Graphics processing units (GPUs) render graphics and support gaming and cryptocurrency tasks. Learn about their technological ...

High-performance computing startup LightSolver Ltd. today announced what it says is the world’s first pure “laser-based processing unit,” providing businesses with an alternative to expensive ...

A custom-built AI chip from Google. Introduced in 2016 and used in Google Cloud datacenters, the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is designed for matrix multiplication, which is the type of processing ...

Google LLC’s cloud business today introduced a new series of cloud instances powered by a custom chip known as an infrastructure processing unit. The new instance series, dubbed the C3 series, is ...

Last year, a new class of networking chip called the infrastructure processing unit (IPU) joined Intel’s portfolio of server chips. Now the company is placing a long-term bet on the IPU as it looks to ...

A new player has entered the field of artificial intelligence in the form of the Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit). Groq has the remarkable ability to process over 500 tokens per second using the ...

STMicroelectronics has announced a new type of chip with the launch of the intelligent sensor processing unit (ISPU) that combines a MEMS sensor and digital signal processor (DSP) that can run AI ...

The ‘neural processing unit’ is being pushed as the next big thing for ‘AI PCs’ and ‘AI smartphones,’ but it won’t eliminate the need for cloud-based AI. Reading time 6 minutes There’s a CPU. There’s ...