Supermassive Black Hole Consumed 100 Million CPU Hours By Francisco Pires published 13 May 22 The equivalent to 11,415 years of compute.
AMD, Google Partner in Unprecedented, EPYC Cybersecurity Effort By Francisco Pires published 11 May 22 Teams of Google and AMD engineers partnered in a veritable hunt for cybersecurity issues on the AMD Security Processor (ASP) implemented on AMD's EPYC Milan CPUs.
IBM Updates Quantum Roadmap for Scalabity, Modularity, K-level Qubit Counts By Francisco Pires published 10 May 22 IBM today announced a revamp of its quantum computing roadmap. The revised IBM future for quantum looks bright, with new QPUs and scaling technologies.
Intel Arc GPU Launch Delayed by Software Issues and COVID-19 By Francisco Pires published 10 May 22 Intel has announced via a blog post that its Intel Arc GPUs will launch in a staggered manner towards market availability. China and OEMs first - the rest of the world is saved for later.
Biden Administration Doubles Down on Quantum Computing Strategy By Francisco Pires published 5 May 22 The Biden Administration on Wednesday released two directives that expand on the countries' understanding and adoption of quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography.
Nvidia Poaches Intel Alder Lake Architect to Strengthen Arm CPU Push By Francisco Pires published 29 April 22 Nvidia recently hired Intel's Alder Lake architect to lead its own Arm CPU development division, strengthening its position while weakening Intel's own.
Superconducting Breakthrough May Change the Chip Industry Dramatically By Francisco Pires published 29 April 22 A team of researchers with the Delft university of Technology have achieved a superconductor breakthrough that may usher us into the Terahertz-era of computing.
Russia Legalizes Shady Imports of AMD, Intel and Apple Goods to Dodge Sanctions By Francisco Pires published 26 April 22 Following the tremendous weight of international sanctions on technology imports, Russia takes steps to legalize gray markets, opening up access to tech companies' products without their consent.
Upcoming Intel Arc A770 Desktop GPU Tested With Unreleased Drivers By Francisco Pires published 26 April 22 Intel's upcoming Arc A770 discrete GPU has been benchmarked on Puget Bench's DaVinci Resolve routine on legacy hardware - with drivers still unavailable to the public.
Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2022: Game Changers By Avram Piltch published 25 April 22 We celebrate the most groundbreaking gear of the last year, highlighting everything from high-tech webcams to handheld PCs.
EKWB to Cut Workforce by 25% as Watercooling Sales Plummet By Francisco Pires published 22 April 22 Aftermarket watercooling solutions specialist EKWB has announced a 25% reduction of its workforce following a 20% decline in its 1Q2022 revenues.
Heavily Sanctioned Huawei Ironically Cuts Tech to Russia in Wake of Sanctions By Francisco Pires published 22 April 22 Chinese tech giant Huawei, itself heavily hamstrung by U.S. sanctions, has cut Russia from its technological deliveries.
Tape Storage Shipments Increase 40% in 2021 By Francisco Pires published 21 April 22 Developments in tape storage technology and increasing attention to good backup philosophies explain the market's explosion.
U.S. Cracks Down on Russian Crypto Miners By Francisco Pires published 21 April 22 Adding cryptocurrency-focused companies to the sanctions list.
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.
China Chip Output Declines in Wake of COVID-19 Lockdowns By Francisco Pires published 18 April 22 A COVID-19-related full lockdown in Shangai led to the second-highest IC manufacturing decline for China's chip industry.
Intel's Blockscale ASIC Proves Blockchain Tech Has Become Too Big to Fail By Francisco Pires published 18 April 22 Intel's announcmeent of its Blockscale ASICS for cryptocurrency mining promise sustainable, power-efficient circuits for the blockchain market, with no impact on semiconductor availability.
Intel Arc Initially Launches as South Korea Exclusive, Arc 350M Benchmarked By Francisco Pires published 8 April 22 Is Intel doing a regional launch on purpose... or out of necessity?
Japanese Data Center Starts Eel Farming Side Hustle By Francisco Pires published 7 April 22 Where there's an eel, there's a way.
Up to 18 Month Delay for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment By Francisco Pires published 7 April 22 Delays may filter down to consumer hardware
