Anton Shilov

Anton Shilov

Contributing Writer

Anton Shilov has been in the PC industry since 1990s playing games, building PCs, and writing stories about pretty much everything that relates to PCs, Macs, smartphones, tablets, and even fab equipment. Over his career, he has worked at a variety of high-ranking websites, including AnandTech, EE Times, TechRadar, X-bit labs, and now Tom's Hardware. When Anton is not reading or writing about something high-tech, he is probably watching a good movie, playing a video game, or spending time with his family.

Articles by: Anton Shilov

Ryzen 9000

AMD planning monstrous dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with 192MB of game-boosting L3 cache, according to leak

By Anton Shilov published

AMD is preparing a refreshed Ryzen 9000-series “Granite Ridge” lineup that boosts clock speeds, power limits, and 3D V-Cache capacity to deliver higher gaming and desktop performance.

Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Trump says Intel has made a 'fortune' and America has made $40 billion after the US invested in ailing chipmaker — Intel has gained $73 billion in market cap since investment

By Anton Shilov published

Good for Intel and the USA.

Intel

ASML launches revolutionary lithography scanner for advanced 3D chip packaging — Twinscan XT:260 machine quadruples throughput

By Anton Shilov published

Premium For the 'More-than-Moore' era in chipmaking.

TSMC

TSMC gives an ultra-rare video look inside its fabs — 'Silver Highway' and fab tools revealed in flyby video of company's US Arizona Fab 21

By Anton Shilov published

TSMC's new flyby video of its Fab 21 in Arizona offers a rare glimpse inside the fully operational N4/N5 cleanroom, highlighting ASML's EUV scanners producing chips for Apple, AMD, and Nvidia.

A man with thermal grease

Stinky thermal paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages coolers - SGT-4 TIM is a chemically reactive blend, finds investigation

By Anton Shilov published

Or enjoy the vinegar odor, because you like marinated pickles, and pitting because you like ant videos.

Nvidia and TSMC are celebrating the first Blackwell wafer fabbed in the USA.

Nvidia and TSMC produce the first Blackwell wafer made in the U.S. — chips still need to be shipped back to Taiwan to complete the final product

By Anton Shilov published

But advanced packaging is still conducted in Taiwan

Microsoft Maia

Intel Foundry secures contract to build Microsoft's Maia 2 next-gen AI processor on 18A/18A-P node, claims report — could be first step in ongoing partnership

By Anton Shilov published

Microsoft and Intel announced their partnership last year

Chinese flag with rare earth minerals background

China's latest round of rare-earth export controls gives the country dominion over precious resources — regulations have far-reaching implications for the semiconductor industry

By Anton Shilov published

Premium Export controls expand to knowledge, tools and equipment

TSMC

TSMC posts record quarter results as skyrocketing AI and HPC demand drives two-thirds of revenue — company pulls in $33.1 billion

By Anton Shilov published

TSMC posted a record $33.1 billion in quarterly revenue driven by surging demand for AI and HPC processors, the ramp of Apple's latest SoCs, and the continued strength of advanced nodes.

Tachyum

Tachyum's 'general-purpose' Prodigy chip delayed again — now with 256 cores per chiplet and a $500 million purchase order from EU investor

By Anton Shilov published

Commercial shipments probably won't happen until sometime in 2027

ASML

ASML is prepared for China's rare-earth export controls — finance head says company has stock thanks to long lead times

By Anton Shilov published

ASML has enough. For now.

Frore Systems

Frore's new LiquidJet coldplates are designed to handle up to 4,400W of power from Nvidia's Feynman AI GPUs — new design uses semiconductor manufacturing techniques to create 3D jet-channel microstructures

By Anton Shilov published

Drop in compatible with Blackwell Ultra today, ready for Feynman tomorrow.

Intel

Intel unveils Crescent Island, an inference-only GPU with Xe3P architecture and 160GB of memory

By Anton Shilov published

Intel has unveiled its Crescent Island data center GPU for inference, built on the Xe3P architecture and equipped with 160 GB of LPDDR5X memory.

Core ultra 200S CPU

AMD and Intel celebrate first anniversary of x86 alliance — new security features coming to x86 CPUs

By Anton Shilov published

The x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group turns one year old.

AMD

Inside the AI accelerator arms race: AMD, Nvidia, and hyperscalers commit to annual releases through the decade

By Anton Shilov published

Premium Competition for Nvidia looms.

Micron

Applied Materials preps for 'Angstrom Era' in chipmaking — spearheaded by its new Kinex, Xtera, and PROVision 10 systems

By Anton Shilov published

Applied Materials has introduced three new chipmaking systems that are set to mark the beginning of the 'angstrom' and 3D chiplent integration era in chipmaking.

The White House

Trump strikes back at China with a 100% tariff and critical software ban — major escalation retaliates for China's rare earth restrictions

By Anton Shilov published

Hit them high.

Panther Lake

Intel's 18A production starts before TSMC’s competing N2 tech — here's how the two process nodes compare

By Anton Shilov published

Production starts at Fab 52.

Softbank CEO

SoftBank is seeking $5 billion loan to invest in OpenAI, plans to use Arm shares as collateral — rapid AI expansion continues, investment could top $30 billion

By Anton Shilov published

SoftBank has a growing appetite for cash on its path towards becoming a major AI force.

Nvidia H100 NVL dual GPU PCIe solution

Singapore company allegedly helped China smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia AI processors, report claims — Nvidia denies that the accused has any China ties, but a U.S. investigation is underway

By Anton Shilov published

Nvidia says the firm was legit.

AMD

AMD will beat Nvidia to launching AI GPUs on the cutting-edge 2nm node — Instinct MI450 is officially the first AMD GPU to launch with TSMC's finest tech

By Anton Shilov published

OpenAI will be among the first to get these accelerators.

TSMC

Washington's ambition for a 50/50 semiconductor deal with Taiwan is missing a key component — lack of a mature homegrown supply chain could be the missing link

By Anton Shilov published

Premium Is Lutnick's plan just political hogwash?

Blackwell

U.S. finally grants Nvidia license to ship AI GPUs to UAE: 500,000 Blackwell GPUs coming to the Gulf region

By Anton Shilov published

Billions of dollars at stake.

GeForce RTX 5070

OCuLink outpaces Thunderbolt 5 in Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti tests — latter up to 14% slower on average in gaming benchmarks

By Anton Shilov published

OCuLink or Thunderbolt? That is the question!

Google

Jeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar power

By Anton Shilov published

But at what cost?

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