Intel Reveals Three new Cutting-Edge Packaging Technologies By Arne Verheyde published 11 July 19 Intel revealed three new packaging technologies: Co-EMIB stitches multiple Foveros stacks together via EMIB, ODI connects dies, and MDIO is new EMIB interface.
Intel Partners With Baidu on Neural Network Processor for Training By Arne Verheyde published 5 July 19 Intel has partnered with Baidu on the development of its upcoming 16nm Nervana Neural Network Processor for Training (NNP-T), both on software and hardware.
Deep Dive: Nvidia Inference Research Chip Scales to 32 Chiplets By Arne Verheyde published 2 July 19 Nvidia has presented its RC 18 research chip for inference acceleration. The small 16nm chip with RISC-V core scales to 32 units in a package, delivering over 100 TOPS at over 100W.
Intel Makes Strong Ethernet Switch Play With Barefoot Networks Acquisition By Arne Verheyde published 12 June 19 Intel announced that it has acquired Barefoot Networks, a provider of Ethernet switching silicon and creator of the P4 networking programming language.
Intel Loses Tax Case Appeal With Billions at Stake for Other Tech Giants By Arne Verheyde published 8 June 19 Intel subsidiary Altera has lost a tax case concerning share-based compensation, whose outcome would have had multi-billion dollar implications for many tech companies if Altera had prevailed.
Infineon Acquires Cypress for $10.1 Billion to Bolster IoT Position By Arne Verheyde published 3 June 19 Infineon has announced that it is acquiring Cypress for $10.B. It expects to strengthen its position and growth in IoT, industrial and automotive with the companies' complementary portfolios.
PCI-SIG Releases Final PCIe 5.0 Specification By Arne Verheyde published 29 May 19 The PCI-SIG organization on Wednesday released the final PCI Express 5.0 specification. The new interconnect standard doubles the bandwidth to 32GT/s per lane, less than two years after PCIe 4.0.
NXP Acquires Marvell’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Business for $1.76B By Arne Verheyde published 29 May 19 Marvell announced that it's selling its Wi-Fi Connectivity Business to NXP in an all-cash deal valued at $1.76B.
TSMC Starts 7nm+ EUV Volume Production By Arne Verheyde published 25 May 19 TSMC’s CEO said the company has started volume production of its 7N+ process technology, DigitTimes reported on Friday. It is the company’s first process node to use EUV on a few critical layers.
Intel is Working on Optical Chips for More Efficient AI By Arne Verheyde published 22 May 19 Intel has reported progress on making optical neural networks a reality. By using light, these chips could be up to 100 times more power efficient and reduce latency by many orders of magnitude.
Leaked Intel Server Roadmap Shows DDR5, PCIe 5.0 in 2021, Granite Rapids in 2022 By Arne Verheyde published 22 May 19 A leaked roadmap from Huawei reveals that Intel will introduce will introduce DDR5 memory and PCI 5.0 with Sapphire Rapids in 2021.
Intel's Linux Ice Lake Gen11 Drivers Are Feature-Complete By Arne Verheyde published 5 May 19 Intel now officially considers its open-source Linux drivers for Ice Lake’s Gen11 graphics feature-complete, more specifically its OpenGL and Vulkan drivers that are respectively called i915 and ANV
Intel Hires Another AMD Executive To Its Graphics Team By Arne Verheyde published 30 April 19 Intel has hired Devon Nekechuk from AMD, the latest in a vast hiring spree of graphics industry veterans to Raja Koduri's group.
Intel Qualifying 10nm Ice Lake CPUs, Expects First Full-Year Revenue Decrease In Three Years By Arne Verheyde, Paul Alcorn published 25 April 19 Intel reduced its full-year revenue projections against the backdrop of reduced China demand but said its 10nm Ice Lake chips are undergoing qualification.
Major Intel Roadmap Leak: Ice Lake in Q2, Tiger Lake And 14nm Rocket Lake In 2020 By Arne Verheyde published 24 April 19
GlobalFoundries Sells 45nm Fab to ON Semiconductor for $430 Million By Arne Verheyde published 24 April 19
TSMC Extends 7nm Lineage With EUV-based 6nm Process By Arne Verheyde published 17 April 19 TSMC's new EUV-enabled 6nm node leverages its 7nm development and provides an 18% density boost. The process is design rule compatible with 7nm, providing a fast transition path from 7nm.
Intel Strengthens FPGA Vision Portfolio With Omnitek Acquisition By Arne Verheyde published 16 April 19 Intel purchases Omnitek to bolster its vision processing portfolio.
Qualcomm Announces Inference Accelerator Cloud AI 100 for Data Center By Arne Verheyde published 9 April 19 Qualcomm revealed the initial details of its cloud 7nm Cloud AI inference processor, saying it will deliver a 10x performance increase over competing devices.
AgileX In-Depth: PCIe Gen 5, DDR5, HBM3 and Optane DIMM Support By Arne Verheyde published 5 April 19 Intel's AgileX comes brimming with next-gen tech, like support for PCIe 5.0, DDR5, HBM3, Optane Memory DIMMs, and memory coherency with Xeons.
