DoE drops $23M in effort to reinvigorate supercomputing
Challenges span energy efficiency, memory, programmability, and national security
Systems09 Sep 2024 | 1
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In profitability push Mobileye dumps LiDAR, slashes workforce
But then again is LiDAR even on the radar in 2024?
Systems09 Sep 2024 | 6
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 | 4
Cooling solutions for high-density workloads
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Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy
Comment Foundry faces a reckoning
CxO06 Sep 2024 | 61
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 | 3
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 | 4
Cloud HPC the 'SilverLining' in global warming mitigation
Leveraging cloud-based supercomputing to accelerate climate solutions
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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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Python script saw students booted off the mainframe for sending one insult too many
Who, Me? Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
Xockets rockets Nvidia: Blackwell debut threatened by DPU patent claims
GPU giant accused of colluding with Microsoft, RPX to sideline startup
Huawei debuts triple-folding Mate XT smartphone
Asia In Brief Plus: 550MW more DCs for India; Australia poised to use decryption powers; Indonesia creates cyber warfare unit
1.7M potentially pwned after payment services provider takes a year to notice break-in
Criminals with plenty of time on their hands may now have credit card details
Upgrading Linux with Rust looks like a new challenge. It's one of our oldest
Opinion From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever built. Not even a kernel
Predator spyware updated with dangerous new features, also now harder to track
Infosec in brief Plus: Trump family X accounts hijacked to promote crypto scam; Fog ransomware spreads; Hijacked PyPI packages; and more
Scientists find a common food dye can make a live mouse's skin transparent
Do try this one at home, using a chicken breast and a recipe
CrowdStrike hopes legal threats will fade as time passes since it broke the world
CFO says company hasn't been sued by any customers – yet
MI6 and CIA using generative AI to combat tech-driven threat actors
Spook bosses use first-ever joint article to bemoan how Russia and China use tech to mess with the world
AI bills can blow out by 1000 percent: Gartner
Preventing that is doable, but managing what happens when AI upsets people is hard
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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 | 26
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
Managing heat in AI-driven datacenters
Adapting cooling strategies for high-density compute environments
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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
When building the future, the past is no longer a guide
Tomorrow’s engineering challenges are more than a core problem
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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
UK semi industry exposed to supply chain risk, China state ownership
Report suggests govt get cracking on a proper ownership structure survey and ... hang on, did they forget the Midlands?
Systems13 Aug 2024 | 14
Intel's microcode fix to save Raptor Lake chips may only work with default power settings
All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor
Systems12 Aug 2024 | 27
Gas pipeline players in talks to fuel AI datacenter demand
Utility tapped out? Why not build your own?
Systems11 Aug 2024 | 27
Intel's annus horribilis continues as AMD gains ground
Rival making its biggest inroads in server CPU segment
Systems09 Aug 2024 | 8
What's going on with AMD funding a CUDA translation layer, then nuking it?
Analysis We guess the House of Zen wants all you HIP kids to ROCm out with its own runtimes instead
Software09 Aug 2024 | 10
Intel's legal troubles mount after plunging stock sparks yet another court battle
Pension fund claims CEO, CFO covered up truth about money-pit foundry
Systems08 Aug 2024 | 15
Intel finally has a new GPU – for cars
Chipzilla takes its Arc Alchemist A750, gives it some more RAM, and says it’s for AI-powered jalopies
Systems08 Aug 2024 | 7
Raptor Lake microcode patch arrives for Intel motherboards this month, ASUS and MSI say
Updated MSI even claims all of its LGA 1700 motherboards will get updated before month end
Systems08 Aug 2024 | 2
Rising AI tide lifts price of all chips - HBM, natch, but also slower memory and storage
Thank binary brainboxes for helping to inflate PC and Smartphone prices
Systems08 Aug 2024 |
Intel: Our balance sheet is a smoking ruin, but we think our new chips work
18A process delivers bootable Panther Lake AI PC processor and Clearwater Forest server silicon
Systems07 Aug 2024 | 18
Nvidia's subscription software empire is taking shape
Comment $4,500 per GPU per year adds up pretty quick – even faster when you pay by the hour
Cloud Infrastructure Month06 Aug 2024 | 23
Dell starts new round of layoffs while it looks to 'unlock modern AI'
HR apparently overwhelmed by attempt to sack 12.5K people in one day
Systems06 Aug 2024 | 21
Another law firm piles on Intel for Raptor Lake CPU failures as complaints grow louder
Meanwhile, a boutique PC builder says Intel didn’t even need to chase high clock speeds
Systems05 Aug 2024 | 12
Infineon announces layoffs as Q3 results disappoint
Follows 15% job cuts from chip giant Intel, with CEO blaming weak economy
Systems05 Aug 2024 | 8
Nvidia reportedly delays Blackwell GPUs until 2025 over packaging issues
Updated Backdrop of multi-billion dollar orders to support AI services, but unlikely to hurt NVDA long term
Systems05 Aug 2024 | 4
DoJ launches probes as AI antitrust storm clouds gather round Nvidia
Updated US regulator reportedly not happy about Run:ai buy... nor industry dominance
Systems02 Aug 2024 | 3
Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs
Analysis Share price in meltdown as Pat hopes buyers, investors, board can wait for 2026 turnaround
Systems01 Aug 2024 | 44
Legal eagles target Intel for class action over cooked Raptor Lake CPUs
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with elevated voltage, you may be entitled to compensation
Systems01 Aug 2024 | 10
UK court rules in Intel's favor in R2 Semi power patent case
Legal woes are still ongoing in Italy, France, and Germany
Systems01 Aug 2024 | 11
Arm's lackluster Q2 outlook overshadows strong Q1 revenue growth
Execs blame gap in licensing revenues for lost momentum, while hawking AI
Systems01 Aug 2024 |
Intel prepares to cut 'thousands' of workers
Employees hate this one simple trick to fix failing business empires
Systems31 Jul 2024 | 9
Upcoming US export rules on chipmaking tools won't apply to friendly countries
37 nations on good terms with Uncle Sam spared incoming restrictions, report claims
Systems31 Jul 2024 | 6
Boeing's Q2 nosedive buoyed by appointment of new CEO
It lost billions and missed expectations, but fresh blood at the top has pleased shareholders
Systems31 Jul 2024 | 30
Zuck dreams of personalized AI assistants for all – just like email
SIGGRAPH A model finetuned on your social media profile? What could possibly go wrong?
AI + ML30 Jul 2024 | 31
TSMC confirms it'll dig into Dresden for chip giant's first fab on Euro soil
Partnership with NXP, Infineon, and Bosch finally gets under way
Systems30 Jul 2024 | 3
Rising costs biggest issue for datacenter operators as demand grows
Not to mention the skills gap, AI skepticism, and the unrelenting quest for power
Systems30 Jul 2024 | 3
Intel nabs Micron exec to oversee foundry business ambitions
Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plans
Systems26 Jul 2024 |
STMicroelectronics sees sharp decline in Q2 earnings amid weak auto sector demand
NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments also hit by slowdown
Systems25 Jul 2024 | 6
Datacenters guzzled more than a fifth of Ireland's electricity in 2023
Bit barns binge on Emerald Isle power
Systems25 Jul 2024 | 17
You're not hallucinating: Generative AI is helping IBM's mainframes grow
Big Blue brings in more cash and profit than predicted
Systems25 Jul 2024 | 9
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AMD claims Nvidia's Grace CPU Superchip, Arm are no match for its Epyc Zen 4 cores
Comment But does it matter when all Grace needs to is to babysit GPUs?
Systems23 Jul 2024 | 2
Nvidia said to be prepping Blackwell GPUs for Chinese market
Comment But will they ship before the Biden administration tightens export controls?
Systems22 Jul 2024 | 5
DARPA slaps down credit card for 3D military chiplets – $840M ought to be enough?
UT-Austin lab gets the job, and five years to do it
Public Sector18 Jul 2024 | 5
TSMC boss predicts AI chip shortage through 2025, says Trump comments don't change his strategy
Overseas expansion to continue, insists C.C. Wei
Systems18 Jul 2024 | 2
GlobalWafers scores $400M to help build US's first 300mm wafer plants in Texas and Missouri
CHIPS ACT grant will help cover the Taiwanese semiconductor firm’s $4B budget
Systems17 Jul 2024 | 3
Rising ASML sales overshadowed by fears of more drastic US restrictions
Market immediately responds as shares in Dutch maker of crucial photolithography tech dip
Systems17 Jul 2024 | 6
Huawei lays final bricks of billion-dollar Shanghai R&D complex
Billed as a city in its own right, center built to advance megacorp's 5G, cloud, and AI tech
Systems16 Jul 2024 | 4
Intel's China investments may have spurred fresh US restrictions
Analysis Has America been taking it too easy on local companies so far?
Systems16 Jul 2024 | 2
AMD predicts future AI PCs will run 30B parameter models at 100 tokens per second
Analysis They're gonna need a heck of a lot of memory bandwidth – not to mention capacity – to do it
Systems15 Jul 2024 | 25
AMD spills the beans on Zen 5's 16% IPC gains
Fatter front end and execution engine meets a higher bandwidth backend and a true AVX-512 implementation
Systems15 Jul 2024 | 13
Game dev accuses Intel of selling ‘defective’ Raptor Lake CPUs
High-end processor instability headaches, failures pushed one studio to switch to AMD
Systems13 Jul 2024 | 56
SoftBank buys struggling UK AI chipmaker Graphcore
Potential for combo with Arm tantalizes
Systems12 Jul 2024 | 6
AI demand pushes TSMC revenue for 2024 up 28% so far
Taiwan's silicon supremo comfortably sails past analyst forecasts
Systems10 Jul 2024 |
EU Competition Commissioner hints at Nvidia GPU probe, refers to 'huge bottleneck'
CUDA, woulda, shoulda be first port of call for AI slingers, but does it respect its own dominance?
Systems08 Jul 2024 | 2
US-China chip wars 'mainly ideological' says ex-ASML boss
And it'll be decades before things settle down again
Systems08 Jul 2024 | 2
Fear of commodity chip flood sparks EU probe into China's silicon ambitions
They're cranking 'em out like there's no tomorrow
Systems08 Jul 2024 | 22
Nvidia forecast to bounce back in China to make $12B selling GPUs
Company's sales in the region have dropped under US plan to curb country's AI hopes
Systems05 Jul 2024 |
Good news: Samsung predicts prodigious profit pop
Bad news: It's probably because you have to pay more for RAM
Systems05 Jul 2024 |
Datacenter demand driven by AI... but constrained by power shortages
Not content with drinking up all our water, now we'll compete with DCs for power
AI + ML04 Jul 2024 | 7
France poised to bring 'charges against Nvidia'
Euro nation's monopoly gendarmes cheesed off with GPU giant's dominance
AI + ML01 Jul 2024 | 19
Beijing says state owns China's rare earth metals
Better management of critical materials or retaliation for sanctions?
Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 31
Asda kisses Walmart goodbye with half a billion dollar tech breakup bill
Project including SAP upgrade beset by cost increases and delays
Systems01 Jul 2024 | 31
Intel flashes 4 Tbps optical chiplet to supercharge datacenters
Likens tech to going from horse-drawn carriages to trucks
Systems27 Jun 2024 | 4
Alibaba Cloud reveals its datacenter design, homebrew network used for LLM training
Exclusive 15,000 GPUs per DC, in hosts packing eight apiece, plus nine NICs – helped by switches with custom heat sinks
Systems27 Jun 2024 | 6
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