2025-07-09
So GlobalFoundries is acquiring MIPS, eh? I can't say I saw that one coming. On the surface it looks like an odd marriage: an outdated fab and one of so very many RISC-V vendors. But I'm interested to see what GloFo can do with the IP. There is potential. https://gf.com/...
Tom's Hardware
GlobalFoundries agrees to acquire MIPS, a developer of RISC-V-based solutions and IP, without disclosing financial terms of the deal, set to close in H2 2025
Huge validation of the work that the team have been doing. Look out for a Research Note from Stephen Sopko on the implications. — Want more? Check out our recently published Re...
2024-12-02
Well, “stunned” would be an understatement. Whatever the reason behind the scenes, Pat's retirement and cutting all ties with the company at this specific time is a bad omen for Intel. Gelsinger needed to be there to see through 18A until it ships. https://www.intel.com/...
TechCrunch
Intel says CEO Pat Gelsinger retired and left its board on December 1, and names CFO David Zinsner and Client Computing Group GM Michelle Holthaus as co-CEOs
Intel has announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, effective December 1, and stepped down from the company's board of directors.
2024-10-11
“BTW: Instinct MI300A with Zen CCDs will not have a successor.” I'm not surprised. Still, that's unfortunate. I would have liked to see what AMD could have done. Over a decade after HSA/Fusion fizzled out, and most products still don't offer better CPU/GPU interoperability.
CNBC
AMD launches its Instinct MI325X GPU to compete with Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell chips and says production will start in 2024, but doesn't disclose its pricing
AMD launched a new artificial-intelligence chip on Thursday that is taking direct aim at Nvidia's data center graphics processors, known as GPUs.
2024-08-31
There simply isn't enough space on Twitter to say what needs to be said. I've written for AnandTech for nearly two decades, and I've enjoyed every second of it. Sadly, we've reached the end of the road. But I thank all of our readers over the years; you've made it worth it
AnandTech
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely
Ryan Smith, with some very sad news: — It is with great sadness … Shawn Knight / TechSpot : AnandTech ends its 27-year run in online tech publishing John Callaham / Neowin : The ...
2024-08-30
There simply isn't enough space on Twitter to say what needs to be said. I've written for AnandTech for nearly two decades, and I've enjoyed every second of it. Sadly, we've reached the end of the road. But I thank all of our readers over the years; you've made it worth it
AnandTech
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely
It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I've ever needed to write here at AnandTech.
2024-08-14
I'm working on a bit of a mystery this morning, following the launch of the Ryzen 9 9950X. The core-to-core latencies are nearly 2.5x (100ns) higher than they were on 7950X. These are very high latencies for on-chip comms. And it's not obvious why it's any higher than 7950X. [image]
AnandTech
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but the gaming issues need to be fixed
Earlier this month, AMD launched the first two desktop CPUs using their latest Zen 5 microarchitecture: the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X.
2024-08-10
For client stuff there's still IFA coming up in a few weeks. And that should tide over a lot of people. But there's a lot more to Intel than client CPUs that, at least for now, won't get its story told
PCMag
Intel delays its Innovation event, slated for September and expected to include details about new CPUs, until 2025, citing its financial results and H2 outlook
Michael Kan / PCMag :
After last week, I figured this was a possibility, but I didn't think it to be likely this close to the show. Whether it's IDF or Innovation, Intel's annual show has always be a good source of detailed information on their chips and R&D projects. So it's a shame to see it go
PCMag
Intel delays its Innovation event, slated for September and expected to include details about new CPUs, until 2025, citing its financial results and H2 outlook
Michael Kan / PCMag :
2024-08-02
There really isn't any sugarcoating of this news. Intel has not been able to grow its revenues like it expected; the company is now spending more than ever on a shrinking budget. Intel has no choice but to accelerate its slim-down, and go all-in on Intel Foundry and IDM 2.0
VentureBeat
Intel plans to cut 15%+ of its workforce, the majority by the end of 2024, as part of a $10B cost reduction plan and to suspend its dividend starting in Q4 2024
Intel announced that it will lay off 15% of its workforce as part of a broad cost-reduction program.
Keep in mind this is still a company that had $12.8B in sales for the most recent quarter. But a 35% gross margin won't cut it. Not when it famously used to be 60%. and not even against more realistic goals for the coming decade. Intel has to get more efficient.
VentureBeat
Intel plans to cut 15%+ of its workforce, the majority by the end of 2024, as part of a $10B cost reduction plan and to suspend its dividend starting in Q4 2024
Intel announced that it will lay off 15% of its workforce as part of a broad cost-reduction program.
2024-07-29
And so the Zen 5 era begins. I expect this will get lost in the noise of the launch, but I find AMD's decision to do a mobile-first launch remarkable. This is a first for the company. It goes to show how they're catching up to market trends, and improving on their mobile chips
AnandTech
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 SoC review: the Zen 5 CPU architecture, RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture, and XDNA 2 NPU make this AMD's most compelling laptop chip to date
Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech :
2024-07-23
Speaking off the cuff here, this matter has been causing a lot of trepidation internally. Chip instability issues are a colossal pain for reviewers, especially when they're non-deterministic. So I am going to be massively relieved when this is over
Tom's Hardware
Intel says “elevated operating voltage” is causing “instability issues” in some Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, and plans to release a fix in August
Patch is on the way. — Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs.
2024-06-14
@reikaNVMe ... Precisely. Plus this chip is kind of late. Even Apple, who has been building CPU cores like clockwork for years, only just finally launched their first Arm v9 CPU last month (and it's still not in a Mac). These sorts of things take a while
AnandTech
A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture including Oryon, Qualcomm's custom-built Arm CPU cores, as first laptops with the SoC ship next week
Ryan Smith / AnandTech :
I understand that a handful of people here on the Internet like reading about new CPU and GPU architectures. So if you'd like to find out all about Qualcomm's Oryon CPU architecture and Adreno X1 GPU architecture, here's something you'll really enjoy
AnandTech
A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture including Oryon, Qualcomm's custom-built Arm CPU cores, as first laptops with the SoC ship next week
Ryan Smith / AnandTech :
2024-04-25
Notably here, this does mean that TSMC's backside power delivery plans have been pushed back by a node. BSPDN was previously announced for N2P in 2026; now it will launch on A16 in the second half of 2026. In exchange, TSMC is going for the densest/most complex version of BSPDN
Nikkei Asia
TSMC unveils A16, chip manufacturing tech featuring nanosheet transistors with “backside power rails” meant for producing its ultra-advanced 1.6nm chips by 2026
Taiwan chip titan aims to secure leading position and capture AI demand — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co …
2023-10-31
I'm still digging through Apple's spec pages. But it looks like the Pro SoCs have regressed in memory bandwidth. M2 Pro was rated for 200GB/sec. M3 Pro is rated for 150GB/sec. This strongly implies the memory bus has been cut down from 256-bits wide to 192-bits wide
9to5Mac
Apple announces the 3nm M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max with a dynamic caching GPU, 20% faster performance cores over the M2, and 50% faster efficiency cores over the M1
Apple has unveiled its next generation of M series chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. These new chips are 3nm, like the A17 Pro.
Even with transistor counts always increasing, I continue to be amused by how casually these very large numbers are thrown around. There are *just* 92 billion transistors in the M3 Max. That's 37% (25B) more than the M2 Max. Apple is putting that TSMC N3B density to good use.
9to5Mac
Apple announces the 3nm M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max with a dynamic caching GPU, 20% faster performance cores over the M2, and 50% faster efficiency cores over the M1
Apple has unveiled its next generation of M series chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. These new chips are 3nm, like the A17 Pro.
There are only 80B transistors in NVIDIA's GH100 GPU, which is my usual reference point for large, expensive chips. M3 Max is ridiculously swole (as the kids would say) for a laptop chip
9to5Mac
Apple announces the 3nm M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max with a dynamic caching GPU, 20% faster performance cores over the M2, and 50% faster efficiency cores over the M1
Apple has unveiled its next generation of M series chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. These new chips are 3nm, like the A17 Pro.
Qualcomm's handpicked benchmarks are not by any means comprehensive. But the early performance data is enough to get Qualcomm a seat at the table. Just keep in mind that a lot can change between now and mid-2024, both for Qualcomm and its competitors
AnandTech
Qualcomm privately previews the Snapdragon X Elite, slated for mid-2024, which in some cases seems to outperform some Intel, AMD, and Apple chips in benchmarks
2023-06-14
While the chiplet-based design of the MI300 always left the door open to further CPU/GPU mix & matching, I wasn't sure if AMD was going to do it. But sure enough, they are, with a GPU-only MI300X. The 8 HBM stacks is going to be a big boon for the LLM/GenAI market they're after https://twitter.com/...
AnandTech
AMD previews its Instinct MI300 accelerator family, including the MI300X, a high-performance GPU with 192GB of HBM3 memory aimed squarely at the LLM market
Ryan Smith / AnandTech :