Alibaba develops chip that 'merges processor and memory'

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The von Neumann bottleneck places limits on the possible speed of chip operations - but Alibaba believes it has an answer
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The von Neumann bottleneck places limits on the possible speed of chip operations - but Alibaba believes it has an answer

New architecture could break the von Neumann bottleneck

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has allegedly developed the world's first, DRAM-based 3D chip that merges logic and memory. As reported by Chinese news outlet Pandaily, Alibaba Cloud announced the ch...

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