Anton Shilov

First details about AMD's next-generation AI rack solution emerge: three racks, 64 compute racks, 256 Instinct MI500-series GPUs, 64 EPYC 'Verano' CPUs, 18 switch trays.

American buyers should be prioritized ahead of others, according to U.S. legislators

Initially for R&D use, until later this decade where it will transition to production

But TSMC vows to continue making chips on the mainland.

Intel's Software Defined Supercore (SDC) lets multiple CPU cores fuse into a virtual high-performance core to boost single-thread speed without building wider physical cores.

Intel sees performance of Panther Lake processors as competitive, but it admits lower-than-desired 18A yields and weak offerings on desktop and data center markets.

CPUs are going the way of GPUs?

They face a 120 day deadline

AMD's upcoming RDNA 5 (Navi 5x) GPUs could mark the company's first consumer graphics architecture to use a multi-tile GPU design.

Blackwell's successor hits an important milestone.

More Blackwells, more money.

Huawei unveiled UB-Mesh at Hot Chips 2025 as an open protocol to unify AI datacenter interconnects, enabling million-processor SuperNodes with lower latency, cost, and higher reliability.

Money can hurt?

SK hynix's 9th Gen 3D NAND should arrive very soon.

As Zen 6 arrives to high-end, Zen 2 dominates low-end laptops.

Nvidia's CPO enables faster connections at lower power.

Despite soaring demand for server chips, AMD’s EPYC 9005 and Intel’s Xeon 6 CPUs are selling at U.S. retailers for up to 50% below their official list prices.

Ahead of Apple, it seems.

Despite U.S. sanctions, Huawei's Kirin 9020 is built by SMIC on a 7nm-class process and integrates a fully in-house 5G modem supported by a domestic FEM.

Blackwell for China is in the works.