Micron Says Disruptions at Fabs Will Lower DRAM Supply, Affect Prices By Anton Shilov Micron celebrates record graphics DRAM revenue, but suffers from power outage and earthquake
Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU Skyrockets to 6.9 GHz Under Liquid Nitrogen By Zhiye Liu Leaked videos of a Gigabyte overclocking session reportedly sees mysterious Rocket Lake-S CPU overclocked to 6.9 GHz.
Phytium Develops Eight-Core ARM CPU for Desktops By Anton Shilov Phytium's D2000 processor packs eight custom Arm cores and consumes 25 Watts.
Adata XPG's Xenia Xe Gaming Laptop Is Ultrabook Slim By Anton Shilov Adata's XPG and Intel develop an 11-mm thick 15.6-inch gaming notebook with Tiger Lake.
Adata's XPG Division Enters PC Fan Business By Anton Shilov Adata launches XPG Vento Pro 120 PWM fan based on Nidec's Servo Gentle Typhoon designs.
AMD Promotes Several Executives, Outlines Major Growth Areas By Anton Shilov AMD promotes five execs to support long-term growth goals.
Nvidia-Arm Acquisition Under Investigation By UK Authorities By Niels Broekhuijsen The Nvidia-ARM acquisition is currently under investigation by UK antitrust authorities.
Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 9 5980HX Revealed Via USB-IF Listings By Aaron Klotz Two unannounced AMD SKUs surface.
Report: AMD Chip Shortage Caused by Packaging Issues, PlayStation 5 By Niels Broekhuijsen A recent report claims that AMD's chip supplier, TSMC, is having issues with packaging, contributing to its chip shortage.
Gigabyte Discloses Intel's Rocket Lake-S Launch Date: March 2021 By Anton Shilov Gigabyte says Intel's 11th-Gen Rocket Lake Core CPUs for desktops will be available in March.
Ex-Intel and AMD Chip Guru Jim Keller Joins AI Startup Tenstorrent By Paul Alcorn Famed ex-Intel and AMD chip architect Jim Keller has taken the role of president, CTO, and board member at AI chip startup Tenstorrent.
Qualcomm Announces New Chief Executive Elect By Anton Shilov Christiano Amon to become new Qualcomm CEO.
AMD Patent Shows Off Potential CPU With Integrated FPGA By Aaron Klotz AMD patent shows off FPGA + CPU integration, potentially improving processor performance.
MSI Rep Says Rocket Lake-S Launch Comes in Late March By Zhiye Liu An MSI representative shares information about the firmware update schedule for 400-series motherboard and Rocket Lake-S CPUs.
Rocket Lake Engineering Samples Benchmarked Against Zen 3 By Aaron Klotz Rocket Lake engineering samples have been benchmarked against the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and previous-gen Intel Core i7-10700 and i9-9900K.
Intel Confirms On-Package HBM Memory Support for Sapphire Rapids By Anton Shilov At least some of Intel's Sapphire Rapids CPUs to feature onboard HBM memory.
Intel Alder Lake PCIe 5.0 Configuration Reportedly Detailed In Coreboot By Zhiye Liu Coreboot code allegedly exposes valuable information on Intel's 12th Generation Alder Lake-S processors.
Activist Hedge Fund Calls for Intel to Spin Off Fabs By Paul Alcorn Activist hedge fund Third Point has issued a letter to Intel calling for the company to explore strategic alternatives, like spinning off its fabs, in the wake of its recent missteps.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Spotted: Zen 3's Crazy IPC Gains Coming to Laptops By Niels Broekhuijsen AMD's Zen 3 based Ryzen 9 5900H for laptops surfaced, and it looks to be beast.
Die Shots of Apple's A14 Bionic & M1 SoCs Compared: Same Architecture, Different Goals By Anton Shilov Thorough die shots of Apple's M1 reveal bigger caches, loads of special-purpose hardware.
