Not that it really matters, mind you — the technical feat of building a fully functional dev board that’s only 3 mm longer on each side than the main chip is the kind of stuff we love to see.

But the truth is, many projects are just as well off to have a CPU ... is a pretty nice board for about $30, so this is a very inexpensive way to get into “System on Chip” (SOC) development.

the CPU can only function alongside other hardware. The silicon chip sits in a special socket located on the main circuit board (motherboard or mainboard) inside the device. It is separate from ...

The Nintendo Switch 2, a successor to Nintendo’s best-selling hybrid video game console, will be powered by a new system-on-a-chip from NVIDIA ... backside of the circuit board, when mirrored ...

He's killed a chip or two in his time, but all in the name of science. Promise. March 20, 2025: We have added the new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D to the page as the rightful king of the best high-end CPU ...

AMD said it has completed its $49 billion acquisition of Xilinx to create the “industry’s high-performance and adaptive computing leader,” marking the largest chip deal in history.