AMD is hosting its Fusion Developer Summit this week, and the overarching theme is heterogeneous computing and the convergence of the CPU and GPU. Is shared memory and true heterogeneous computing the ...

If large language models are the foundation of a new programming model, as Nvidia and many others believe it is, then the hybrid CPU-GPU compute engine is the new general purpose computing platform.

The big picture: One of the most undisputed beneficiaries of the generative AI phenomenon has been the GPU, a chip that first made its mark as a graphics accelerator for gaming. As it happens, GPUs ...

Apple’s high-end laptop chip, the M4 Max, debuted today as part of the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro. In its highest configuration, the M4 Max chip features a 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, and 546 ...

“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 ...

In brief: Arm's latest mobile CPU and GPU designs are official, and the big focus this year is on boosting energy efficiency through various microarchitectural improvements. The company is also ...