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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...