AMD puts Barcelona quad-core into the spotlight at ISSCC. amd barcelona. AMD unwrapped a few more details about its upcoming quad-core server and workstation processor "Barcelona" at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). San Francisco (CA) - AMD unwrapped a few more details about its upcoming quad-core server and workstation processor "Barcelona" at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)....

This year’s IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) will offer once again hundreds of briefing sessions on the latest developments in the semiconductor industry.. San Francisco (CA) – This year’s IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) will offer once again hundreds of briefing sessions on the latest developments in the semiconductor industry. Information provided through the ISSCC 2008 program are brief, but the document - which was posted earlier this month on the ISSCC website – offers some insight what we can expect to learn this year. We hear that there will be an update on the company’s Terascale effort, even if there is no dedicated session mentioned in the ISSCC program. The ISSCC document describes Tukwila as a two-billion transistor 65 nm quad-core processor with a die size of 699 mm2....

STI accelerates Cell CPU to 6 GHz, Intel bumps 80-core chip to 4 GHz. isscc 2007 preview. Integrated circuit designers will come together next month in San Francisco to get updates on hardware developments at the annual IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). San Francisco (CA) - Integrated circuit designers will come together next month in San Francisco to get updates on hardware developments at the annual IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). The 119-page program of the conference provides a first glimpse of what we may hear at the ISSCC, which will begin on February 11....

Sony and IBM will provide details about their jointly developed Cell processor next week during the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2005. Chicago (IL) - Sony and IBM will provide details about their jointly developed Cell processor next week during the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2005. According to program of the ISSCC 2005, Cell is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that will include multiple streaming cores built on 64-bit Power architecture....

Although not officially announced, Intel officials discussed the upcoming Pentium 64-bit 6xx-series during the ISSCC 2005. San Francisco (CA) - Although not officially announced, Intel officials discussed the upcoming Pentium 64-bit 6xx-series during the ISSCC 2005....

At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) here, Japan's Seiko Epson presented a paper on a flexible, 8-bit asynchronous microprocessor, based on a low-temperature, poly-silicon TFT technology. At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) here, Japan’s Seiko Epson presented a paper on a flexible, 8-bit asynchronous microprocessor, based on a low-temperature, poly-silicon TFT technology....

Flash vendors Intel and STMicroelectronics came to ISSCC with revved-up NOR parts that analysts said must serve to defend NOR flash against NAND memory devices. The NAND camp made its presence known at ISSCC with 8-Gbit parts, aimed at MP3 players, USB drives and other data storage applications....

While Sony is highlighting the scalability of the Cell processors at ISSCC, a spokesperson fro the company said that Sony will decrease its financial commitment to a processor, which the firm previously stated cost billions of dollars to develop.. Chicago (IL) - While Sony is highlighting the scalability of the Cell processors at ISSCC, a spokesperson fro the company said that Sony will decrease its financial commitment to a processor, which the firm previously stated cost billions of dollars to develop....