Has Amazon found the ultimate lock-in? Cheap cellphone service for Prime
Updated Web giant downplays rumors of deals with carriers
Networks02 Jun 2023 | 7
Tobias is The Register's datacenter systems editor. His focus is primarily on the hardware and system software powering today's networks and compute resources. Tobias has previously worked as an editor covering SD-WAN and network security, and as a daily news reporter.
Millions of Gigabyte PC motherboards backdoored? What's the actual score?
FAQ It's the 2020s and we're still running code automatically fetched over HTTP
Security02 Jun 2023 | 41
What to expect from AMD's June datacenter, AI shindig
Comment Could it be a cloudy Epyc, or a datacenter APU, maybe another cache-stacked X-chip?
Systems01 Jun 2023 |
Foxconn is ecstatic you're all going gaga for AI servers
Keep that hype train rolling, please
AI + ML01 Jun 2023 | 1
Broadcom says Nvidia Spectrum-X's 'lossless Ethernet' isn't new
Been there, done that, SVP Ram Velaga tells El Reg
Networks31 May 2023 | 3
Look mom, no InifiniBand: Nvidia’s DGX GH200 glues 256 superchips with NVLink
Computex Unless you need more nodes
HPC29 May 2023 | 3
Since when did my SSD need water cooling?
Feature As next-gen storage gets hotter, designs are getting wacky
Storage27 May 2023 | 47
When it comes to liquid and immersion cooling, Nvidia asks: Why not both?
Promises demo of new ways to chill out in the datacenter by 2026
Systems26 May 2023 | 2
AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU
Maybe the years of accelerators being hard to find and harder to pay for are behind us?
Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 16
AMD scours parts bin for old CPUs, GPUs to put in Chromebooks
Do you really need the latest and greatest cores to doomscroll the web?
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 7
Born in the USA! Broadcom will produce American-made RF modules for Apple
So what happened to Apple building its own modems?
Edge + IoT23 May 2023 | 7
IBM asks UChicago, UTokyo for help building a 100K qubit quantum supercomputer
For $100 million it better beat an Nvidia A100
HPC23 May 2023 | 10
Applied Materials wants Uncle Sam's help with $4B chip R&D nerve center
Step right up and let us help you become dependent on us
Systems22 May 2023 |
Intel abandons XPU plan to cram CPU, GPU, memory into one package
ISC AMD now has clear runway to conquer datacenter APU market
Systems22 May 2023 | 6
US supers maintain grip on Top500 list as China seemingly hides its powers
ISC Meanwhile, Europe awaits a seat at the exascale table
HPC22 May 2023 | 4
Nvidia GPUs fly out of the fabs – and right back into them
Comment Let's use AI to make better chips for AI, what could go wrong?
Systems20 May 2023 | 3
Nvidia's RTX 4060 and 4060TI are actually priced like mid-tier cards
Maybe Jensen finally got the memo about the whole GPU shortage being over
Systems19 May 2023 | 15
Microsoft offers electrical engineers a lifeline as it pursues custom cloud silicon
Redmond see, Redmond do... what AWS and Google are also doing
Systems19 May 2023 | 3
Ampere heads off Intel, AMD's cloud-optimized CPUs with a 192-core Arm chip
Just don't look too closely at the benchmarks
Systems18 May 2023 | 19
Microsoft's big bet on helium-3 fusion explained
Feature Magnets, not lasers, could be secret to endless power (if it actually works)
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week17 May 2023 | 77
Europe vows it won't let US and Asia treat it as a source of museum-grade chip tech
With €43 billion at stake, Thierry Breton says that Europe should get advanced fabs
Systems17 May 2023 | 28
It's time for IT teams, vendors to prioritize efficiency; here's where they should start
Hint: Greener gear is only the half of it
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week16 May 2023 | 5
Intel says Friday's mystery 'security update' microcode isn't really a security update
We're all for encouraging people to squash bugs but this is an odd way to do it
Patches15 May 2023 | 6
Hey Apple, what good is a status page if you only update it after the outage?
It's not just Cupertino, most status pages aren't what they claim to be
Off-Prem15 May 2023 | 19
To quench AI's thirst, the way we build, operate datacenters needs to change
AI infrastructure isn't just hot and power hungry, it's uses a prodigous amount of water researchers tell El Reg
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week15 May 2023 | 7
Don't turn it off and on again: Expired Cisco cert cripples vEdge SD-WAN kit
Updates said to be rolling out now... if your gateway hasn't already bricked itself
Networks10 May 2023 | 14
Apple finally pro giving Pro iPads these Pro apps
Final Cut, Logic to land on fondleslabs – in subscription form
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 9
IBM launches Watsonx to help enterprises streamline workers out the door
Let's face it, Big Blue has plenty of experience in that area
AI + ML09 May 2023 | 8
Spectre of layoffs looms over Intel following dismal sales
Shareholders gotta get their dividends somehow, right?
On-Prem09 May 2023 | 4
The future of cars may be self-driving EVs gossiping about their humans and traffic
Which might explain what Qualcomm wants with Autotalks
Networks08 May 2023 | 21
TSMC and pals dream of €10B German chip fab
UK not included, too busy enjoying Brexit's sunlit uplands instead
Systems04 May 2023 | 27
Now you've all quit buying RAM and personal gear, chip wafer demand stumbles
We thought you loved us, cries someone in a fab somewhere, probably
Systems03 May 2023 | 6
A lone Nvidia GPU speeds past the physics-straining might of a quantum computer – in these apps at least
Don't hold your breath waiting for all those breakthroughs we've been promised
HPC03 May 2023 | 22
Unlike your iPhone, Apple's batterygate controversy refuses to die
iGiant now battles to kill off $2B UK class-action suit
Personal Tech03 May 2023 | 45
Apple gives up legal war on iPhone CPU wizard who co-founded Nuvia
Qualcomm acquisition dodges one bullet, Arm still coming for blood
Systems01 May 2023 | 16
GlobalFoundries, STMicro snag €7.4B in EU money for French fab project
Joint site to produce low-power chips
Systems29 Apr 2023 | 1
The end of Microsoft-brand peripherals is only Surface deep
Redmond ditches own line of mice, keyboards, webcams
Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 59
LattePanda's Sigma crams a 12-core Intel Raptor Lake CPU into an itty-bitty SBC
It's got an onboard Arduino Leonardo, too
Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 10
Intel's $2.8B Q1 loss and 36 percent revenue slide were slightly less horrible than expected
Updated CEO Gelsinger insists plan to grow a whopping foundry business will pay off
On-Prem28 Apr 2023 | 5
Bosch to acquire TSI Semiconductor with a view to EV chip fab retrofit
Of course the German conglomerate expects Yankee cash for its trouble
Systems27 Apr 2023 |
Microsoft probes complaints of Edge leaking URLs to Bing
Remember next time Redmond begs you not to install another browser
Security26 Apr 2023 | 36
Hands off, vendors – it's for research! $11B of US CHIPS funds earmarked for NIST fabs
Agency hopes program will keep US ahead of curve on semiconductor manufacturing
Systems26 Apr 2023 | 7
AMD probes reports of deep fried Ryzen 7000 chips
Updated Botched BIOS firmware, EXPO memory profiles possible culprit
Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 9
TSMC brags of 20TWh solar scheme. Feels a bit like greenwashing to us
A welcome development, but let's not overdo it
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week22 Apr 2023 | 11
Google backs Bard to generate ads, which apparently improves creativity
Assures advertisers 'guardrails' will stop anything bad from happening
AI + ML21 Apr 2023 | 16
Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster scuttles into public view
You may be all a Flutter over the installer
OSes20 Apr 2023 | 21
Broadcom chases AI craze with ML-tuned switch ASICs
Faster GPUs don't mean much if you've got a network bottleneck
Systems20 Apr 2023 |
GlobalFoundries sues IBM for flogging 'chip secrets to Intel, Rapidus'
When it rains, it pours, huh, Pat?
Systems19 Apr 2023 | 9
Europe finalizes €43B Chips Act it hopes will help free it from foreign fabs
If all goes well, Europe will double its market share in a decade
Systems19 Apr 2023 | 21
Intel axes Blockscale mining ASICs it brought out just in time for crypto winter
Another one bytes the dust
Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 7
European datacenters worried they can't get cheap, reliable juice
UK operators are sweating about price, Nordics chill thanks to low ambient temperatures
Off-Prem18 Apr 2023 | 58
Tencent Cloud says it's mass producing custom video chips
Chinese tech giant claims better performance than competing GPUs
Off-Prem18 Apr 2023 | 3
Brazil defies US, cozies up to Chinese tech on chip building
Foreign minister says it's not afraid of the 'big bad wolf' up north
Systems16 Apr 2023 | 31
LiquidStack CEO on why you shouldn't ignore immersion cooling
Interview Depending on use case, the efficiency gains can be significant
Energy Efficient Datacenters14 Apr 2023 | 15
Germany and Intel both want more from planned Magdeburg mega-fab
Chipzilla reportedly wants more cash. Germany wants a bigger facility. And the EU is lurking with a bigger offer
Systems14 Apr 2023 | 4
Intel pulls plug on server system design division
Blueprints flogged off to Taiwan's MiTAC
On-Prem13 Apr 2023 | 5
Are accelerators the cure to video's power problem or just an excuse to peddle GPUs?
Analysis You could just watch less TikTok or Twitch, maybe go outside
Energy Efficient Datacenters13 Apr 2023 | 17
Fortinet's latest firewall promises hyperscale security while sipping power
Need more speed? Just stuff it with custom ASICs
Energy Efficient Datacenters12 Apr 2023 | 4
It's time to stop fearing CPU power management
Feature It's (probably) not going to kill your latency and it could save you a buck
Energy Efficient Datacenters12 Apr 2023 | 11
Why we think Intel may be gearing up to push its GPU Max chips into China
x86 giant cancels mid-tier processor, plans to relaunch nerfed parts for 'different markets'
Systems11 Apr 2023 | 2
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