Tag: Processors

World’s smallest microcontroller looks like I could easily accidentally inhale it but packs a genuine 32-bit Arm CPU

World’s smallest microcontroller looks…

If you thought the Raspberry Pi’s chip was dinky, well, get a load of the nattily named Texas Instruments…
Finally some good vibes from Intel as stock jumps 15% on new CEO hire and Arizona fab celebrates ‘Eagle has landed’ moment for its 18A node

Finally some good vibes…

Intel’s numerous woes in the last, well, decade or so are thoroughly documented. So, it’s nice to be able…
Fresh leak suggests Intel’s on-again-off-again Arrow Lake CPU refresh is back on the menu (boys)

Fresh leak suggests Intel’s…

Speculation on whether or not Intel is planning to release a refreshed design of its Arrow Lake chips has…
Return of the gigahertz wars: New Chinese transistor uses bismuth instead of silicon to potentially sock it to Intel and TSMC with 40% more speed

Return of the gigahertz…

Silicon has dominated the chip industry as its foundational material since, well, forever. But now researchers at Peking University…
So, wait, now TSMC is supposedly pitching a joint venture with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom to run Intel’s ailing chip fabs?

So, wait, now TSMC…

In the on-again, off-again saga of TSMC’s supposed designs on Intel’s chip factories, there’s a new twist. Reuters reports…
This Amazon-bought fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is actually a 14-year-old Bulldozer chip with a cheap sticker on it

This Amazon-bought fake AMD…

YouTube channel Hardware Busters claims it purchased what looked like an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU from Amazon for…
Intel is still using TSMC for 30% of its wafer demands: ‘We were talking about trying to get that to zero as quickly as possible

Intel is still using…

Intel’s foundry business never seems far from the headlines these days, not least because various ex-executives continue to publicly…
Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chip rumoured to pack 18 cores and a new CPU architecture, but we’re still waiting for gaming to really be a goer on the original Snapdragon X

Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chip…

Back when Qualcomm first announced the Snapdragon X Arm-based chip for PC, it made big claims about gaming prowess,…
Broadcom and Nvidia are claimed to be testing manufacturing on Intel’s 18A process node, and even AMD is reportedly interested

Broadcom and Nvidia are…

While Intel has been experiencing rough times of late, there might be some good news on the horizon for…
Nvidia’s long-awaited Arm-based chip for PCs reportedly spotted running Geekbench very badly

Nvidia’s long-awaited Arm-based chip…

Back in November we reported that Nvidia was planning to put an ARM CPU for the PC into production…