026 benchmark suites, a significant update ...
EDN

Implementing Mixed Memory Modes on eZ80 CPU

There are two types of memory modes offered by the eZ80 CPU. This application describes the types of memory modes, and provides a simple application to demonstrate how to properly configure the eZ80 ...
Linux Journal

Linux System Performance Tuning: Optimizing CPU, Memory, and Disk

Linux is a powerful and flexible operating system, widely used in servers, embedded systems, and even personal computers. However, even the best-configured systems can face performance bottlenecks ...
Ars Technica

Can someone explain how the 4GB virtual memory addressing scheme works?

Hey,<BR>In school I am taking this section on the way that windows addresses memory. Now, it's kind of breif in the way that it describes it. I think I may understand how it works, but I'm not sure.
Semiconductor Engineering

Developing ReRAM As Next Generation On-Chip Memory For Machine Learning, Image Processing And Other Advanced CPU Applications

In modern CPU device operation, 80% to 90% of energy consumption and timing delays are caused by the movement of data between the CPU and off-chip memory. To alleviate this performance concern, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Pooling CPU Memory for LLM Inference With Lower Latency and Higher Throughput (UC Berkeley)

“The rapid growth of LLMs has revolutionized natural language processing and AI analysis, but their increasing size and memory demands present significant challenges. A common solution is to spill ...