Industry Expert Blogs
Clearing Up Cloud-Based SoCs-May 25, 2012 |
With each passing month, the cloud is taking the semiconductor market by storm—just like it did in the enterprise years ago. Take nVidia’s recent Kepler GPU announcement for cloud computing. This device provides low-latency access to the cloud for gaming, giving gamers performance and access to the latest content without being tied to a game console. Another example is Applied Micro’s X-Gene new cloud DNA 64-bit ‘server-on-a chip’ for powering the cloud. From the system side, ”Apple puts iCloud at the heart of its OS,” expanding the cloud content to include more photo sharing capabilities and adding video sharing.