AMD Announces Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 Series CPUs: Commercial Desktop Gets AI
AMD is looking to drive the AI PC market with options across multiple product lines, which aren't limited to consumer processors. While primarily designed for the commercial sector, AMD...
7 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/19/2024TSMC Posts Q1'24 Results: 3nm Revenue Share Drops Steeply, but HPC Share Rises
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. this week released its financial results for Q1 2024. Due to a rebound in demand for semiconductors, the company garned $18.87 billion in revenue for...
11 by Anton Shilov on 4/19/2024ASML Patterns First Wafer Using High-NA EUV Tool, Ships Second High-NA Scanner
This week ASML is making two very important announcements related to their progress with high numerical aperature extreme ultraviolet lithography (High-NA EUV). First up, the company's High-NA EUV prototype...
13 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2024Intel and Sandia National Labs Roll Out 1.15B Neuron “Hala Point” Neuromorphic Research System
While neuromorphic computing remains under research for the time being, efforts into the field have continued to grow over the years, as have the capabilities of the specialty chips...
5 by Ryan Smith on 4/17/2024Samsung Unveils 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X Memory - The Fastest Yet
Samsung today has announced that they have developed an even faster generation of LPDDR5X memory that is set to top out at LPDDR5X-10700 speeds. The updated memory is slated...
6 by Anton Shilov on 4/17/2024Samsung To Receive $6.4 Billion Under CHIPS Act to Build $40 Billion Fab in Texas
Samsung Electronics this week was awarded up to $6.4 billion from the U.S. government under the CHIPS and Science Act to build its new fab complex in Taylor, Texas...
5 by Anton Shilov on 4/16/2024NVIDIA Intros RTX A1000 and A400: Entry-Level ProViz Cards Get Ray Tracing
With NVIDIA’s Turing architecture turning six years old this year, the company has been retiring many of the remaining Turing products from its video card lineup. And today that...
0 by Ryan Smith on 4/16/2024Corsair Enters Workstation Memory Market with WS Series XMP/EXPO DDR5 RDIMMs
Corsair has introduced a family of registered memory modules with ECC that are designed for AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 and Intel's Xeon W-2400/3400-series processors. The new Corsair WS DDR5...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/12/2024Western Digital Previews 4 TB SD Card: World's Highest-Capacity
Western Digital this week is previewing the industry's first 4 TB SD card. The device is being showcased at the NAB trade show for broadcasters and content creators and...
15 by Anton Shilov on 4/11/2024AMD Quietly Launches Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F Processors
AMD has recently expanded its Ryzen 8000 series by introducing the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors. Initially launched in China, these chips were added to AMD's...
7 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/11/2024Intel Teases Lunar Lake At Intel Vision 2024: 100+ TOPS Overall, 45 TOPS From NPU Alone
During the main keynote at Intel Vision 2024, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger flashed a completed Lunar Lake chip off, much like EVP and General Manager of Intel's Client Computing...
14 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/11/2024Intel To Discontinue Boxed 13th Gen Core CPUs for Enthusiasts
In an unexpected move, Intel has announced plans to phase out the boxed versions of its enthusiasts-class 13th Generation Core 'Raptor Lake' processors. According to a product change notification...
5 by Anton Shilov on 4/10/2024Report: Impact of Taiwanese Earthquake on DRAM Output to be Negligible in Q2
Following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Taiwan on April 3, 2024, there was immediate concern over what impact this could have on chip production within the country. Even...
2 by Anton Shilov on 4/10/2024Google Develops In-House Arm 'Axion' CPU for Datacenters
Google was among the first hyperscalers build custom silicon for its services, starting first with tensor processing units (TPUs) for its AI initiatives, and then video transcoding units (VCUs...
15 by Anton Shilov on 4/9/2024Intel Unveils New Branding For 6th Generation Xeon Processors: Intel Xeon 6
At Intel's Vision 2024 event, which is being held in Phoenix, AZ, has seen several key announcements. On the datacenter CPU front, Intel is using the show to unveil...
6 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/9/2024TSMC to Receive $6.6B Under US CHIPS Act, Set to Build 2nm Fab in Arizona
TSMC has entered into a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, securing up to $6.6 billion in direct funding and access to up to $5 billion in...
23 by Anton Shilov on 4/8/2024SK hynix to Build $3.87 Billion Memory Packaging Fab in the U.S. for HBM4 and Beyond
SK hynix this week announced plans to build its advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The move can be considered as a milestone both for the memory...
7 by Anton Shilov on 4/5/2024PCIe 7.0 Draft 0.5 Spec Available: 512 GB/s over PCIe x16 On Track For 2025
PCI-SIG this week released version 0.5 of the PCI-Express 7.0 specification to its members. This is the second draft of the spec and the final call for PCI-SIG members...
18 by Anton Shilov on 4/4/2024Samsung Unveils CXL Memory Module Box: Up to 16 TB at 60 GB/s
Composable disaggregated data center infrastructure promises to change the way data centers for modern workloads are built. However, to fully realize the potential of new technologies, such as CXL...
17 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2024Rapidus to Get $3.9 Billion in Government Aid for 2nm, Multi-Chiplet Technologies
Rapidus, a Japan-based company developing 2nm process technology and aiming to commercialize it in 2027, will receive a huge government grant for its ongoing projects. The Japanese government will...
10 by Anton Shilov on 4/2/2024