Epyc AMD Milan-X Delidding Reveals Intricate 3D-Stacked Design (Updated) By Mark Tyson published 21 April 22 Delidding of this powerful server chip reveals that the multiple or U-shaped silicon shims shown in chip package diagrams weren't used in the shipping processors.
Industrial Firms Raid Washing Machines to Secure Prized Microchips By Brandon Hill published 21 April 22 According to ASML CEO Peter Wennink, some of its customers have resorted to purchasing washing machines to obtain certain chips.
Huawei Turns To 3D Chip Stacking, Could Potentially Circumvent US Sanctions By Anton Shilov published 21 April 22 Huawei is betting on advanced chip packaging to counter U.S. chip sanctions.
Startup Plans Nuclear-Powered Data Centers on the Moon By Anton Shilov published 21 April 22 The moon can be an ideal place for datacenters in the distance future: easy cooling, loads of power, but still very expensive.
40 Million Core Chinese Exascale Supercomputer Performs Quantum Simulations By Mark Tyson published 20 April 22 Chinese research team reckon the new supercomputer plus several AI and neural network and algorithm innovations can unlock the secrets of various exotic physical phenomena.
Prices of Used Semi Tools Soar as China Ups Investments By Anton Shilov published 20 April 22 Prices of chip production equipment set records on strong demand, aggressive procurement by Chinese companies.
TSMC PC and Server CPU Revenues Topped Smartphones for a Change By Francisco Pires published 19 April 22 TSMC's revenue from its HPC product segment has dethroned that of smartphone chips for the first time in ages, buoyed by AI, datacenter, and supercomputing customers.
AMD Epyc Servers a Key to Mercedes' F1 Team Success By Mark Tyson published 19 April 22 AMD's second gen Epyc processors helped the F1 team cut its workload processing time in half, with 20% greater efficiency than the previous 3.5 year old rival system.
Core i9-12900KS World Record: How I Hit 7.8 GHz on 8 Cores By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published 19 April 22 70 liters of liquid nitrogen works wonders.
Intel Alder Lake-HX Leak: 16 Cores, 5 GHz Boost Clock By Zhiye Liu published 19 April 22 Chinese publication ITHome has uncovered the alleged specifications for Intel's looming 12th Generation Alder Lake-HX processors.
AMD Launches Ryzen Pro 6000 Series Chips By Andrew E. Freedman published 19 April 22 AMD is launching its new Ryzen Pro 6000 and new Ryzen Pro 5000 chips aimed at enterprise devices, including Zen 3+ cores and RDNA 2 integrated graphics.
AMD Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPUs Enter Pre-Production Stage of Development By Aaron Klotz published 18 April 22 A new MilkyWay@Home spec sheet showcases a new Zen 4 engineering sample, with a new model number that appears to be a production sample. Indicating AMD is almost done developing Zen 4.
Intel Sapphire Rapids 56-Core ES CPU Hits 3.3 GHz at 420W By Zhiye Liu published 18 April 22 Twitter user exposes the specifications for an Intel Sapphire Rapids-SP ES CPU with 56 cores and 112 threads.
Overclocker Pushes AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D Beyond 5 GHz By Mark Tyson published 16 April 22 Overclocking the non-overclockable
Curve Optimizer Heads To Ryzen Master For Zen 3 CPUs By Aaron Klotz published 16 April 22 AMD has updated Ryzen Master to include the curve optimizer directly within the app and provides support for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Threadripper Pro 5000WX CPU lineup.
Intel Raptor Lake-P 14-Core CPU Outpaces The Core i9-12900HK By Mark Tyson published 16 April 22 The engineering sample is already faster than its predecessor.
Russian Government's New Semiconductor Plan: Local 28nm by 2030 By Anton Shilov published 15 April 22 Russia plans to spend $38.43 billion on semiconductors by 2030, hoping to get to where TSMC was in 2011.
Smart Modular Brings Optane Memory to AMD EPYC Servers By Anton Shilov published 15 April 22 Smart's new add-in-card brings Intel's Optane Persistent Memory to AMD and Arm servers.
Intel Can Regain Process Tech Lead by 2025, Says IC Knowledge President By Mark Tyson published 15 April 22 Intel's accelerated roadmap is already showing progress with the 18A process.
AMD's 'Non-Overclockable' Ryzen 7 5800X3D Boosted to 4.74GHz By Aaron Klotz published 15 April 22 An expert overclocker has bypassed the Ryzen 7 5800X3D's overclocking restrictions and managed a peak overclock of 4.74 GHz.
