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New chip flaw hits Apple Silicon and steals cryptographic keys from system cache
By Aaron Klotz published
Researchers have discovered a serious security vulnerability in all current Apple silicon that puts sensitive cryptographic keys at risk of being stolen while being housed inside the CPU cache.
A new generation of Ryzen processors codenamed 'Strix Point' will be released in 2024
By Mark Tyson published
At an event in China earlier today AMD shared its AI PC ecosystem plans confirming 'Strix Point' chips will combine the charms of Zen 5, RDNA 3+, and XDNA 2 processing.
AMD's Zen 2 FPU for PlayStation 5 is 35% smaller than a Ryzen 7 3800X but sacrifices nothing in terms of gaming performance
By Aaron Klotz published
It has been discovered that AMD was able to shrink Sony's custom PS5 Zen 2 FPU by 35% compared to normal Ryzen CPUs by chopping off parts of the CPU that aren't needed for gaming.
Alibaba claims it will launch a server-grade RISC-V processor this year
By Anton Shilov published
Alibaba continues to flex its RISC-V muscle, expects to roll-out datacenter-grade RISC-V CPU this year.
Intel awarded $8.5 billion in funding for building chipmaking fabs - CHIPS Act funding to boost US semiconductor manufacturing
By Paul Alcorn, Andrew E. Freedman published
Intel also gets a 25% tax credit for up to $100 billion.
Nvidia's generative AI tool delivers a radical 60X performance boost for chipmakers - TSMC and Synopsys are now using the cuLitho software in production
By Paul Alcorn published
Nvidia announced that TSMC and Synopsys have begun using the performance-boosting cuLitho software in production.
AMD adds support for Zen 5 to Linux GCC compiler
By Anton Shilov published
Software makers can now fine tune their programs for AMD's upcoming Ryzen and EPYC processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture.
China's Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU doubles performance of prior-gen chip, still trails 6-year-old AMD and Intel processors
By Matthew Connatser published
A Geekbench 6 result for Zhaoxin's KX-7000 shows that the new China CPU obliterates even the fastest KX-6000 CPU.
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