SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Enabling a new class of system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs, Tensilica Inc. here today unveiled its next-generation configurable processor that runs at speeds at 350-MHz. Based on a 0 ...

Advanced Micro Devices Monday moved to cut into archrival Intel Corp.'s value-end PC dominance by unveiling a 900-MHz Duron processor, the highest speed MPU for this market segment. The 900-MHz Duron ...

Introduced as an upgrade, the VR5432 64-bit MIPS RISC processor is now available in a 200 MHz version. The device is capable of delivering 377 Dhrystone MIPS at 200 MHz, making it viable for use in ...

I’ve done my share of trying to dispel the “myth of megahertz” (the often ignored truth that MHz is just one component of a computer’s true speed), but I have ...