Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use Systems12 Dec 2024 | 9
Intel turmoil prompts S&P Global to downgrade chipmaker's credit rating Finance house finds x86 giant's lack of strategy disturbing Systems11 Dec 2024 | 7
China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door Chip imports up more than 14% this year in anticipation of fresh restrictions Systems11 Dec 2024 | 3
US Commerce Dept coughs up $6.1B Christmas present for Micron Funding to support development of memory vendor's $125B fab expansion in New York and Idaho Systems11 Dec 2024 | 9
AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory Systems10 Dec 2024 | 9
With Gelsinger gone, to fab or not to fab is the $7B question Analysis Whoever takes over has some tough decisions to make Systems10 Dec 2024 | 48
China strikes back with Nvidia antitrust probe as US tightens tech chokehold Updated Beijing cites GPU giant's Mellanox merger conditions from four years ago Systems09 Dec 2024 | 4
Mr Intel leaving Intel is not a great sign... for Intel Opinion Pat Gelsinger has unexpectedly quit. Gore dump follows Systems09 Dec 2024 | 48
Intel aims to reinvent itself as foundry focus sharpens amid leadership shake-up Interim chief David Zinsner claims core strategy intact, will stay the course to contract manufacturer Systems06 Dec 2024 | 11
Amazon promises 4x faster AI silicon in 2025, turns Trainium2 loose on the net Re:Invent Tens of thousands of AWS’ Trn2 instances to fuel Anthropic's next-gen models Systems03 Dec 2024 | 5
Gelsinger departs Intel with $9.7M handshake CEO's severance pales in comparison to Musk's billion-dollar Tesla battle Systems03 Dec 2024 | 7
$373M ASML chipmaker shrinks to $228 – but it's made of Lego What to buy the techie who has everything? Offbeat03 Dec 2024 | 29
Biden administration bars China from buying HBM chips critical for AI accelerators Updated 140 Middle Kingdom firms added to US trade blacklist Storage03 Dec 2024 | 7
Cost of Gelsinger's ambition proves too much for Intel Comment At least he'll have company as he joins 15K colleagues headed for the door Systems02 Dec 2024 | 46
Oh, good. Supermicro board probe clears server slinger of misconduct claims But hunts for a fresh CFO 'in light of rapid recent growth' Systems02 Dec 2024 | 3
Who had Pat Gelsinger retires from Intel on their bingo card? 80486 processor lead architect leaves x86 giant after largest quarterly loss in its history Systems02 Dec 2024 | 121
TSMC bets big on 2nm by 2025 – but can it deliver? analysis Ambition meets reality as geopolitical, technical, and logistical challenges loom Systems29 Nov 2024 | 14
After missing the AI boom – badly – Samsung shuffles the C-Suite Memory and foundry businesses get new leaders as Chaebol seeks to enter HBM heaven Systems28 Nov 2024 | 2
Ten years under Dr Su: How AMD went from budget Intel alternative to x86 contender From post-Athlon 64 dive into near obscurity to chip market stalwart Systems27 Nov 2024 | 43
Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275
British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla
Microsoft hijacks keyboard shortcut to bring Copilot to your attention AI assistant goes native – sort of – for Windows Insiders
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards
Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10 Patch up, everyone – that admin portal is mighty attractive to your friendly cyberattacker
Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug More details released after devs allowed weeks to apply fixes
Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs
Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can't compete and wants to cut costs Pictures The Register stumbles upon the place self-driving cabs appear to be rusting away into history
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash comes out with real-time conversation, image analysis Chocolate Factory's latest multimodal model aims to power more trusted AI agents
Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks
Intel locks down $7.86B in funding from US CHIPS Act Outgoing administration rushes to allocate money ahead of Inauguration Day Systems26 Nov 2024 | 3
Nvidia's dominance on the Green500 faces challenges from AMD – and itself SC24 Blackwell's weaker FP64 performance could give the House of Zen's Instinct accelerators a leg up in future efficiency benchmarks Systems22 Nov 2024 | 1
Arm lays down the law with a blueprint to challenge x86's PC dominance Now it's up to OEMs and devs to decide whether they want in Systems21 Nov 2024 | 19
Microsoft unveils beefy custom AMD chip to crunch HPC workloads on Azure Ignite In-house DPU and HSM silicon also shown off Systems20 Nov 2024 | 4
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HPE lets loose VM Essentials to run on third-party platforms GreenLake update dangles juicy carrot for VMware refugees Systems20 Nov 2024 |
Supermicro hot-swaps auditor in hope of dodging Nasdaq delisting Server maker tries accounting reboot amid reports of customers bailing Systems19 Nov 2024 | 1
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Nvidia's MLPerf submission shows B200 offers up to 2.2x training performance of H100 Analysis Is Huang leaving even more juice on the table by opting for mid-tier Blackwell part? Signs point to yes Systems13 Nov 2024 | 6
Southeast Asian nations revise semiconductor strategies as Trump's shadow looms Analysis Korea wants to get rid of overtime cap while Japan splashes cash with vague funding Systems13 Nov 2024 | 4
AWS opens cluster of 40K Trainium AI accelerators to researchers Throwing novel hardware at academia. It's a tale as old as time Systems12 Nov 2024 | 2
AMD grabs a quarter of x86 market with desktop gains, but server growth slows Arm-powered PCs are still nowhere Systems12 Nov 2024 | 22
The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell? Opinion Tech for tech's sake with niche uses that traditional hardware can handle Systems11 Nov 2024 | 74
The sad tale of the Alpha massacre who, me? Those old operating systems had awesome power – you had to be careful wielding it Systems11 Nov 2024 | 79
Continuity of CHIPS and Science Act questioned in a Trump presidency Asia In Brief Plus: A premium minimum wage for Malaysian datacenter workers; N Koreans maybe discover spicy content; S Korea fines Meta for data misuse, and more Systems11 Nov 2024 | 34
TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies Move to suspend 7 nm and smaller processes follows US pressure Systems08 Nov 2024 | 4
$50M semiconductor fraudster pleads guilty to Russian chip-exporting scheme And separately, alleged ex-military traitor also arrested in Frankfurt Systems08 Nov 2024 | 9
Former SK hynix chip engineer gets 1.5 years in prison for IP theft Printed around 4,000 pages of tech before leaving for a job at Huawei Systems08 Nov 2024 | 10
Qualcomm triples Windows on Arm OEM design wins since May Snapdragon X Plus 8-core platform gains traction with 58 laptop designs ... but will Windows users care? Systems07 Nov 2024 | 11
TSMC prioritizing high-NA EUV scanners for R&D May not see full use until 2030 – even if it arrives this year Systems07 Nov 2024 |
Arm's royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza Q2 climbs 23% on Armv9 adoption, but licensing dips Systems07 Nov 2024 | 2
The Register takes AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D for a spin Review Zen 5 3D V-cache is here at last, and priced at $479 – one for the gamers or multi-purpose desktop chip for all? Systems07 Nov 2024 | 34
AI chip startup Tenstorrent to train Japan's engineers in $50M government deal Government wants to make semiconductors big on home turf again Systems07 Nov 2024 | 5
Intel sued over Raptor Lake voltage instability Failure to warn customers about chip flaw leads to fraud claim Systems06 Nov 2024 | 15
UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker Government invokes National Security and Investment Act Systems06 Nov 2024 | 26
Dow swaps Intel for Nvidia leaving no index free from wild AI volatility Won't make a difference for institutional investors, but retail traders be warned, analyst tells El Reg Systems06 Nov 2024 | 8
New Jersey man admits shipping sanctions-busting tech to Russia Smuggler busted on the border carrying naughty items Systems05 Nov 2024 | 15
Meta's plan for nuclear datacenter reportedly undone by bees Environmental and regulatory obstacles led to the cancellation of an AI bit farm, report claims On-Prem04 Nov 2024 | 20
CHIPS Act funding in question as House Speaker waffles on plan to repeal bill UPDATED Breaking with Trump, Mike Johnson now suggests streamlining regulation out of funding bill Systems04 Nov 2024 | 20
GlobalFoundries fined $500K for violating US sanctions Updated Chip slinger fessed up, got off light, says Uncle Sam Systems04 Nov 2024 | 7
Fujitsu, AMD lay groundwork to pair Monaka CPUs with Instinct GPUs Before you get too excited, Fujitsu's next-gen chips won't ship till 2027 Systems01 Nov 2024 | 7
Uncle Sam lays out plans for $825M EUV R&D site in New York Given the cost of EUV litho machines, the Netherlands' ASML might be the real winner here Systems31 Oct 2024 | 22
Samsung blames 'one-off costs' as Q3 chip profits plummet 40% Unexpected expenses in semiconductor division overshadow revenue gains Systems31 Oct 2024 |
Sketchy financials send Supermicro auditors running for the hills If SMCI is the AI Enron, Ernst & Young wants nothing to do with them Systems30 Oct 2024 | 23
Brit Apple semi supplier IQE's CEO departs amid reshuffle Big personnel changes happening as semiconductor materials seller looks set to list Taiwan biz in 2025 Systems30 Oct 2024 | 3
AMD teases its GPU biz 'approaching the scale' of CPU operations Q3 profits jump 191 percent from last quarter on revenues of $6.2 billion, helped by accelerated interest in Instinct Systems30 Oct 2024 | 5
Softbank CEO says 'super AI' will arrive in 2035 and cost $9T Video Oh, and it'll need the total current US power output AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 22
xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI Analysis At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist Wouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA Systems29 Oct 2024 | 3
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TSMC reportedly cuts off RISC-V chip designer linked to Huawei accelerators You know what they say, where there's a will there's a Huawei Systems28 Oct 2024 | 4
Apple quietly admits 8GB isn't enough in 2024, M4 iMac to ship with 16GB as standard The silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads Systems28 Oct 2024 | 122
Intel to expand Chengdu facility, despite US China tension Chipzilla unlikely to give in when it comes to its biggest sales market Systems28 Oct 2024 | 2
Energy exec punts datacenter power options out to long term Bit barns aren't going to hook up to nuclear in a rush Systems25 Oct 2024 | 5
Mature node chip output to surge 6% in 2025 TrendForce reports significant capacity gains as Beijing targets reduced reliance on imported semiconductors Systems25 Oct 2024 | 8
Congress to Commerce: Sanction more Chinese chip firms to stop Huawei's evasion We don't really need a letter full of circumstantial evidence to prove what we already know needs doing Systems24 Oct 2024 | 38
Huawei releases data detailing serverless secrets Reveals why your functions start slowly on its cloud and maybe others too Systems24 Oct 2024 | 4
A closer look at Intel and AMD's different approaches to gluing together CPUs Analysis Epycs or Xeons, more cores = more silicon, and it only gets more complex from here Systems24 Oct 2024 | 25
Nvidia CEO whines Europeans aren’t buying enough GPUs EU isn’t keeping up with US and China investments, AI arms dealer says Systems24 Oct 2024 | 34
Top EU court overturns Intel's billion-dollar antitrust fine Conditional rebates settled, but $400M matter of naked restrictions remains Systems24 Oct 2024 | 6
Arm to Qualcomm: See you in court? Oh yes, please Doesn't quite confirm eight-week license cancellation deadline, but does strap on the gloves Systems24 Oct 2024 | 14
IBM's mainframe bubble bursts and growth stalls Red Hat still glowing, but Big Blue's been bruised by investors Systems24 Oct 2024 | 17
Ex-Intel board members make an ill-conceived case for spinning off Foundry Comment Save America’s most important manufacturer? More like save our portfolio and let Uncle Sam pick up the pieces Systems23 Oct 2024 | 34
RISC-V reaches milestone with RVA23 profile ratification Comment No longer an underdog - it now challenges Arm and x86 Systems23 Oct 2024 | 5
41-million-digit prime crunched by datacenter GPUs Former Nvidia engineer's discovery shows graphics compute can kick some serious ass Systems23 Oct 2024 | 30
Rackspace is back with a seat on the OpenInfra Foundation board Absence makes the cloud grow fonder Systems23 Oct 2024 | 2
Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses Qualcomm brands ploy as 'unfounded' cash grab Legal23 Oct 2024 | 48
Fujitsu delivers GPU optimization tech it touts as a server-saver Middleware aimed at softening the shortage of AI accelerators AI + ML23 Oct 2024 |
TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei Chip giant tells Uncle Sam someone could be making orders on the sly Systems22 Oct 2024 | 13
It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat Opinion Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla? Systems22 Oct 2024 | 92
As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe Interview Exec Chris Bergey tells us what the chip designer is doing to stay competitive Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees Systems22 Oct 2024 | 3
US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5
China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions AI innovation and geopolitical tensions push Middle Kingdom filings up 42% Systems21 Oct 2024 | 2
ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays Analysis Samsung halts fab orders, deliveries slow, China restrictions continue – but company expects Beijing sales bounce Systems21 Oct 2024 | 5
Chinese chipmaker Loongson now just three to five years off the pace on the desktop Claims forthcoming chip catches up to Alder Lake and Xen 2 Systems21 Oct 2024 | 31
Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5
TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips Biggest semi contract manufacturer – and Nvidia supplier – building out capacity in US and Europe Systems17 Oct 2024 | 3
China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain't so Systems16 Oct 2024 | 30
Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition Systems16 Oct 2024 | 38
Uncle Sam reportedly considers capping AI chip shipments to Middle East Meanwhile, ASML shares plunge as China export curbs hit forecast Public Sector16 Oct 2024 | 5
Intel, AMD team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list Systems15 Oct 2024 | 23
AMD downplays risk of growing blast radius, licensing fees from manycore chips House of Zen says it's done the analysis, and concerns are a 'little bit' unfounded Systems15 Oct 2024 | 16
Samsung's HBM3E has been a disaster, but there's a path back Comment 274% profit increase belies missed deadlines, botched launches, and scrambling leadership Systems15 Oct 2024 | 1
Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Systems15 Oct 2024 | 20
AI's thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels Systems14 Oct 2024 | 23
AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Just not on the same chip, of course Systems10 Oct 2024 | 18
AMD targets Nvidia H200 with 256GB MI325X AI chips, zippier MI355X due in H2 2025 Less VRAM than promised, but still gobs more than Hopper Systems10 Oct 2024 | 5