Articles by Anton Shilov, Contributing Writer

Anton Shilov has been in the PC industry since 1990s playing games, building PCs, and writing stories about pretty much everything that relates to PCs, Macs, smartphones, tablets, and even fab equipment. Over his career, he has worked at a variety of high-ranking websites, including AnandTech, EE Times, TechRadar, X-bit Labs, and now Tom's Hardware. He is also a regular features contributor to Tom's Hardware Premium, writing about the latest developments in the semiconductor industry and related tech news and roadmaps. When Anton is not reading or writing about something high-tech, he is probably watching a good movie, playing a video game, or spending time with his family.

Articles by: Anton Shilov

Ultra Ethernet: The data-center interconnection of tomorrow detailed

By Anton Shilov published 9 February 26

Premium We take a look at the Ultra Ethernet 1.0.1 specification in a bid to find out what has changed compared to the traditional Ethernet — and how it will change tomorrow's data-center connectivity.

Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to U.S. — production on Taiwan expected to increase in lockstep with increases in U.S.-based production

By Anton Shilov published 9 February 26

Taiwan authorities have no problems with TSMC investing in the U.S. as long the bulk of its fabs and leading-edge process technologies remain in Taiwan.

Intel quietly kills controversial 'pay as you go' chip licensing initiative — Software Defined Silicon GitHub repository was archived in November 2025, allegedly signaling the end of active development

By Anton Shilov last updated 9 February 26

Intel seemingly discontinues its 'Intel On Demand' technology that let its customers activate certain accelerators inside Xeon CPUs after purchase.

Crypto disaster sends $44 billion in bitcoins to random users — exchange accidentally makes funds vanish thanks to a typo

By Anton Shilov published 7 February 26

Only 0.3% of cryptocurrency exchange transaction clients got rich as a result of a major error.

Semiconductor industry on track to hit $1 trillion in sales in 2026, SIA predicts — bumper forecast follows $791.7 billion haul for 2025

By Anton Shilov published 6 February 26

After recording a $791.7 billion revenue in 2025, the semiconductor industry is on track to hit $1 trillion in sales in 2026.

Infineon allegedly hikes prices of power switches and ICs amid AI boom — knock-on pricing could impact virtually all electronic devices

By Anton Shilov published 6 February 26

Infineon reportedly notifies customers about price hikes effective April 1, 2026

TSMC is on track to have more employees than Intel for the first time in history — TSMC's explosive growth stands in contrast to Intel's rapid contraction

By Anton Shilov published 6 February 26

Premium After years of job cuts, Intel is about to get behind TSMC in terms of the headcount.

Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond

By Anton Shilov published 5 February 26

Premium Western Digital outlines vision for hard drive platforms in 2030 and beyond: 14 platters, new laser technology, capacities of 140TB and beyond.

Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage — as-yet-unnamed tool gives users powerful management capabilities at the price of lock-in

By Anton Shilov published 4 February 26

Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives.

Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase — Power-Optimized HDDs will reduce power by 20 percent

By Anton Shilov published 3 February 26

Western Digital reveals hard disk drives tailored for higher performance and lower power consumption, targeting QLC NAND-based solid-state storage.

Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029

By Anton Shilov published 3 February 26

Western Digital announces HDD roadmap till 2029 at its Innovation Day.

Apple concedes it is constrained by TSMC's supply of advanced chips; storage and memory are also in short supply — firm isn't projecting supply conditions beyond the second quarter

By Anton Shilov published 2 February 26

Premium As Nvidia is ramping up production of the Rubin platform, other 3nm-class process suffer

Intel shows off leading-edge tech with massive AI processor test vehicle — huge chip features four logic tiles, 12 HBM4 stacks, and 8X reticle size

By Anton Shilov published 30 January 26

Intel demonstrates 8X reticle size prototype system-in-package that features four logic tiles, two I/O tiles, and 12 HBM4-class stacks.

Nvidia CEO denies that US wants to shift 40% of Taiwan's chipmaking capacity to America — Jensen Huang says onshoring is all new capacity, will preserve island nation's silicon shield

By Anton Shilov published 29 January 26

Silicon shield will remain with Taiwan.

ASML projects $71 billion in revenue by 2030, as demand for EUV lithography machines intensifies due to AI boom — China sales lag behind while company cashes in on high-end Twinscan systems

By Anton Shilov published 29 January 26

Premium ASML is on track to boost its annual sales to up to $71 billion by 2030 as demand for EUV tools set records.

Samsung's Taylor, Texas fab could herald a breakthrough for the chipmaker, company plans 2026 risk production — new production flows, pellicles for EUV patterning as site targets 50,000 WSPM

By Anton Shilov published 29 January 26

Premium 50,000 wafer starts per month?

Apple and Nvidia considering Intel for 2028 chip production, report claims — non-core products may be outsourced, driven by tariffs and geopolitical concerns

By Anton Shilov published 28 January 26

Apple and Nvidia are reportedly working with Intel to produce some of their products in the U.S., but it is an open question which of their products Intel can actually make.

Micron starts building new 3D NAND fab in Singapore – Fab 10B promises to more than double the company's local flash production capacity

By Anton Shilov published 28 January 26

Micron's Fab 10B, now under construction in Singapore, promises to more than double the company's 3D NAND output from the region when it is fully operational in about 10 years.

Intel's roadmap adds mysterious 'hybrid' AI processor featuring x86 CPUs, dedicated AI accelerator, and programmable IP — chip may capitalize on a market forgotten by Nvidia and AMD

By Anton Shilov published 27 January 26

Premium Intel's AI strategy begins to take shape as the company announces mysterious x86 CPU with AI acceleration and programmable logic.

Intel Q4 earnings reveal rocky path to recovery following weakest full-year revenue since 2010 — Intel Foundry losses continue as 18A begins ramp, but supply challenges set to ease in Q2 2026

By Anton Shilov published 23 January 26

Premium Intel's management stabilized the company in 2025, but after posting rather good results in Q4, the company claims that it will face supply constraints in Q1 2026.

Intel says it has two prospective customers for 14A — expects to hear about commitments in second half of 2026

By Anton Shilov published 23 January 26

Intel claims that customers show interest in the 14A process technology; however, they have yet to make a commitment to use it.

Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Intel shares down 13% as company only manages to shrink losses in latest earnings, demand to outpace 2026 supply — $300 million deficit comes despite more than $20 billion in outside investment from Nvidia and friends

By Anton Shilov published 23 January 26

Premium Financial injections helped Intel in 2025, but what about supply constraints in 2026?

Congress wants veto power over Trump administration for AI chip exports — new proposed AI Overwatch Act would shift ultimate control of high-performance chip exports

By Anton Shilov published 22 January 26

Ban shipments of H200 and MI325X to China, say U.S. lawmakers.

Nvidia GTC Spring 2023 keynote with Jensen Huang

Nvidia CEO expects AI to create more jobs for construction workers, electricians, plumbers, and many others

By Anton Shilov published 22 January 26

But human-AI collaboration will likely lift certain industries to new levels.

Elon Musk's xAI Colossus 2 is nowhere near 1 gigawatt capacity, satellite imagery suggests — despite claims, site only has 350 megawatts of cooling capacity

By Anton Shilov published 21 January 26

Not enough cooling, apparently.

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