Kioxia Unveils Potential Successor to QLC NAND Flash By Lucian Armasu published 17 December 19 Kioxia, formerly known as Toshiba Memory, announced Twin BiCS Flash, which promises more bits per cell, smaller cells and higher NAND flash density than QLC NAND.
Intel NUCs Hit With Five New Security Flaws By Lucian Armasu published 11 December 19 Security researchers have found five new security flaws in the Intel NUC firmware, after multiple other NUC vulnerability disclosures were made earlier this year.
Apple Sues Former Chip Architect And Co-Founder Of Nuvia By Lucian Armasu published 11 December 19 But Apple's argument may find itself on shaky legal grounds.
Intel Now Content To 'Match' TSMC's Process Technology By Lucian Armasu published 10 December 19 Intel's CEO Bob Swan said in a fireside chat with Credit Suisse that its 7nm process is expected to be equivalent to TSMC's 5nm process, even though it will arrive a year later.
Arm China Will Make Chips With ‘State-Approved’ Cryptography By Lucian Armasu published 10 December 19 According to Nikkei Asian Review
Chinese Government Phasing Out Foreign Hardware, Software By Lucian Armasu published 9 December 19 A secret directive earlier this year called for the removal of foreign hardware and software from Chinese government and public institutions within three years.
Report: TSMC To Start 3nm Volume Production In 2022 By Lucian Armasu published 6 December 19 According to JK Wang, the TSMC's senior vice president for fab operations, the company is on track to begin volume production of 3nm chips in 2022.
CXMT Becomes First Chinese DRAM Maker to Complete Fab By Lucian Armasu published 4 December 19 ChangXin Memory is the only Chinese DRAM maker to complete its production facility. Its competitor, Tsinghua, is years away from production.
AWS Braket Cloud Service Provides Access to Quantum Computers by D-Wave and More By Lucian Armasu published 4 December 19 AWS' Braket quantum computing cloud service gives researchers, developers and businesses access to quantum computers built by D-Wave and more.
Intel Points Finger at Qualcomm Over Modem Market Demise By Lucian Armasu published 29 November 19 Intel announced it filed an amicus brief in order to dispute Qualcomm's appeal of an FTC ruling on its anti-competitive practices.
Europe Is Officially out of IPv4 Addresses By Lucian Armasu published 27 November 19 RIPE announced that it can no longer easily provide IPv4 addresses to members that ask for them. New allocations are severely limited and based on a waiting list.
Microsoft Removes Exploit Protection From Windows 10 1909 Security Baseline By Lucian Armasu published 22 November 19 Microsoft removed the Exploit Protection feature from the security baseline for Windows 10 1909 and Windows 10 Server 1909, saying that it caused too many compatibility issues.
Japanese Bank Believes Intel’s Stock Value Will Rise on CPU Price Cuts By Lucian Armasu published 20 November 19 An analyst from Mizuho Bank believes Intel's stock value will rise due to recent price reductions on Cascade Lake.
Monero Crytocurrency's Website Infected With Coin-Stealing Malware By Lucian Armasu published 20 November 19 Guard your anonymous coins.
AMD's Unlocked Athlon 3000G APU Starts Shipping at $49 By Lucian Armasu published 19 November 19 AMD's first Zen-based unlocked Athlon processor will be available at online retailers within the next few days.
NextCry Ransomware Goes After Linux Servers By Lucian Armasu published 19 November 19 A new ransomware nicknamed "NextCry," has started targeting NextCloud Linux servers that use older NGINX and PHP software packages.
Apple Alums Challenge AMD, Intel in Data Center With Phoenix Processor By Lucian Armasu published 15 November 19 Three former Apple chip architects have launched the Nuvia startup to create a server processor that can take on Intel and AMD in the data center.
AMD Ryzen 4000 APUs May Feature Vega 12, Vega 15 Graphics By Lucian Armasu published 11 November 19 Rumored AMD Renoir listings point to 12-CU Vega integrated graphics, leading some to believe that there may also be higher-end Vega 13 and Vega 15 GPU variants, too.
Intel vs AMD Processor Security: Who Makes the Safest CPUs? By Lucian Armasu last updated 10 November 19 Who has the most secure processors, AMD or Intel?
Microsoft Azure First to Offer VMs Running on AMD Epyc Rome By Lucian Armasu published 8 November 19 Microsoft Azure announced that it's the first public cloud services company to offer instances powered by AMD's latest Rome Epyc server processors.
Kaspersky: DarkUniverse Hacking Group Was Spear Phishing Stealthily for 8 years By Lucian Armasu published 7 November 19 Kaspersky uncovered a new advanced persistent threat group, Dark Universe, that had been operating in the dark for eight years.
Report: China Chip Production Hits Road Bump With EUV Shipment Delayed Over US Tensions By Lucian Armasu published 7 November 19 China can't get its hands on the most advanced chip-making technology just yet.
Nvidia Fixes 12 High and Medium Severity Security Bugs By Lucian Armasu published 7 November 19 Nvidia released patches for 12 new security bugs found in the company's GPU display driver and its GeForce Experience software.
Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri Vulnerable to Laser Beam Hacking By Lucian Armasu last updated 6 November 19 Researchers have developed a technique that could allow attackers to hack voice assistants and other devices with MEMS microphones via laser beams.
MegaCortex Ransomware Changes Windows Passwords, Blackmails Users By Lucian Armasu published 6 November 19 A new variant of MegaCortex ransomware now locks users out of their Windows accounts and threatens to make their stolen files in public.
