European ExaNoDe Combines Chiplets, FPGAs, HBM, Active Interposers in 3DIC By Arne Verheyde The European ExaNoDe project has built a complete prototype of an advanced compute node that integrates FPGAs, HBM2 memory, and active interposers with 7nm Arm chiplets in a multi-chip module.
ASML Receives Record 23 EUV System Bookings By Arne Verheyde As part of its third quarter earnings, ASML reported it received a record 23 EUV system bookings, compared to seven deliveries and 10 bookings the previous quarter.
TSMC and Samsung Announce Advanced Process Nodes for Automotive By Arne Verheyde TSMC and Samsung have both announced advanced process nodes aimed at automotive applications such as ADAS and autonomous driving, for TSMC on 7nm and Samsung on 8nm.
Intel: Yes, There Will be 10nm Desktop CPUs (Updated) By Arne Verheyde Intel refutes rumors that it is skipping the 10nm process for desktop processors
Intel Brings Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5GbE to the Desktop With Cascade Lake-X By Arne Verheyde Intel is bringing 2.5GbE and Wi-Fi 6 to the desktop.
Samsung Certifies Tools and IP for 5nm Arm Hercules CPU By Arne Verheyde Samsung Foundry, Arm and Synposys have collaborated to enable Arm's upcoming Hercules CPU IP on Samsung's 5LPE EUV process, using Synopsys' tools.
Intel Discontinues Xeon Scalable Processors with Omni-Path By Arne Verheyde Intel has discontinued the Skylake-SP Xeon processors with integrated Omni-Path Architecture (OPA) fabric on-package. The news follows earlier comments by Intel that it has stopped OPA development.
TSMC Starts Shipping EUV N7+ Chips, AMD Among Likely Customers By Arne Verheyde TSMC claims it is delivering the first EUV chips to market with its N7+ process. It delivers a 15% increase in density compared to N7 and has reached similar yield levels.
Raja Koduri Possibly Hints at June 2020 Intel Xe Graphics Card Release By Arne Verheyde A conspicuous tweet by Intel's chief architect Raja Koduri could point towards a June 2020 unveil or release date for its Xe graphics cards.
Intel's Chief Data Scientist Is Now an FBI Adviser By Arne Verheyde Intel Chief Data Scientist Melvin Greer was hired by the FBI to help with its hybrid cloud computing, as well as other FBI data management responsibilities.
All we Know About Microsoft's Custom SQ1 Processor Inside the Surface Pro X By Arne Verheyde Microsoft has announced that it has developed a custom SQ1 processor in partnership with Qualcomm, as part of the Surface Pro X. It has a 2TFLOPS GPU and a 9TOPS AI engine.
Researchers Demonstrate First ‘Poor Man’s Qubit’ Probabilistic Computing Hardware By Arne Verheyde Researchers from Purdue University have demonstrated for the first time probabilistic computing hardware, factorizing 945 by using eight probabilistic bits or p-bits.
Intel Announces Cascade Lake-X With up to 50% Price Cut, More PCIe (Updated) By Paul Alcorn, Arne Verheyde Intel drops the pricing bomb with the release of its 10th-gen Cascade Lake-X chips.
Oracle Invested $40 Million in Arm Server Chipmaker Ampere By Arne Verheyde Oracle invested $40 million in Arm server chipmaker Ampere in April this year and also bought hardware for development and testing purposes.
Intel VPs of PC Innovation and System Software Depart, New CMO Appointed (Updated) By Arne Verheyde Two Intel vice presidents have left the company. The departures concern the VP of Client Architecture and Innovation and the VP of System Software Products.
TSMC and Arm Show First 7nm Interposer-Based Chiplet System for HPC By Arne Verheyde TSMC and Arm have announced the industry's first 7nm chiplet system with a CoWoS interposer for HPC. It has four 4GHz Cortex-A72 cores per chiplet and uses the new LIPINCON interconnect.
Alibaba Announces Self-Designed AI Chip By Arne Verheyde Alibaba has announced the Hanguang 800 NPU, which the company designed itself. Alibaba claims it has over twice the energy efficiency and half the latency of CPUs and GPUs and will power its cloud and e-commerce platforms.
GlobalFoundries’ 12LP+ 12nm Node Promises 10nm-Class Power and Performance By Arne Verheyde GlobalFoundries' 12LP+ process will see volume production in 2021. It's supposed to provide a 20% increase in performance or a 40% reduction in power.
Intel Eagle Stream Will Arrive in Early 2021, Aspeed Roadmap Reveals By Arne Verheyde A new roadmap provided by Aspeed shows that Sapphire Rapids is scheduled for an early 2021 launch despite a recent Ice Lake-SP delay to the second half of 2020.
Google Claims 'Quantum Supremacy' with 53-Qubits By Arne Verheyde In a big milestone for quantum computing, Google claims that its 53-qubit quantum computer has solved a problem that would take a classical supercomputer thousands of years.
BFloat16 Deep Dive: ARM Brings BF16 Deep Learning Data Format to ARMv8-A By Arne Verheyde ARM recently announced its intent to support bfloat16 in the next revision of the ARMv8-A architecture. This article takes a look at the rise of the new deep learning number format.
Intel Stratix 10 DX Introduces PCIe 4.0, Cache-Coherency via UPI By Arne Verheyde Intel's Stratix 10 DX FPGA brings PCIe 4.0, Optane persistent memory and cache-coherency via UPI to the Stratix 10 series.
Shuffles at Intel as 5G Exec Departs, Volkswagen VP Joins Company By Arne Verheyde Intel has promoted two VPs, including Gregory Bryant from the PC group. Cormac Conroy from the company's modem business has resigned.
Intel's Tiger Lake Growls: 10nm Chip Packs 50 Percent More L3 Cache and AVX-512 By Arne Verheyde A posting on Twitter has revealed that Tiger Lake-U will feature a 50% larger L3 cache, to 12MB. It also indicated that the Willow Cove architecture doesn't have bfloat16 support.
Intel’s 10nm Snow Ridge Wields Tremont Atom Cores and Mesh Architecture By Arne Verheyde An Intel-provided reference manual for Snow Ridge reveals the forthcoming 10nm networking SoC for 5G base stations is based on the Atom architecture. It also has a mesh.