CEA-Leti Creates 96-Core CPU from Six Chiplets With Active Interposer By Arne Verheyde Published 29 February 20 At ISSCC this week, research organization CEA-Leti showed a 96-core processor made from six chiplets connected via an active interposer, which contains a NoC and voltage regulation circuitry.
Intel Halts Employee Travel to China Due to Coronavirus By Arne Verheyde Published 28 February 20 Intel has halted employees from traveling to China and other countries over coronavirus concerns but is not recalling workers.
Intel's Artificial Intelligence Leader, Naveen Rao, Leaves The Company By Arne Verheyde Published 28 February 20 Intel AI Platforms Group executive Naveen Rao has announced on Twitter that he will leave the company. Intel veteran Gadi Singer will take over his position.
Google to Invest $10 billion in US Data Centers and Offices in 2020 By Arne Verheyde Published 28 February 20 Google announced on Wednesday it would invest over $10 billion in US data centers and offices in 2020.
TSMC to Hire 4000 Employees This Year for Process Development By Arne Verheyde Published 27 February 20 TSMC has opened 4000 job openings in wide range of fields focused on high-end process development.
Samsung Starts 7nm Production at New EUV Fab By Arne Verheyde Published 23 February 20 Samsung announced it has started volume production of 7nm and 6nm at a new line in South Korea, called V1. It is the company's first line dedicated to EUV manufacturing, up to the 3nm node.
Reuters: Samsung to Produce 5nm Qualcomm X60 5G Modem By Arne Verheyde Published 23 February 20 Samsung has won the contract to produce Qualcomm's recently announced X60 5G modem, according to Reuters.
Intel Details Its Cryogenic Horse Ridge Quantum Control Chip By Arne Verheyde Published 18 February 20 Intel has detailed Horse Ridge at ISSCC: its cryogenic chip to control quantum systems. It has features for improved scalability, fidelity and flexibility, scaling up to 128 qubits.
Data Center CPU Startup Nuvia Will Design Custom Arm Architecture By Arne Verheyde Published 13 February 20 Nuvia disclosed in an interview with The Next Platform some of its plans. The startup aims to deliver significant performance improvements and will leverage the Arm instruction set.
Leaked Presentation Shows Intel's 'Arctic Sound' Xe Graphics Cards With up to 4 Tiles, 500W TDP By Arne Verheyde Published 10 February 20 Internal documents point to potential specs for upcoming Intel Xe, codenamed Arctic Sound, graphics cards.
Intel Explains Why It Favored Habana over Nervana By Arne Verheyde Published 9 February 20 Intel explained that it preferred to continue its AI strategy around Habana because of customer feedback, cost and the converged software and architecture that both its chips are based on.
Intel DNNL 1.2 Library Hints at Int8 Data Type Support in Xe GPUs By Arne Verheyde Published 2 February 20 Intel has released DNNL 1.2 library with support for the int8 for GPUs. This indicates that Intel's Xe architecture has support for the data type.
Intel Stops Nervana Development, Shifts Focus to Habana By Arne Verheyde Published 1 February 20 Intel is stopping development of the Nervana NNP-I and NNP-T chips for deep learning. The company will fulfill its commitments to existing customers, but will shift focus to Habana.
Intel's Annual Report Indicates Second-Gen 3D XPoint Might be Delayed Until 2021 By Arne Verheyde Published 26 January 20 Annual Report also discusses shortages and Habana.
Intel Joins CHIPS Alliance to Foster Chiplet Ecosystem By Arne Verheyde Published 25 January 20 Intel has joined the CHIPS Alliance to faster a chiplet ecosystem around its AIB protocol for connecting chiplets.
AI Startup Groq Debuts in the Cloud By Arne Verheyde Published 24 January 20 AI startup Groq becomes the second startup to deliver its AI inference chip to the cloud. Its tensor streaming processor has 1000 TOPS.
Intel Realigns Data Platforms Group, Creates New ‘Executive Office’ By Arne Verheyde Published 24 January 20 It's not a reorganization, Intel says.
Intel Elects New Chairman as Andy Bryant Retires By Arne Verheyde Published 22 January 20 Andy Bryant will step down as chairman after the company’s stockholder meeting in May, and lead independent director Dr. Omar Ishrak will succeed him. Intel also elected a new board member.
AMD Epyc, Intel Foveros Score Analyst Choice Awards By Arne Verheyde Published 22 January 20 AMD won best server processor with Rome, Intel won in the category of best technology with its 3D stacking Foveros. Other winners include Habana, Arm and Huawei.
Intel Starts Work on Multi-GPU Support in Vulkan Driver By Arne Verheyde Published 21 January 20 Intel's most recent work involves beefing up support for multiple-GPU setups.
HPE Expects Server Shortages To Last Throughout 2020 By Arne Verheyde Published 20 January 20 HPE has warned customers that it expects Intel's shortages are to persevere throughout 2020, and advises customers to chose alternatives to the Cascade Lake-SP processors.
Intel Releases OSPRay 2.0 Ray Tracing Engine By Arne Verheyde Published 19 January 20 Intel bulks up the open-source ray tracing engine
AMD Hires Intel FPGA Exec to Lead Server Business Unit Amid Promotions By Arne Verheyde Published 17 January 20 AMD has hired top Intel FPGA executive Dan McNamara to lead the company's Server Business Unit. He will be responsible for building on the successful launch of last year's Epyc Rome processor.
Intel Reclaims Status as World’s Largest Semiconductor Vendor By Arne Verheyde Published 16 January 20 The downturn in the memory market has led Intel to reclaim the top spot in the global semiconductor market in 2019. The company took the throne back from Samsung, who took it in 2017 from Intel.
Intel to Detail Xe Architecture In-Depth at GDC in March By Arne Verheyde Published 15 January 20 Intel will detail its upcoming Xe architecture for integrated and discrete graphics, including software optimization guidance and performance improvements.