The eight-bit Z80 is dead. Long live the 16-bit Z80! Feature Yes, they are harder to solder, but there's way more potential Personal Tech26 Apr 2024 | 12
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers Systems22 Apr 2024 | 82
Some Intel Core chips keep crashing, game devs complain Oodles of problems with data decompression and suchlike, depending on system settings Personal Tech23 Feb 2024 | 25
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020' Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 35
Arm announces Cortex-X4 among latest CPU and GPU designs Coming to silicon near you ... next year Personal Tech29 May 2023 | 3
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support Hypothetical x86S architecture would boot straight into 64-bit mode Systems25 May 2023 | 105
Taiwan bans exports of chips faster than 25MHz to Russia, Belarus Doom it is, then, Putin Systems06 Jun 2022 | 131
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
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
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 | 5
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
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
AMD: Our Epyc CPUs helped Mercedes win F1 Constructors' Championship Case study in why price-performance matters in server chips Systems20 Apr 2022 | 12
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
Raspberry Pi goes back to the future with the CM4S SODIMM fans rejoice – the familiar form factor returns with a speedier CPU Personal Tech13 Apr 2022 | 10
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 | 24
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
Intel counters AMD’s big-cache PC chip with 5.5GHz 16-core rival CPU clock versus cache Personal Tech28 Mar 2022 | 55
Nvidia reveals 144-core Arm-based Grace 'CPU Superchip' GTC Yeah, right, who needs a takeover? Systems22 Mar 2022 | 19
Epyc move: Micron shifts high-demand chip design apps to AMD Memory and storage maker skips over Intel this time Systems21 Mar 2022 | 3
AMD: Our latest, pricier mega-cache Epyc processors leapfrog Intel’s Refreshed third-gen 'Milan-X' sports 3D vertical L3 memory Systems21 Mar 2022 | 24
Google uses deep learning to design faster, smaller AI chips Silicon engineers, you are now in the PRIME of your life AI + ML18 Mar 2022 | 13
Intel details $100m plan to boost US chip-making skills Bold moves to create a 'semi' literate pool of factory workers On-Prem17 Mar 2022 |
SiFive bags $175m to further challenge Arm with RISC-V CEO tells The Reg his engineers still have sights on phones to servers Systems16 Mar 2022 | 23
RISC-V's SiFive sells connectivity IP to Alphawave We want to concentrate on legging it after Arm, says biz Systems14 Mar 2022 | 1
Car makers lock in long-term deals with chip giants for future autonomous vehicles Not going to get stuck in first gear again with supply-chain crises AI + ML06 Jan 2022 | 17
AMD claims up to 24 hours of laptop battery life with its latest Ryzen 6000 silicon Lisa Su tells CES her biz has cracked the daily power cord issue Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 17
Online retailers delaying sales of Raspberry Pi 4 model until 2023, thanks to a few good chips getting scarce Santa leaving coal in enthusiasts' stockings Personal Tech20 Dec 2021 | 48
SiFive's latest top-end RISC-V CPU core supports proper virtualization in hardware Hypervisor extension implemented in P650 processor engine that's stalking Arm's Cortex family Virtualization02 Dec 2021 | 10
A carbon-nanotube RISC-V CPU blinks into life. Boffins hold their breath awaiting first sign of life... 'Hello world!' MIT, Analog get into some RISC-y business Science29 Aug 2019 | 27
Boffins fabricate the 'most complex bendy microprocessor yet' Molybdenum disulfide could be potential alternative to silicon in sensors, clothes, etc Edge + IoT13 Apr 2017 | 18
12,000 chopped: Intel finds its inner paranoid The ghost of Grove that drove CEO Krzanich Channel21 Apr 2016 | 35
Intel launches skinny nippy Core M – its new BRAIN for fondleslabs IFA 2014 More than 20 products in the works, with first to touch down by Xmas Personal Tech05 Sep 2014 | 8
Intel Labs demos crazy-efficient, crazy-fast 'network on chip' ISSCC No, not that kind of network; we said network on chip – for the many-cored future Personal Tech09 Feb 2014 | 10
OHM MY GOD! Move over graphene, here comes '100% PERFECT' stanene Resistance-free conductivity at room temperatures and above Science04 Dec 2013 | 115
Boffins create bulk-process on-silicon optics Managing the on-chip power budget Science02 Oct 2013 | 5
Intel reveals 14nm PC, declares Moore's Law 'alive and well' IDF13 But is Chipzilla whistling in the dark? Channel10 Sep 2013 | 30
Boffins prep tasty data-cramming 3D metal-sandwich chip Turns your world upside-down Science31 Jan 2013 | 6
AMD alllllmost promises profitability by year end Parsing the fine distinction between 'expectations' and 'goals' On-Prem23 Jan 2013 | 6
Windows 8 fails to revive world CPU biz Forecasts scaled back as analysts, trade see continued decline Personal Tech04 Dec 2012 | 79
AMD to 'reset' goals: servers, embedded, ultra-low power CEO Read promises 'clear and decisive action' Personal Tech19 Oct 2012 | 13
Apple bags chippery guru from rival Samsung Move unlikely to deepen Korean love for Cupertino On-Prem11 Oct 2012 | 8
Intel grazes Q2 numbers, but 'growth will be slower' in Q3 Revises full-year projections downward On-Prem17 Jul 2012 |
3D processor-memory mashups take center stage ISSCC 'I have seen the future, and it is stacked' HPC24 Feb 2012 | 16
Chip boffins demo 22-nanometer maskless wafer-baking A possible savior when Moore's Law hits the light wall Personal Tech14 Feb 2012 | 13
Chip sales definitely not down – but almost – in 2011 Semis take a December dive Channel06 Feb 2012 | 1
Disk fab floods rinse $1bn off Intel's Q4 revenue Drive shortage chips away at CPU demand Channel12 Dec 2011 | 4
BREAKTHROUGH: Feisty startup slashes chip power by 50% SuVolta to Intel: 'The future is the $10 chip, not the $200 chip' Personal Tech07 Dec 2011 | 11
Future of computing crystal-balled by top chip boffins Bad news: It's going to be tough. Good news: You won't be replaced Personal Tech28 Nov 2011 | 21
Happy 40th birthday, Intel 4004! The first of the bricks that built the IT world Personal Tech15 Nov 2011 | 67
AMD 'unleashes' unlocked FX processor family Overclockers, rejoice. The rest of us, not so much Personal Tech13 Oct 2011 | 16
Intel demos ultra low-juice chippery IDF 2011 Pentium rises from the dustbin of history Personal Tech16 Sep 2011 | 22