Samsung to Build $17 Billion Texas Fab By Anton Shilov 24 November 2021 Samsung chooses Taylor, Texas, for to build its new fab.
TSMC Gets Billions in Pre-Payments for Fab Capacity By Anton Shilov 17 November 2021 Advance payments become common in contract semiconductor business.
Qualcomm Claims the Transition of PCs to Arm Is "Inevitable" By Anton Shilov 16 November 2021 Qualcomm expects its next-generation Snapdragon to become the benchmark for Windows PCs. Initial availability is slated for August 2022, with a full release in 2023.
Apple Reportedly Readies Three 3nm Mac SoCs: Ibiza, Lobos, Palma By Anton Shilov 05 November 2021 Apple's 3rd Generation MaC SoCs expected to offer up to 40 cores.
Intel to Acquire Austin x86 Dev Team from Via Technologies By Anton Shilov 05 November 2021 Via divests part of its x86 business to Intel, but retains patents, cores, some engineers.
Tencent Developing Three SoCs Set to Replace Western Processors By Anton Shilov 03 November 2021 Tencent's homegrown SoCs to accelerate AI, network processing, video transcoding.
Minisforum Unveils EliteMini CR50: An AMD 4700S SFF PC By Anton Shilov 03 November 2021 Minisforum EliteMini CR50 packs AMD's 4700S SoC and runs Windows 10.
Intel Ups Aurora's Performance to 2 ExaFLOPS, Engages in ZettaFLOPS Race By Anton Shilov 28 October 2021 Intel's Ponte Vecchio to power European exascale supercomputer.
OEMs Announce a Slew of Pre-Built, Alder Lake PCs By Aaron Klotz 27 October 2021 Several PC manufacturers are announcing new pre-built PCs packing Intel's new 12th Gen Core CPUs
Satechi's USB-C Hub Has M.2 Slot: Adds Ports, Boosts Capacity By Anton Shilov 26 October 2021 Satechi's USB hub has two USB Type-A ports, an HDMI 2.0 output, and an M.2 slot.
Asus and Micro Center Partner to Offer Build-Your-Own PC Kits By Aaron Klotz 26 October 2021 Asus and Micro Center have partnered up to create barebones build kits that guarantee the inclusion of a graphics card, but at a very high cost.
Apple's M1 Max Benchmarked in Adobe Premiere Pro: A Mixed Bag By Anton Shilov 22 October 2021 Advanced video decoders cannot compensate for slow GPU.
Intel's Q3 2021: PCs Down, Servers Up, The Forecast is Uninspiring By Anton Shilov 22 October 2021 Pat Gelsinger's Intel is poised for long-term growth, but immediate results may disappear .
Apple Hit by Global Shortages as Orders Delay Until December By Anton Shilov 21 October 2021 Current orders for Apple's latest iPhones and iPads will be fulfilled only in November or December.
Building a Gaming PC Is Now Easier With NZXT's New BLD Kits By Aaron Klotz 19 October 2021 NZXT wants you to bypass all the shopping and focus on building!
Alibaba Develops Its Own 5nm 128-Core Arm-Based Server Chip By Anton Shilov 19 October 2021 Alibaba's Server SoC features 128 cores, made using 5 nm fabrication process.
Russia Gets First Batch of Arm-Based Homegrown SoCs: All 66 Kgs of Them By Anton Shilov 15 October 2021 'All-Russian' PCs get closer to reality, but volumes remain low.
TSMC to Build Specialty Fab in Japan to Address Local Demand By Anton Shilov 14 October 2021 Japan is to get its most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in a decade.
Framework Starts Marketplace For Its DIY Laptop By Anton Shilov 13 October 2021 Framework begins to sell customizable parts for its laptops, including third party expansion cards.
TSMC Refuses To Disclose Clients' Data to the U.S. Govt, Taiwan to Back it Up By Anton Shilov 07 October 2021 Taiwan says 'No' to U.S. semiconductor supply chain control.
