Biden Is Against Corporate Welfare Except When He's for It Government officials seek to shape the economy to the liking of politicians. Reason · Apr 1, 2024
Report: SK Hynix Mulls Building $4 Billion Advanced Packaging Facility in Indiana SK hynix is considering whether to build an advanced packaging facility in Indiana, reports the Wall Street Journal. If the company proceeds with the plan, it intends to invest $4 billion in it and construct one of the world's largest advanced packaging facilities. But to accomplish the project, SK hynix… AnandTech · Mar 26, 2024
Elon Musk claims Tesla could build a silicon foundry and make its own chips, but says 'I sure hope we don’t have to' Oh, just do it Elon. I'm sure you'd make more money from it than you have from Twitter. PC Gamer · Mar 25, 2024
Nvidia's new Blackwell AI GPU raises some tricky questions about its next-gen RTX 50-series graphics cards Is Nvidia really ready to go multi-die with the RTX 50 series gaming GPUs? PC Gamer · Mar 20, 2024
Leaker suggests that Nvidia's Blackwell gaming graphics processer, GB202 to use the same technology as GB200 Nvidia's Big Blackwell gaming GPU to use TSMC's custom 4NP process technology with increased transistor density. Tom’s Hardware · Mar 20, 2024
Nvidia CEO brings out a monster dual-GPU Blackwell chip at GTC: here's what it tells us about the next GeForce graphics cards "It's just one giant chip," says CEO Huang. PC Gamer · Mar 19, 2024
NVIDIA's 'cuLitho' Computational Lithography Adopted By TSMC and Synopsys For Production Use Last year, NVIDIA introduced its cuLitho software library, which promises to speed up photomask development by up to 40 times. Today, NVIDIA announced a partnership with TSMC and Synopsys to implement its computational lithography platform for production use, and use the company's next-generation Blackwell GPUs for AI and HPC applications.… AnandTech · Mar 18, 2024
TSMC considering advanced packaging facility in Japan: report -- with two fabs already in the works, this would be a major boost to country's chip industry After building chipmaking fabs, TSMC reportedly considers an advanced chip packaging facility in Japan. Tom’s Hardware · Mar 18, 2024
Nvidia’s next-gen AI GPU is 4X faster than Hopper: Blackwell B200 GPU delivers up to 20 petaflops of compute and other massive improvements Nvidia revealed its upcoming Blackwell B200 GPU at GTC 2024, which will power the next generation of AI supercomputers and potentially more than quadruple the performance of its predecessor. Here are all the details on the new family of data center and AI products. Tom’s Hardware · Mar 18, 2024
Billions from the CHIPS Act is soon to begin flowing with Samsung, Intel and TSMC set to benefit Made in the USA. PC Gamer · Mar 18, 2024
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8s Gen 3: A Cheaper Chip For Premium Phones With the launch of their flagship Snapdragon 8 SoC firmly behind them now, Qualcomm this morning is turning their collective head towards the premium market with the launch of another new Snapdragon 8 family SoC, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. The first of Qualcomm’s ‘s’-subseries of down-market parts to be… AnandTech · Mar 18, 2024
Intel's Chief Financial Officer admits the company is 'heavier than we want to be in terms of external wafer manufacturing' Intel's outsourcing more silicon manufacturing that it would want, but the customer-competitor relationship with TSMC will continue in the future. PC Gamer · Mar 11, 2024
SiPearl's Rhea-2 CPU Added to Roadmap: Second-Gen European CPU for HPC SiPearl, a processor designer supported by the European Processor Initiative, is about to start shipments of its very first Rhea processor for high-performance computing workloads. But the company is already working on its successor currently known as Rhea-2, which is set to arrive sometimes in 2026 in Exascale supercomputers. SiPearl's… AnandTech · Mar 8, 2024
Marvell's 2nm IP Platform Enables Custom Silicon for Datacenters Marvell this week introduced its new IP technology platform specifically tailored for custom chips for accelerated infrastructure made on TSMC's 2nm-class process technologies (possibly including N2 and N2P). The platform includes technologies essential for developing cloud-optimized accelerators, Ethernet switches, and digital signal processors. "The 2nm platform will enable Marvell to… AnandTech · Mar 8, 2024
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 7, 2024 China and Japan gave TSMC over $1.5 billion in subsidies to build and equip new fabs as US CHIPS Act payouts stall China and Japan boost grants to TSMC as it builds new fabs and expands capacities.
Android Central · Mar 7, 2024 The Pixel 9 could finally fix these long-time Pixel problems A new chipset based on Samsung’s 4nm process is reportedly in the works.
AnandTech · Mar 7, 2024 Intel to Hold Webinar to Discuss Long-Term Vision for Foundry, Separating Fab and Design Reporting As Intel prepares to move its fabs into its new Intel Foundry business, it will change the way it reports results in the coming months. To discuss the company's long-term vision and give investors a better understanding of how Intel's business will move forward with Intel Foundry and Intel Products…
AnandTech · Mar 4, 2024 Apple Launches M3-Based MacBook Air 13 and 15: 3nm CPU for the Masses Apple on Monday introduced its new generation MacBook Air laptops based on the company's most-recent M3 system-on-chip (SoC). The new MacBook Air notebooks come in the same sizes as the previous models – 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches – with prices starting from $1,099 and $1,299 respectively. The key improvement…
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 4, 2024 Intel Foundry is trying to poach Samsung's South Korean customers in its bid to become world's second-biggest foundry: report In its drive to become a heavyweight in semiconductor manufacturing, Intel is trying to take Samsung's clients.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 4, 2024 Most upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs will leverage TSMC nodes for compute, Intel 20A only for Core i5 and lower: Leak Leaker Golden Pig Upgrade says Arrow Lake doesn't have low-power E-cores, DDR5 support, and hyper-threading, and will rely heavily on TSMC's nodes.
TechRadar · Mar 2, 2024 Mysterious Huawei CPU test results emerge online and you're in for a shock — if true, the improvements mean that Huawei is not far behind AMD Epyc or Intel Xeon Mysterious Huawei HiSilicon Taishan V120 server CPU test results spotted on Geekbench.
AnandTech · Feb 28, 2024 Tenstorrent Licenses RISC-V CPU IP to Build 2nm AI Accelerator for Edge Tenstorrent this week announced that it had signed a deal to license out its RISC-V CPU and AI processor IP to Japan's Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), which will use the technology to build its edge-focused AI accelerator. The most curious part of the announcement is that this accelerator will…
iMore · Feb 28, 2024 Forget the M3 and A17 Pro, Apple might already be designing chips using TSMC's 2nm fabrication process Apple is reportedly already working on new chips that will use TSMC's 2nm manufacturing process.
PC Gamer · Feb 28, 2024 Intel plots 1nm silicon for 2027 but are the wheels coming off its existing roadmap? Forget about those five nodes in four years, here comes Intel 14A and 10A.
PC Gamer · Feb 28, 2024 Intel CEO admits 'I've bet the whole company on 18A' Pet Gelsinger resisted the idea last year, now he won't deny everything is riding on Intel's most advanced node yet.