Intel, AMD, team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list Systems15 Oct 2024 | 8
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 | 2
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 |
Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Systems15 Oct 2024 | 18
AI's thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels Systems14 Oct 2024 | 23
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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 | 16
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
Arrow Lake splashdown: Intel pins hopes on replacement for Raptors New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down? Systems10 Oct 2024 | 12
US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse Fabless chip shop alleged to be hiring 'litigation hit men' to kneecap rival Legal09 Oct 2024 | 5
Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict Systems09 Oct 2024 | 8
Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2
MediaTek enters the 4th Dimensity with 3nm octa-core 9400 smartphone brains Still sticking with Arm and not taking RISC-Vs Systems09 Oct 2024 | 3
TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators Startup also set to launch an inference service in Q4 Systems08 Oct 2024 |
Samsung apologizes for bad financial performance Profit doesn't pop despite AI-inspired memory boom, leading to executive mea culpa Systems08 Oct 2024 | 8
Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3 Struggling chipmaker scores another win Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2
Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors But not hard to believe of business units with over $2 billion in operating losses in 2023 Systems07 Oct 2024 |
Quantum computing dreamers face stock market reality check D-Wave and Rigetti dip below $1 as AI steals the spotlight Systems07 Oct 2024 | 12
You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle Systems07 Oct 2024 | 43
Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on Chip boom continues as demand surges, but challenges remain Systems07 Oct 2024 | 1
One-year countdown to 'biggest Ctrl-Alt-Delete in history' as Windows 10 approaches end of support Microsoft's hardware compatibility gamble still hasn't paid off
Crypto-apocalypse soon? Chinese researchers find a potential quantum attack on classical encryption With an off-the-shelf D-Wave machine, but only against very short keys
WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked and legal letters fly WP Engine seems to be excluded from sponsoring events, too
Compression? What's that? And why is the network congested and the PCs frozen? Who, Me? The only thing worse than a Reply All storm is a Send All storm
Trump campaign arms up with 'unhackable' phones after Iranian intrusion Florida man gets his hands on 'the best ever'
Smart homes may be a bright idea, just not for the dim bulbs who live in 'em Opinion How many Reg hacks does it take to change a light fitting...?
Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw No excuses for not patching this nine-month-old issue
Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 Wants 'super-large capacity, super-wide bandwidth' datacenters – and more submarine cables
Indonesia orders Apple, Google to take down Chinese bargain app Temu Plus: Infosys stops sending job offer emails; Singtel outage; Australia to require ransomware payment reveals
TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing Systems04 Oct 2024 | 7
Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5
Gadget designers get chunky option as USB 20 Gbps controller arrives Set to bring mighty performance in a small BGA package Systems02 Oct 2024 | 6
Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it Comment Chipzilla's AIB market share a rounding error compared to Nvidia, AMD Systems02 Oct 2024 | 69
TSMC preps facilities as Taiwan braces for powerful Super Typhoon Krathon Plants in Tainan and Kaohsiung face heavy rainfall Systems01 Oct 2024 | 3
UK Ministry of Defence gets into chipmaking game, buys gallium arsenide fab State-owned semiconductor production: What is it planning to make there? It's classified Systems30 Sep 2024 | 23
India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone' Systems30 Sep 2024 | 1
Bending the rules with flexible non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V chip It won't smash any benchmarks, but it will go where most others can't Systems29 Sep 2024 | 27
Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology? Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21
Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs Systems26 Sep 2024 | 5
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover 33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told Patches26 Sep 2024 | 16
Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe Comment Alleged inquiry comes amid claims server maker cooked its books Systems26 Sep 2024 |
Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe's 'biggest AI datacenter' in UK Construction slated to begin next year at site of failed BritishVolt plant Systems26 Sep 2024 | 17
Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year Systems26 Sep 2024 | 25
Memory-maker Micron predicts new wave of server consolidation AI boosted revenue last year, demand for more RAM in devices to help in 2025 Systems26 Sep 2024 | 1
India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech And hints at revised rules to come later this year Systems26 Sep 2024 | 7
Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes Systems25 Sep 2024 | 26
US may exempt latest chip fabs from eco red-tape, but power is still a trip Comment AC/DC: America's grid might need to brace itself Systems25 Sep 2024 | 37
With Granite Rapids, Intel is back to trading blows with AMD And they didn't even need a bunch of skimpy E-cores to do it Systems24 Sep 2024 | 21
Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor Minnow of among government funded whales to double production capacity Systems24 Sep 2024 | 1
TSMC, Samsung reportedly eye UAE's silicon fields for fab expansion There’s no shortage of sand, but chip plants are thirsty for something even more precious: Water Systems23 Sep 2024 | 6
Intel: Trouble draws private investors like vultures to a wounded giant Comment Potential $5B cash injection from Apollo as Qualcomm sniffs around Systems23 Sep 2024 | 5
Chinese server-maker Inspur claims it's on track for better liquid cooling with 'railway sleeper' design Beijing is happy at surging sales and production capacity, falling energy requirements Systems23 Sep 2024 | 3
Intel has officially entered the grin and bear it phase of its recovery Comment Gelsinger sold the world on his foundry vision. Walking away won't be easy Systems22 Sep 2024 | 29
There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia? Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22
Broadcom CEO predicts hyperscalers poised to build million-accelerator clusters Hock Tan reckons the silicon sales cycle is about to swing up, sharply, too Systems19 Sep 2024 | 7
NTT Data, IBM team on mainframe cloud for banks SimpliZCloud is only for India right now, based on big Blue's LinuxONE Off-Prem19 Sep 2024 | 4
Lenovo turns to India as source of AI servers Another win for the Make In India policy, but a small one in terms of product volume Systems19 Sep 2024 | 2
AMD sharpens silicon swords to take on chip and AI rivals Comment CEO Lisa Su sets sights on being best in GPUs, CPUs, FPGAs, everything... as Intel struggles Systems12 Sep 2024 | 12
Nvidia CEO to nervous buyers and investors: Chill out, Blackwell production is heating up AI ROI? Jensen Huang claims infra providers make $5 for every dollar spent on GPUs Systems12 Sep 2024 | 8
Dell says biz transformation continues. Translation: More layoffs This follows the tech giant's August plan to cut 12,500 jobs Systems11 Sep 2024 | 4
Oracle boasts zettascale 'AI supercomputer,' just don’t ask about precision Comment Cluster of 131,072 Blackwell GPUs up for grabs starting H1 2025 Systems11 Sep 2024 | 8
HPE wants investors to buy shares to help finance $14B Juniper Networks acquisition 27 million Series C Preferred Stock due out on Friday 13 Systems11 Sep 2024 | 8
Ex Samsung execs reportedly arrested for alleged IP theft in China chip caper Duo accused of stealing $3.2B of 20nm tech and secrets Legal10 Sep 2024 |
SambaNova makes Llama gallop in inference cloud debut AI infra startup serves up Llama 3.1 405B at 100+ tokens per second Systems10 Sep 2024 | 4
Mainframes aren't dead, they're just learning AI tricks Kyndryl survey suggests there's life in big iron yet Systems10 Sep 2024 | 13
We're in the brute force phase of AI – once it ends, demand for GPUs will too Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads AI + ML10 Sep 2024 | 65
DoE drops $23M in effort to reinvigorate supercomputing Challenges span energy efficiency, memory, programmability, and national security Systems09 Sep 2024 | 3
In profitability push Mobileye dumps LiDAR, slashes workforce But then again is LiDAR even on the radar in 2024? Systems09 Sep 2024 | 13
Rapidus, rapidly running through funds, needs $700M for 2nm chip plant Japanese government has also earmarked $6.4B for the project Systems09 Sep 2024 |
Xockets rockets Nvidia: Blackwell debut threatened by DPU patent claims GPU giant accused of colluding with Microsoft, RPX to sideline startup Systems08 Sep 2024 | 11
Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel's PC design biz and more Chipzilla hasn't collapsed yet but the vultures are circling Systems06 Sep 2024 | 2
Dutch government takes ASML export measures off Uncle Sam's hands Photolithography giant assures customers it is under no new restrictions Systems06 Sep 2024 | 5
Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy Comment Foundry faces a reckoning CxO06 Sep 2024 | 66
Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom PaaS + IaaS06 Sep 2024 | 5
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech Public Sector06 Sep 2024 | 4
Intel Arrow Lake to be made elsewhere as 20A process node canned Meanwhile, Broadcom reportedly displeased with 18A wafers Systems05 Sep 2024 | 12
Qualcomm guns for Intel, AMD with cheaper 8-core X chips It’s set to slice up the AI PC competition at $700-$900 Systems04 Sep 2024 | 5
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OpenAI allegedly wants TSMC 1.6nm for in-house AI chip debut Another job for Broadcom, then AI + ML04 Sep 2024 | 5
DoJ reportedly advances Nvidia antitrust probe Updated Uncle Sam apparently worried GPU giant may be punishing customers who shop around AI + ML04 Sep 2024 | 5
Intel's 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC AI + ML03 Sep 2024 | 13
Dow-ward spiral: Intel share price drop could see it delisted from blue-chip index 50% dive in market cap during 2024 forcing CEO Pat Gelsinger to revisit strategy Channel03 Sep 2024 | 22
China outspending US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined on chipmaking kit $25B semiconductor shopping spree leaves rivals in the dust Systems03 Sep 2024 | 18
One of China's best GPU prospects admits it's failing, lays off workers Needs new investors to get beyond current modest products Systems03 Sep 2024 | 8
Dell's all-in bet on AI pays off in latest earnings The term was mentioned over 140 times during the earnings call Systems30 Aug 2024 | 8
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Gelsinger opens up about Intel troubles amid talk of possible split From spinoffs to layoffs and a boardroom revolt, 2024 isn't going great for Chipzilla Systems30 Aug 2024 | 27
Nvidia admits Blackwell defect, but Jensen Huang pledges Q4 shipments as promised The setback won't stop us from banking billions, CFO insists Systems29 Aug 2024 | 3
AMD's Victor Peng: AI thirst for power underscores the need for efficient silicon Hot Chips Moore's Law may be running out of steam, but there are still knobs to turn and levers to pull Systems29 Aug 2024 | 8
Hangover from messy Walmart tech divorce ongoing at Asda UK grocer suffers IT issues with clothing orders, self-scanning, and store picker app Systems29 Aug 2024 | 35
Supermicro delays 10-K filling due to accounting issues Financial research org labels server-maker a ‘serial recidivist’, alleges quality product problems Systems28 Aug 2024 | 5
Tenstorrent's Blackhole chips boast 768 RISC-V cores and almost as many FLOPS Hot Chips Shove 32 of 'em in a box and you've got nearly 24 petaFLOPS of FP8 perf Systems27 Aug 2024 | 6
Intel's Software Guard Extensions broken? Don't panic More of a storm in a teacup Systems27 Aug 2024 | 9
Google’s Irish bit barn plans denied over eco shortfall DCs on the Emerald Isle better be green, says Dublin council - unless your name is Microsoft Systems27 Aug 2024 | 13
IBM reveals upcoming chips to power large-scale AI on next-gen big iron Telum II Processor and Spyre Accelerator set to boost performance and expand IO capacity Systems27 Aug 2024 |
Cerebras gives waferscale chips inferencing twist, claims 1,800 token per sec generation rates Hot Chips Faster than you can read? More like blink and you'll miss the hallucination Systems27 Aug 2024 | 7
Intel enlists Morgan Stanley to defend against activist investors Multiple lawsuits doesn't mean investors are coming for the board yet, but better safe than sorry, right? Systems26 Aug 2024 | 11
A quick guide to tool-calling in large language models Hands on A few lines of Python is all it takes to get a model to use a calculator or even automate your hypervisor Systems26 Aug 2024 | 40
Benchmarks show even an old Nvidia RTX 3090 is enough to serve LLMs to thousands For 100 concurrent users, the card delivered 12.88 tokens per second—just slightly faster than average human reading speed Systems23 Aug 2024 | 12
Gamers who find Ryzen 9000s disappointingly slow are testing it wrong, says AMD Those using Windows 11, version 24H2, should see better speed Systems23 Aug 2024 | 37
LiquidStack says its new CDU can chill more than 1MW of AI compute So what’s that good for? Like eight of Nvidia’s NVL-72s? Systems22 Aug 2024 | 6
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China's chip tech still lags the West – by up to five generations Think tank warns US and friends they can't assume Beijing won't catch up Systems21 Aug 2024 | 27
AMD reverses course: Ryzen 3000 CPUs will get SinkClose patch after all Still no love for 1000- or 2000-series Systems20 Aug 2024 | 21
Delays? We're still shipping 'small quantities' of Nvidia's GB200 in Q4, Foxconn insists Production ramp won't kick off until Q1 2025 Systems14 Aug 2024 | 1
SiFive offers potential Neoverse N2 rival – the P870-D RISC-V core for datacenters Chip upstart takes aim at Arm with design that can scale up to 256 cores Systems14 Aug 2024 | 3
Akeana debuts RISC-V CPU designs on $100M budget, longs for an Arm wrestle Whatever happened to the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 chips? Oh, hello Systems13 Aug 2024 | 2
Another GPU cloud emerges. This time, upstart Foundry Biz set sights beyond just another rent-an-accelerator cluster provider Systems13 Aug 2024 | 1
Huawei's Ascend 910 launches this October to challenge Nvidia's H100 US sanctions may make things hard for Huawei, but the tech titan still has big GPU ambitions Systems13 Aug 2024 | 1