Tag: Processors

Nvidia reveals Vera, a new CPU with ‘custom’ cores which could be very exciting for its upcoming premium PC processor

Nvidia reveals Vera, a…

Nvidia’s GTC keynote helmed by none other than its great leader Jensen Huang was filled with all kinds of…
New super-thin ‘2D’ metal sheets could enable ultra-low power chips and can you guess how they’re made? Yup, by squishing stuff really hard

New super-thin ‘2D’ metal…

According to a report in Nature(via Interesting Engineering), researchers from the Chinese Academy of Physics can create super-thin sheets,…
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…
Both Intel and AMD have warned Chinese customers of delays on server CPU shipments, report says, as AI demand begins to eat into the processor market

Both Intel and AMD…

Both Intel and AMD have notified Chinese customers of supply shortages affecting their respective server CPUs, according to a…
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…