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As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe

Interview Exec Chris Bergey tells us what the chip designer is doing to stay competitive

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5

India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip

Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4

China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors

Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 3

US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China

Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5

China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions

AI innovation and geopolitical tensions push Middle Kingdom filings up 42%

Systems21 Oct 2024 | 2

ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays

Analysis Samsung halts fab orders, deliveries slow, China restrictions continue – but company expects Beijing sales bounce

Systems21 Oct 2024 | 5

Chinese chipmaker Loongson now just three to five years off the pace on the desktop

Claims forthcoming chip catches up to Alder Lake and Xen 2

Systems21 Oct 2024 | 31

Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds

Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg

Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5

TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips

Biggest semi contract manufacturer – and Nvidia supplier – building out capacity in US and Europe

Systems17 Oct 2024 | 3

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws

Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain't so

Systems16 Oct 2024 | 30

Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire

The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition

Systems16 Oct 2024 | 38

Uncle Sam reportedly considers capping AI chip shipments to Middle East

Meanwhile, ASML shares plunge as China export curbs hit forecast

Public Sector16 Oct 2024 | 5

Intel, AMD team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul

Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list

Systems15 Oct 2024 | 23

AMD downplays risk of growing blast radius, licensing fees from manycore chips

House of Zen says it's done the analysis, and concerns are a 'little bit' unfounded

Systems15 Oct 2024 | 16

Samsung's HBM3E has been a disaster, but there's a path back

Comment 274% profit increase belies missed deadlines, botched launches, and scrambling leadership

Systems15 Oct 2024 | 1

Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment

Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway?

Systems15 Oct 2024 | 20

AI's thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright

So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels

Systems14 Oct 2024 | 23

AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut

Just not on the same chip, of course

Systems10 Oct 2024 | 18

AMD targets Nvidia H200 with 256GB MI325X AI chips, zippier MI355X due in H2 2025

Less VRAM than promised, but still gobs more than Hopper

Systems10 Oct 2024 | 5

Arrow Lake splashdown: Intel pins hopes on replacement for Raptors

New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?

Systems10 Oct 2024 | 12

US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse

Fabless chip shop alleged to be hiring 'litigation hit men' to kneecap rival

Legal09 Oct 2024 | 5

Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds

IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict

Systems09 Oct 2024 | 8

Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design

Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center

Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2

MediaTek enters the 4th Dimensity with 3nm octa-core 9400 smartphone brains

Still sticking with Arm and not taking RISC-Vs

Systems09 Oct 2024 | 3

TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators

Startup also set to launch an inference service in Q4

Systems08 Oct 2024 |

Samsung apologizes for bad financial performance

Profit doesn't pop despite AI-inspired memory boom, leading to executive mea culpa

Systems08 Oct 2024 | 8

Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3

Struggling chipmaker scores another win

Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2

Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors

But not hard to believe of business units with over $2 billion in operating losses in 2023

Systems07 Oct 2024 |

Quantum computing dreamers face stock market reality check

D-Wave and Rigetti dip below $1 as AI steals the spotlight

Systems07 Oct 2024 | 12

You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs

Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle

Systems07 Oct 2024 | 43

Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on

Chip boom continues as demand surges, but challenges remain

Systems07 Oct 2024 | 1

TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside

Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing

Systems04 Oct 2024 | 7

Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids

California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger

Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5

Gadget designers get chunky option as USB 20 Gbps controller arrives

Set to bring mighty performance in a small BGA package

Systems02 Oct 2024 | 6

Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it

Comment Chipzilla's AIB market share a rounding error compared to Nvidia, AMD

Systems02 Oct 2024 | 69

TSMC preps facilities as Taiwan braces for powerful Super Typhoon Krathon

Plants in Tainan and Kaohsiung face heavy rainfall

Systems01 Oct 2024 | 3

UK Ministry of Defence gets into chipmaking game, buys gallium arsenide fab

State-owned semiconductor production: What is it planning to make there? It's classified

Systems30 Sep 2024 | 23

India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense

PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone'

Systems30 Sep 2024 | 1

Bending the rules with flexible non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V chip

It won't smash any benchmarks, but it will go where most others can't

Systems29 Sep 2024 | 27

Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel

Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology?

Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21

Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027

Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 5

Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover

33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told

Patches26 Sep 2024 | 18

Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe

Comment Alleged inquiry comes amid claims server maker cooked its books

Systems26 Sep 2024 |

Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe's 'biggest AI datacenter' in UK

Construction slated to begin next year at site of failed BritishVolt plant

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 17

Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors

Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 25

Memory-maker Micron predicts new wave of server consolidation

AI boosted revenue last year, demand for more RAM in devices to help in 2025

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 1

India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech

And hints at revised rules to come later this year

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 7

Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters

With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes

Systems25 Sep 2024 | 26

US may exempt latest chip fabs from eco red-tape, but power is still a trip

Comment AC/DC: America's grid might need to brace itself

Systems25 Sep 2024 | 37

With Granite Rapids, Intel is back to trading blows with AMD

And they didn't even need a bunch of skimpy E-cores to do it

Systems24 Sep 2024 | 21

Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor

Minnow of among government funded whales to double production capacity

Systems24 Sep 2024 | 1

TSMC, Samsung reportedly eye UAE's silicon fields for fab expansion

There’s no shortage of sand, but chip plants are thirsty for something even more precious: Water

Systems23 Sep 2024 | 6

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RISC-V reaches milestone with RVA23 profile ratification

41-million-digit prime crunched by datacenter GPUs

Rackspace is back with a seat on the OpenInfra Foundation board

Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses

Fujitsu delivers GPU optimization tech it touts as a server-saver

TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei

It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat

As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe

India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip

China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors

US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China

China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions

ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays

Chinese chipmaker Loongson now just three to five years off the pace on the desktop

Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds

TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws

Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire

Uncle Sam reportedly considers capping AI chip shipments to Middle East

Intel, AMD team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul

AMD downplays risk of growing blast radius, licensing fees from manycore chips

Samsung's HBM3E has been a disaster, but there's a path back

Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment

AI's thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright

AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut

AMD targets Nvidia H200 with 256GB MI325X AI chips, zippier MI355X due in H2 2025

Arrow Lake splashdown: Intel pins hopes on replacement for Raptors

US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse

Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds

Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design

MediaTek enters the 4th Dimensity with 3nm octa-core 9400 smartphone brains

TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators

Samsung apologizes for bad financial performance

Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3

Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors

Quantum computing dreamers face stock market reality check

You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs

Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on

TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside

Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids

Gadget designers get chunky option as USB 20 Gbps controller arrives

Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it

TSMC preps facilities as Taiwan braces for powerful Super Typhoon Krathon

UK Ministry of Defence gets into chipmaking game, buys gallium arsenide fab

India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense

Bending the rules with flexible non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V chip

Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel

Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027

Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover

Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe

Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe's 'biggest AI datacenter' in UK

Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors

Memory-maker Micron predicts new wave of server consolidation

India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech

Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters

US may exempt latest chip fabs from eco red-tape, but power is still a trip

With Granite Rapids, Intel is back to trading blows with AMD

Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor

TSMC, Samsung reportedly eye UAE's silicon fields for fab expansion

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