Microsoft Likely Isn't Done Making Custom Silicon By Nathaniel Mott The new Microsoft SQ1 processor found in the Surface Pro X won't be the company's only custom silicon.
AMD vs Intel: Which CPU Cooks Better Pancakes? By Andrew E. Freedman We took some of Intel and AMD’s most powerful HEDT processors and turned them into stovetops to make some truly regrettable pancakes.
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.
AMD Commands 81 Percent of Sales at Mindfactory as Supply Issues Dwindle By Matthew Connatser AMD is ticking right along with 82% of CPU sales at a German retailer while Intel's pricing falls.
Specs for Intel's New Xeon Glacier Falls W Workstation CPUs Leaked By Zhiye Liu A well-known hardware leaker has posted specifications for Intel's yet to be announced Xeon Glacier Falls-W workstation processors.
Microsoft Embraces AMD: Custom Ryzen 7 Surface Edition CPUs Debut in Surface Laptop 3 (Updated) By Paul Alcorn AMD scores a big win with premium Surface Laptop 3 models coming from Microsoft that features a custom AMD Ryzen Surface Edition processor.
Intel SAPM Is a New Proposal for Mitigating Spectre Attacks By Lucian Armasu Intel's security team developed a proposal for SAPM, a new type of CPU memory that would prevent attacks like Metldown and Spectre but hurt performance.
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.
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Allegedly Launches October 5 for $155 By Zhiye Liu Indian retailer lists the unannounced Ryzen 5 3500 processor for an October 5 release.
GlobalFoundries Plans To Go Public in 2022 By Ash Puckett Even amidst a growing legal confrontation with TSMC, GlobalFoundries plans to go public by 2022 with an Initial Public Offering (IPO),
AMD and Nvidia Chip-Maker TSMC Countersues GlobalFoundries for Patent Infringement By Paul Alcorn TSMC fires back at GlobalFoundries with a countersuit.
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 Core i9-9900KS: $70 More For Another 300MHz (Update) By Zhiye Liu Multiple retailers have listed the Intel Core i9-9900KS, which gives us a general idea of the processor's possible pricing.
AMD Announces Ryzen 3000 PRO Processors, Picasso PRO APUs, and Athlon PRO By Paul Alcorn AMD unexpectedly announces a new range of Ryzen 3000 series PRO processors.
Even at -180 Degrees, Ryzen 3000 May Not Hit Boost Clock Speeds By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch If you want to hit the advertised boost clock on your third-gen Ryzen chip, great cooling could not be enough.
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Might Be Available Without Stock Cooler By Zhiye Liu AMD might offer the Ryzen 9 3950X with and without the AMD Wraith Prism cooler.
Ryzen 9 3900X Prices Have Gone Up Roughly 16 Percent Amidst Shortage (Updated) By Zhiye Liu AMD's Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core processor, which had a $499 MSRP, is now selling for as high as $579.99.
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.
Report: AMD Server Chip Market Share to Grow 10x From Pre-Epyc Era By Lucian Armasu AMD's recent contract winning streak is largely due to the impressive performance and value that its second-gen Epyc server processors offer.
