China CPU Maker ICube Creating Processor For Android Tablet PCs
ICube Technology, a China-based design company with focus on self-developed semiconductor processing chips and core architecture for China’s mobile device market, has announced a revolutionary breakthrough in mobile computing by unveiling its groundbreaking Harmony Unified Processor Technology. The company has developed a processor that combines a CPU and a GPU onto a single core much like how Intel and AMD are making processors. he Harmony Unified Processor Technology sets a new industry standard of performance by processing up to four threads (tasks) in each core. This contrasts with existing cores in the market that are limited to a single thread per core. It will be interesting to see if this processor performs well and if it will be able to compete with other solutions on the market today. Volume shipping is expected by the end of this year.
The Harmony Unified Processor Technology marks a milestone in the semiconductor industry by genuinely integrating two different processor types: a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), into one unified core. This technology consists of the Multi-Thread Virtual Pipeline parallel computing core, an independent instruction set architecture (ISA), an optimizing compiler and the Agile Switch dynamic load balancer. It brings the most cost efficient and power efficient performance to the mobile computing and mobile communication markets. To date, the finished silicon for the Harmony Unified Processor Technology has been produced and is ready for packaging. The resulting chip product is targeted to tap into the booming Android-based tablet computer market.
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