Semidynamics adds flexible vectors to RISC-V cores
Semidynamics has released a customizable vector unit with out-of-order execution support to accompany its 64bit RISC-V processor cores.
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Cadence adds floating point to Fusion
Cadence Design Systems has added floating-point to its latest core intended for embedded signal processing.
Cortus adds hardware floating point to low-area processor family
Cortus has added to its version 2 architecture a processor core that offers hardware support for floating-point code.
EEMBC launches expanded benchmark suite
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has released a benchmark suite aimed at applications processors and higher-performance microcontrollers with floating-point units.
Altera finds a way to cheaper floating point in FPGAs
Altera has revealed that the DSP blocks in the Arria 10 FPGAs contain the logic needed to make them work as IEEE754-compliant floating-point units.
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