Hackaday

A SNES CPU Replacement Via FPGA

Let’s say you had a SNES with a busted CPU. What would you do? Your SNES would be through! That is, unless, you had a replacement based on an FPGA. [leonllr] has been developing just such a thing. The ...
Hackaday

FPGA Soft CPU Is Superscalar

We will admit it: mostly when we see a homebrew CPU design on an FPGA, it is a simple design that wouldn’t raise any eyebrows in the 1970s or 1980s. Not so with [Henry Wong’s] design, though. His ...
HotHardware

AMD Patent Reveals Hybrid CPU-FPGA Design That Could Be Enabled By Xilinx Tech

While they often aren’t as great as CPUs on their own, FPGAs can do a wonderful job accelerating specific tasks. Whether it's accelerating acting as a fabric for wide-scale datacenter services ...
Embedded

CPU plus FPGA design flow for software developers: A new tangible reality

Recently, Brian Bailey organized a round table that resulted in a two-part article called Supporting CPUs Plus FPGAs. The experts discussed the evolving reality of systems design based on FPGAs and ...
TweakTown

Ubitium announces 'universal processor': combines CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA in a single RISC-V chip

TL;DR: Ubitium is developing a Universal Processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA into a single chip, aiming to revolutionize the market by reusing every transistor for multiple functions.
manilatimes

MicroCloud Hologram Inc. Proposes Quantum AI Simulator Adopting Hybrid CPU-FPGA Method, Achieving Efficient Image Classification Simulation Through Heterogeneous Computing

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MicroCloud Hologram Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLO), ("HOLO” or the "Company"), a technology service provider, proposed a quantum AI simulator that adopts a ...
The Next Platform

CPU, GPU Potential for Visualization and Irregular Code

Conventional wisdom says that choosing between a GPU versus CPU architecture for running scientific visualization workloads or irregular code is easy. GPUs have long been the go-to solution, although ...
EDN

Viewpoint: The importance of FPGA-to-ASIC solutions to accelerate CPU-based protocols

For many years, there has been a running debate about how to best handle the processing of protocols mid-way up the protocol stack in a data networking or enterprise storage application. Oftentimes ...
Network World

Intel plans hybrid CPU-FPGA chips

Two years ago, Intel spent $16.7 billion to acquire FPGA chip vendor Altera. So, what’s it going to do with that big purchase? The company is finally ready to say. A field-programmable gate array, or ...
Business Wire

Tachyum Unveils Prodigy Universal Processor FPGA Emulation Prototype

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tachyum™ Inc. today announced the upcoming availability of its Prodigy Universal Processor prototype, built using field-programmable gate array (FPGA) emulation boards. The ...
Business Wire

Tachyum Releases Motherboard Emulation for its Prodigy Processor FPGA Prototype to Manufacturing

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tachyum™ Inc. today sent the motherboard emulation prototype of its Prodigy Universal Processor FPGA prototype to manufacturing, which, when returned, will be plugged into ...