Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China Chinese joint venture's ousted CEO tries to hang on - who will get control? Legal20 May 2022 | 14
Export bans prompt Russia to use Chinese x86 CPU replacement With few options, Russia will look to half-fast chips from Chinese maker Systems19 May 2022 | 86
Will this be one of the world's first RISC-V laptops? Pic A sneak peek at a notebook that could be revealed this year Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 55
The ‘substantial contributions’ Intel has promised to boost RISC-V adoption Analysis With the benefit of maybe revitalizing the x86 giant’s foundry business Systems17 May 2022 | 14
AMD claims its GPUs beat Nvidia on performance per dollar * Terms, conditions, hardware specs and software may vary – a lot Personal Tech17 May 2022 | 8
Meta hires network chip guru from Intel: What does this mean for future silicon? Analysis Why be a customer when you can develop your own custom semiconductors Networks16 May 2022 | 1
TSMC, Samsung plan price hikes for chip designers – reports Nvidia, AMD, Apple et al may be forced to pass cost on to customers Systems13 May 2022 | 6
Arm says microcontroller price hikes helped fuel sales As well as chip design licensing, 5G smartphones, cars ... who needs Nvi-whatchamacallit? Systems13 May 2022 | 7
AMD approaches '30%' x86 CPU market share, thanks to servers 'n' laptops Guess you could call this Mercury Ryzen Systems13 May 2022 | 17
How Intel and AMD hope to win the cloud security game Analysis Team Xeon reveals 'Trust-as-a-Service' while Google Cloud details deeper ties with Team Zen PaaS + IaaS12 May 2022 | 5
GlobalFoundries’ chipmaking machine unfazed by global disruptions Records for revenue, gross margin in Q1 as others take a hit Systems11 May 2022 | 4
Intel blames software, COVID lockdowns for Arc GPU delays Intel Vision And China to get first dibs when graphics chips do ship Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 3
Intel puts ‘desktop-caliber’ CPUs in laptops with 12th-gen Core HX Intel Vision And puts the usual claims of world-beating performance in its marketing Personal Tech10 May 2022 | 7
Intel's Habana unit reveals new Nvidia A100 challengers Intel Vision Gaudi 2, Greco AI chips, plus more details on Arctic Sound-M server GPUs Systems10 May 2022 |
RISC-V CEO seeks 'world domination' by winning over the likes of Intel Interview We speak to the head of ISA's governing body on industry adoption, timelines, and more Systems07 May 2022 | 40
Revealed: Intel's plan to sell software simplifying computer vision training Exclusive Sonoma Creek to target non-AI experts, according to docs seen by El Reg AI + ML06 May 2022 | 1
Nvidia pays $5.5m to settle SEC charges of shoddy cryptomining disclosures GPU giant accused of obscuring its impact on gaming segment in 2017 Legal06 May 2022 | 1
AMD to offer CPUs with Xilinx AI engine in 2023 And unlike Intel, Zen giant saw boom in PC land, thanks to focus on high-end parts AI + ML04 May 2022 |
Intel acquires graphics tech biz founded by ex-AMD, Qualcomm engineers Demoscene-steeped Siru is on not its Second but, what, Third or Fourth Reality, now? Personal Tech03 May 2022 | 5
Qualcomm ‘on track’ for Apple M-level Nuvia chips in late 2023 Too bad everyone else is pretty much on track with their processors Personal Tech02 May 2022 | 7
Chip foundry group ISMC plans $3b semiconductor plant in India Tower Semiconductor’s involvement means Intel could eventually own a piece Systems02 May 2022 |
Intel says costly 10nm ramp will counter PC slowdown Analysis China lockdowns, Apple's homegrown silicon, and more give x86 giant a headache – with an aspirin in reach Systems29 Apr 2022 | 8
Semiconductor firms: China lockdowns play havoc with supply and demand Some report multimillion-dollar hits while others offer more rosy takes amid component drought Systems28 Apr 2022 | 1
India: It would be fab if Intel and TSMC built plants here Govt offers lure of subsidies in bid to become electronics manufacturing powerhouse Systems27 Apr 2022 | 48
Nvidia, Intel, others pour $130m into optical chip startup Ayar Labs The current affairs reporting you've been searching for Systems26 Apr 2022 | 3
d-Matrix gets $44m in quest for efficient AI server chiplets d-ream team or a d-isaster? Let's see what Microsoft's money can do AI + ML26 Apr 2022 |
Arm to IoT devs: Go faster with our pre-made chip subsystems In addition to cloud service, Arm also puts out its fastest Cortex-M CPU design yet Edge + IoT26 Apr 2022 | 5
Apple and Intel likely the first to use TSMC’s 2nm node in 2025 Meanwhile, Intel is catching up to TSMC in leading-edge manufacturing nodes Systems25 Apr 2022 | 5
Take this $15m and make us some ultra-energy-efficient superconductor chips, scientists told A fair price to get everyone to stop talking about Moore's Law for good Science22 Apr 2022 | 21
Samsung, others test drive Esperanto's 1,000-core RISC-V AI chip Now you're talking our language AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 19
Intel forms graphics lab to make games look more real x86 giant hopes for 'open, collaborative and forward-looking' relationship with (checks notes) Nvidia and AMD Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 9
Biotech firm: Graphcore IPUs faster for AI-based drug discovery than GPUs Someone's got to keep, say, Nvidia on its toes AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 4
AMD: Our Epyc CPUs helped Mercedes win F1 Constructors' Championship Case study in why price-performance matters in server chips Systems20 Apr 2022 | 12
Intel promotes graphics chief Raja Koduri weeks after Arc discrete GPU reveal Exclusive CEO memo confirms ex-AMD veteran's bump up to executive veep Personal Tech19 Apr 2022 | 3
Ryzen Pro CPUs are better for work than Intel's, claims AMD First business chips from AMD to include Microsoft's Pluton security processor, stock is available says chip biz Systems19 Apr 2022 | 21
TSMC’s 2025 timeline for 2nm chips suggests Intel gaining steam Semiconductor veteran says x86 titan could catch up with Asia-Pacific rivals in three years Systems18 Apr 2022 | 5
Intel’s neurochips could one day end up in PCs or a cloud service The brain-like chip technology could aid with low-power AI tasks like speech recognition Systems15 Apr 2022 | 9
Semiconductor average lead time breaks half-year barrier Ukraine invasion, two Chinese lockdowns, Japanese earthquake cited by financial analysts in supply report Systems14 Apr 2022 | 21
TSMC’s chip empire keeps growing, despite ongoing shortages Demand remains high for CPUs, GPUs and automotive chips, says TSMC CEO Systems14 Apr 2022 | 1
Cerebras' wafer-size AI chips play nice with PyTorch, TensorFlow Better support for top ML frameworks means stronger chip competition AI + ML13 Apr 2022 | 7
Aurora exascale supercomputer lead leaves Intel for Samsung Years of extended delays and changes for late 2022-planned system HPC13 Apr 2022 |
Intel acquires private 5G network provider Ananki Startup sells software and hardware as a subscription to make private 5G easy Networks12 Apr 2022 | 1
AI hardware, PC gaming rig maker partner on powerful AI/ML laptop Lambda, Razer take on Apple with Tensorbook for ML engineers Personal Tech12 Apr 2022 | 3
Intel R&D campus key to comeback plan gets $3b boost Chip giant also reveals next-gen 18A process months ahead of schedule Systems11 Apr 2022 | 1
Russia cobbles together supercomputing platform to wean off foreign suppliers New RSK Tornado system will help Russia port HPC apps to homegrown CPUs HPC11 Apr 2022 | 23
AMD Threadripper CPU supply severely low, PC makers say Special report Some fear they'll lose workstation sales to Lenovo, AMD's exclusive launch partner for the T Pro 5000 Systems08 Apr 2022 | 15
AMD: Pensando gives us better-than-AWS networking tech to rule the cloud Equip Amazon rivals with flexible networking chips? Sounds Epyc Networks07 Apr 2022 | 2
This may seem weird but don't give us all the chip funding, say Intel and friends Semiconductor Alliance wants US R&D billions to be dished out fairly, broadly, objectively Systems07 Apr 2022 | 11
Nvidia names top US partners that fueled AI, accelerator hardware sales Exclusive Not just about revenue figures, we're told: Investment in staff and services matters, too AI + ML05 Apr 2022 |
Microsoft arms Azure VMs with Ampere Altra chips 'Up to 50%' better price-performance than x86 equivalents claimed PaaS + IaaS05 Apr 2022 | 11
Intel CEO made $178m in first 10 months, AMD CEO got a $2m pay rise Pat Gelsinger won't unlock most of that unless Xeon giant's stock goes sky high Systems04 Apr 2022 | 10
Intel buys cloud-optimization startup Granulate Updated Tech will be touted as a SaaS add-on in Xeon sales pitches, live on as standalone product Software31 Mar 2022 | 1
With 90% COVID-19 vax rate, Intel to step up return-to-office In memo seen by The Register, chip giant seems to be striving for championship yoga-levels of flexibility On-Prem30 Mar 2022 | 42
Intel debuts Arc discrete GPUs for laptops Lower-end of the family to roll out first – and desktops will have to wait Personal Tech30 Mar 2022 | 13
TrendForce: AWS to give Arm a leg up to 22% of datacenter servers by 2025 Cloud giant's Graviton forcing the hand of rivals, according to analysts PaaS + IaaS29 Mar 2022 | 2
Nvidia releases $1,999, 8K-capable GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GPU The GPU giant says it's for the 'most ambitious users' Systems29 Mar 2022 | 42
TSMC, Samsung want slice of America's $52b chip subsidies Don't forget about our big stateside expansion plans, say Asian foundries Systems28 Mar 2022 | 2
Intel counters AMD’s big-cache PC chip with 5.5GHz 16-core rival CPU clock versus cache Personal Tech28 Mar 2022 | 55
US to rev fastest supercomputer with powerful test system 'Tiny' testbed already crushes Oak Ridge's past supercomputers HPC28 Mar 2022 | 2
GlobalFoundries continues chip design’s transition to the cloud Putting silicon in the cloud so you can design silicon in the cloud SaaS24 Mar 2022 |