EDN

Altera Introduces SoC FPGAs: Integrating ARM Processor System and FPGA into 28-nm Single-Chip Solution

“SoC FPGAs based on 28nm process technology represent an exciting new development for embedded systems in terms of performance and increased capacity,” said Jim Nicholas, vice president marketing, ...
Design-Reuse

ARM11 MPCore Provides Existing Software Portability Across Single- CPU and Multi-CPU Designs

The ARM11 MPCore synthesizable processor implements the ARM11 microarchitecture and can be configured to contain between one and four processors delivering up to an aggregate 2600 Dhrystone MIPS of ...
Design-Reuse

Providing memory system and compiler support for MPSoc designs: Memory Architectures (Part 1)

System-on-chip (SoC) architectures are being increasingly employed to solve a diverse spectrum of problems in the embedded and mobile systems domain. The resulting increase in the complexity of ...
Embedded

Embedded multimedia – choosing between a dual or a single core media processor

Selecting a processor for an embedded multimedia application is a complex endeavor. It involves a thorough analysis of the processor's core architecture and peripheral set, a solid understanding of ...
Ars Technica

Can a dual CPU setup ever equal over 2X faster then a single CPU?

This has probably been brought up before (maybe many times) but I couldn't find it under the search.<P>So basically, are there any instances when having dual CPUs is capable of being over twice as ...