Arm jumps on ray tracing bandwagon with beefy GPU design
British chip designer’s reveal comes months after mobile RT moves by AMD, Imagination
Systems28 Jun 2022 | 1
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Upcoming restructure at Arm to focus on 'non-engineering' roles
Updated CEO says funds could help with mergers, acquisitions, and hiring faster. He meant hiring engineers, OK?
Systems28 Jun 2022 | 8
Activist investors join Toshiba board to pave the way to sale
Appointments said to 'strengthen the alignment between shareholders and management'
Systems28 Jun 2022 |
TSMC may surpass Intel in quarterly revenue for first time
Fab frenemies: x86 giant set to give Taiwanese chipmaker more money as it revitalizes foundry business
Systems27 Jun 2022 | 1
Will Lenovo ever think beyond hardware?
Analysis Then again, why develop your own software à la HPE GreenLake when you can use someone else's?
Systems27 Jun 2022 | 1
Rise in Taiwanese energy prices may hit global chip production
National provider considering cost increase of 15%, which could be passed on to tech customers
Systems27 Jun 2022 | 4
You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too
Who, Me? But I was only following the procedures!
Systems27 Jun 2022 | 170
Arm most likely to list on the Nasdaq, says SoftBank CEO
Hopes of securing London listing for UK chip designer may be in vain
Systems24 Jun 2022 | 6
Inspur joins Arm gang with 2U box running Ampere silicon
Arm ecosystem elbowing its way into third largest server vendor in the world
Systems24 Jun 2022 |
Semiconductor boom could be coming to an end – analysts
Record revenues buoyed by surge in demand over the last couple of years, but nothing lasts forever
Systems24 Jun 2022 | 5
'Universal processor' company Tachyum joins European HPC think tank
Still no closer to releasing timeline for its '128 exaflops' AI super, though – and no one's tested the chips yet
Systems24 Jun 2022 | 7
Intel withholds Ohio fab ceremony over US chip subsidies inaction
$20b factory construction start date unchanged – but the x86 giant is not happy
Systems23 Jun 2022 | 18
Oracle shrinks on-prem cloud offering in both size and cost
Now we can squeeze required boxes into a smaller datacenter footprint, says Big Red
Systems23 Jun 2022 | 2
RISC-V International emits more open CPU specs
Embedded World First edicts of 2022 include firmware, hypervisor-level specifications
Systems22 Jun 2022 | 11
UK govt considers invoking national security in Arm IPO saga
Reportedly dropping hints it may use legislation to push a London listing
Systems22 Jun 2022 | 24
AMD refreshes Ryzen Embedded line with R2000 series
Embedded World The target? Thin clients and industrial devices – with new SoC family running up to 4 independent displays
Systems21 Jun 2022 | 3
Intel demands $625m in interest from Europe on overturned antitrust fine
Chip giant still salty
Systems20 Jun 2022 | 30
Former AMD chip architect says it was wrong to can Arm project
Cancelled the K12 CPU? Big mistake. Huge, says Jim Keller
Systems20 Jun 2022 | 18
Nvidia wants to lure you to the Arm side with fresh server bait
Interview GPU giant promises big advancements with Arm-based Grace CPU, says the software is ready
Systems17 Jun 2022 | 10
First details on TSMC's 2nm node: Chipmaker reveals nanosheet transistors
Plus: enhancements to 3nm tech due to go into production later this year
Systems17 Jun 2022 | 5
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Misguided call for a 7-Zip boycott brings attention to FOSS archiving tools
Analysis It's good to highlight some alternatives, but security issues are overblown
Behold this drone-dropping rifle with two-mile range
Confuses rather than destroys unmanned aerials to better bring back intel, says Ukrainian designer
You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too
Who, Me? But I was only following the procedures!
IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs' emails
Just days after being ordered to provide messages, Big Blue opts out of public trial
Singapore promises 'brutal and unrelentingly hard' action on dodgy crypto players
But welcomes fast cross-border payments in central bank digital currencies
Intel is running rings around AMD and Arm at the edge
Analysis What will it take to loosen the x86 giant's edge stranglehold?
Cloudflare's outage was human error. There's a way to make tech divinely forgive
Opinion Don't push me 'cos I'm close to the edge. And the edge is safer if you can take a step back
Contractor loses entire Japanese city's personal data in USB fail
In brief Also, Chrome add-ons are great for fingerprinting, and hacked hot tubs splurge details
Zendesk sold to private investors two weeks after saying it would stay public
Private offer 34 percent above share price is just the thing to change minds
OpenSSL 3.0.5 awaits release to fix potential worse-than-Heartbleed flaw
Though severity up for debate, and limited chips affected, broken tests hold back previous patch from distribution
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AMD bests Intel in cloud CPU performance study
Overall price-performance in Big 3 hyperscalers a dead heat, says CockroachDB
Systems16 Jun 2022 |
US to help Japan make leading-edge 2nm chips, possibly by 2025
Player Four has entered the game
Systems15 Jun 2022 | 8
Big Tech begs Congress to pass $52bn chip subsidies bill
This silicon business ain't cheap, you know, say execs at Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia etc
Systems15 Jun 2022 | 24
GlobalFoundries, STMicroelectronics said to mull French fab
For what purpose, as 'energy efficient chips with advanced technology' really doesn't quite narrow it down?
Systems15 Jun 2022 | 3
Who's growing faster than Nvidia and AMD? Rising datacenter star Marvell
Of the top 10 fabless chip designers, the Big M soared in Q1 thanks to switch ASICs
Systems14 Jun 2022 | 3
Proposed Innovation Act amendment would block US investment in China
We're just astounded to see bipartisan efforts in Congress in this day and age
Systems14 Jun 2022 | 7
Datacenter networks: You'll manage them from the cloud, eventually, claims Cisco
Nexus portfolio undergoes cloudy Software-as-a-Service revamp
Systems14 Jun 2022 | 4
UK government still trying to get Arm to IPO in London
Would give its right, er, leg, to keep HQ – and jobs – in Britain
Systems14 Jun 2022 | 15
Chipmakers to spend record $109b on fab machines this year
Factories hope to buy their way out of shortages – with Taiwan leading the pack
Systems13 Jun 2022 | 8
AMD’s AI strategy comes into view with Xilinx, GPU, software plans
Analysis Chip designer hopes to have broad inference and training coverage from the edge to the cloud
Systems13 Jun 2022 | 2
TSMC and China: Mutually assured destruction now measured in nanometers, not megatons
Opinion The weapon too deadly to use is just a handful of dirt. Let's change that
Systems13 Jun 2022 | 70
Intel details advances to make upcoming chips faster, less costly
X86 giant says it’s on track to regaining manufacturing leadership after years of missteps
Systems13 Jun 2022 | 31
Apple’s M2 chip isn’t a slam dunk, but it does point to the future
Analysis The chip’s GPU and neural engine could overshadow Apple’s concession on CPU performance
Systems10 Jun 2022 | 49
Samsung said to be sniffing around European chipmakers
Fresh out of jail on corruption charges, the company's leader goes shopping
Systems10 Jun 2022 | 3
Intel freezes hiring for PC chip team, cites 'macroeconomic uncertainty'
Inflation, Apple M2, PC market shrink: Could the timing have been worse?
Systems09 Jun 2022 | 4
Semiconductor industry growth to slow in 2022, warns IDC
Chip price hikes keeping sector healthy but new fabs could lead to 'overcapacity'
Systems09 Jun 2022 | 5
Intel says Sapphire Rapids CPU delay will help AMD catch up
Our window to have leading server chips again is narrowing, exec admits
Systems08 Jun 2022 | 6
IT downtime not itself going down, power failures most common cause
2022 in a nutshell: Missing SLAs, failing to meet customer expectations
Systems08 Jun 2022 | 4
China 'must seize TSMC' if the US were to impose sanctions
So says Chinese economist, but it wouldn't achieve much if Taiwan destroyed its fabs first
Systems07 Jun 2022 | 71
Taiwan bans exports of chips faster than 25MHz to Russia, Belarus
Doom it is, then, Putin
Systems06 Jun 2022 | 133
Synopsys, Juniper Networks fuse to tackle silicon photonics
The 'OpenLight' union aims for on-chip lasers with help from Intel's recent add, Tower Semiconductor
Systems06 Jun 2022 | 2
Ampere: Cloud biz buy-ins prove our Arm server CPUs are the real deal
Interview Startup teases 128+ core chip, disses Xeon and Epyc, unsurprisingly
Systems04 Jun 2022 | 8
Taiwan claims ‘breakthrough’ in EU semiconductor cooperation talks
The hope is for Taiwan’s chipmakers to build new plants in Europe as tensions brew with China
Systems02 Jun 2022 | 16
Arista's latest switches pack AMD Xilinx FPGAs to fuel high-frequency traders
Do you feel the need? The need for speed?
Systems02 Jun 2022 | 3
HP turns back on $1b in annual sales by quitting Russia and Belarus
Revenue hit for HP far larger than many tech providers post-pullout but PC, print giant stays course
Systems01 Jun 2022 | 12
Immersion cooling no longer reserved for the hyperscalers, HPC
With increasing density in a smaller footprint, small shops finally have datacenter dunking dibs
Systems01 Jun 2022 | 10
Intel’s Falcon Shores XPU to mix ‘n’ match CPUs, GPUs within processor package
x86 giant now has an HPC roadmap, which includes successor to Ponte Vecchio
Systems31 May 2022 | 1
IBM ordered to pay $1.6b to BMC
Big Blue's 'routine eschewal of rules' justifies large penalty, judge says
Systems31 May 2022 | 33
Qualcomm among queue of suitors chasing a stake in Arm
Chipmaker interested in forming a consortium for purchase – and so is SK hynix, Intel
Systems31 May 2022 | 13
Supermicro CEO would like it if you could all build new, greener datacenters
Using guess-who's datacenter equipment, natch
Systems30 May 2022 | 3
Newport Wafer Fab could be sold to US consortium – report
Considered to be preferable to sale to China-owned Nexperia, say sources
Systems30 May 2022 | 19
Despite global uncertainty, $500m hit doesn't rattle Nvidia execs
CEO acknowledges impact of war, pandemic but says fundamentals ‘are really good’
Systems27 May 2022 | 1
'Sharp' chip inventory correction looms on horizon, warns investment banker
Double ordering, overheating of semiconductor sector, inflation, growing stockpiles = trouble ahead
Systems26 May 2022 | 16
Toyota cuts vehicle production over global chip shortage
Just as Samsung pledges to invest $360b to shore up next-gen industries
Systems24 May 2022 | 17
Nvidia promises annual updates across CPU, GPU, DPU lines
Computex Arm one year, x86 the next, and always faster than a certain chip shop that still can't ship even one standalone GPU
Systems24 May 2022 | 1
Nvidia teases server designs for Grace-Hopper Superchips
Computex x86 still 'very important' we're told as lid lifted on Arm-based kit
Systems24 May 2022 |
Nvidia brings liquid cooling to A100 PCIe GPU cards for ‘greener’ datacenters
Computex For those who want to give their racks an air cut
Systems24 May 2022 | 14
US-APAC trade deal leaves out Taiwan, military defense not ruled out
All fun and games until the chip factories are in the crosshairs
Systems23 May 2022 | 5
A peek into Gigabyte's GPU Arm for AI, HPC shops
High-performance platform choices are going beyond the ubiquitous x86 standard
Systems23 May 2022 | 5
To multicloud, or not: Former PayPal head of engineering weighs in
Not everyone needs it, but those who do need to consider 3 things, says Asim Razzaq
Systems23 May 2022 | 4
Robotics and 5G to spur growth of SoC industry – report
Big OEMs hogging production and COVID causing supply issues
Systems22 May 2022 | 3
Biden tours Samsung fab, talks chip cooperation with South Korea
Factory is a model for one the company has planned in Texas
Systems20 May 2022 | 7
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 | 87
Ryzen shines with remote management on Qualcomm Wi-Fi kit
Working to compete with Intel as FastConnect comes to AMD-processor-powered PCs
Systems19 May 2022 |
China will produce one in five of the chips it uses in 2026, says analyst
Well short of planned 70 percent domestic capacity
Systems19 May 2022 | 1
China's vice premier Liu He advocates technology and government cooperation
After years of crackdowns, Beijing changing its tune on the industry
Systems18 May 2022 | 4
Marvell CXL roadmap goes all-in on composable infrastructure
Chip biz bets interconnect tech will cement its cloud claim, one day
Systems18 May 2022 |
GNU Compiler Collection adds support for China's LoongArch CPU family
MIPS...ish is on the march in the Middle Kingdom
Systems18 May 2022 | 7
Foxconn forms JV to build chip fab in Malaysia
Can't say when, where, nor price tag. Has promised 40k wafers a month at between 28nm and 40nm
Systems18 May 2022 | 2
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
Intel shareholders revolt against Pat Gelsinger's pay package
Investors want compensation-performance link, but manufacturing plan will dent bottom line
Systems17 May 2022 | 17
EU-US Trade and Technology Council meets to coordinate on supply chains
Agenda includes warning system for disruptions, and avoiding 'subsidy race' for chip investments
Systems16 May 2022 | 3
How CXL may change the datacenter as we know it
Interview Bye-bye bottlenecks. Hello composable infrastructure?
Systems16 May 2022 | 6
(Our) hardware is still key in a multicloud world, Dell ISG chief insists
Analysis IT giant may be shifting its focus to software and services, but systems remain the foundation
Systems16 May 2022 | 3
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
Demand for GPUs used to mine crypto 'disappearing', says ASUSTeK
Less demand will see prices fall, and gaming laptop sales rise – which is nice as the rest of the PC market has cooled
Systems13 May 2022 | 17
GlobalFoundries’ chipmaking machine unfazed by global disruptions
Records for revenue, gross margin in Q1 as others take a hit
Systems11 May 2022 | 4
MIPS discloses first RISC-V chips coming in Q4 2022
eVocore processor line aimed at high-performance, real-time compute applications
Systems11 May 2022 | 17
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 |
IBM: Give us three years to solve quantum computing scaling
IBM Think Big Blue claims it'll have a 4,158 qubit system by 2025
Systems10 May 2022 | 8
Intel sticks with FPGAs and ASICs for next-gen IPUs
Intel Vision Chip giant sticking with multi-architecture ASIC/FPGA approach through 2024
Systems10 May 2022 | 1
Samsung unveils 512GB DRAM CXL module in E3.S form factor
PCIe 5.0 device hints at servers with lots of memory, maybe shared
Systems10 May 2022 | 6
Infineon more than doubles profit as semiconductor shortages persist
Lead times still lengthy as chipmakers continue to make bank on what little is available
Systems09 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
Clustered Pi Picos made to run original Transputer code
Parallel retrocomputing project of the week, er, month, no, year
Systems06 May 2022 | 53
Germany makes new move to attract chip manufacturers
$14.7b in state aid on offer for companies to set up shop in the country
Systems06 May 2022 | 11
Arm China CEO refuses to go despite SoftBank taking control
Middle Kingdom subsidiary claims Allen Wu refusing to 'hand over his management duties'
Systems05 May 2022 | 33
Colocation giants shrug off inflation as demand surges
At least some of you realize not every server has to go into AWS, Azure or GCP
Systems03 May 2022 |
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
Almost two-thirds of SMIC's Shanghai employees are living at work
Closed-loop factories are all the rage as COVID rages on, despite China’s insistence that the virus stop
Systems28 Apr 2022 | 13
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 | 49
Nvidia, Intel, others pour $130m into optical chip startup Ayar Labs
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Systems26 Apr 2022 | 3
Semiconductor sales forecast to hit $676b in 2022
Pandemic supply chain and war in Ukraine has potential to disrupt recovery, warns Gartner
Systems26 Apr 2022 | 1
Supercomputer lab swaps lead-acid UPS batteries for alkaline gear
Boffins walk into the Li-ion's den
Systems26 Apr 2022 | 24
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
FTC probes Broadcom for anti-competitive behavior again – reports
Chip designer allegedly cites supply chain issues to lock customers in exclusively
Systems25 Apr 2022 |
