Zotac's Zbox Pico PI430AJ Uses Frore's AirJet Solid-State Active Cooling
Zotac has introduced the industry's first compact PC featuring Frore's AirJet solid-state cooling system. Zotac's ultra-compact Zbox Pico PI430AJ is powered by Intel's Core i3 processor is designed primarily...
18 by Anton Shilov on 10/20/2023TSMC Q3 Earnings: 3nm Production Node Accounts for 6% of Revenue
Although Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. formally started production of chips using its N3 (3nm-class) process technology back in late 2022, the company did not recognize any meaningful N3 revenue...
7 by Anton Shilov on 10/19/2023Seagate Unveils Exos X24 24TB and 28 TB: Setting the Stage for HAMR HDDs
Seagate on Wednesday introduced its Exos X24 family of hard drives, it's highest capacity series of drives to date. The new family is comprised of both conventional magnetic recording...
16 by Anton Shilov on 10/19/2023Arm Total Design to Facilitate Development of Custom Datacenter SoCs
Arm this week introduced its Arm Total Design initiative, which is aimed at accelerating development of custom datacenter-oriented system-on-chip (SoC) designs using Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS). The collaborative ecosystem...
1 by Anton Shilov on 10/18/2023Qualcomm Swaps Out Arm for RISC-V for Next-Gen Google Wear OS Devices
As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon...
9 by Anton Shilov on 10/18/2023Canon Prepares Nanoimprint Lithography Tool To Challenge EUV Scanners
Canon has recently revealed its FPA-1200NZ2C, a nanoimprint semiconductor manufacturing tool that can be used to make advanced chips. The device uses nanoimprint lithography (NIL) technology as an alternative...
14 by Anton Shilov on 10/17/2023Intel Announces 14th Gen Core Series For Desktop: Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K
Ahead of tomorrow's full-scale launch, Intel this afternoon is pre-announcing their 14th Generation Core desktop processors. Aptly codenamed Raptor Lake Refresh, these new chips are based on Intel's existing...
30 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/16/2023TSMC: We Want OSATs to Expand Their Advanced Packaging Capability
Almost since the inception of the foundry business model in the late 1980s, TSMC would produce silicon. In contrast, an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) service provider would...
2 by Anton Shilov on 10/16/2023TSMC: Ecosystem for 2nm Chip Development Is Nearing Completion
Speaking to partners last week as part of their annual Open Innovation Platform forum in Europe, a big portion of TSMC's roadshow was dedicated to the next generation of...
20 by Anton Shilov on 10/12/2023Samsung Lines Up First Server Customer For 3nm Fabs
Although Samsung Foundry was the first contract fab to formally start mass production of chips on a 3 nm-class process, so far, the company's latest process has largely been...
5 by Anton Shilov on 10/12/2023HBM4 in Development, Organizers Eyeing Even Wider 2048-Bit Interface
High-bandwidth memory has been around for about a decade, and throughout its its continued development it has steadily increased in speed, starting at a data transfer rate from 1...
11 by Anton Shilov on 10/12/2023TSMC: Importance of Open Innovation Platform Is Growing, Collaboration Needed for Next-Gen Chips
This year TSMC is commemorating 15 years of its Open Innovation Platform, a multi-faceted program that brings together the foundry's suppliers, partners, and customers to help TSMC's customers better...
4 by Anton Shilov on 10/12/2023Intel Launches Arc A580: A $179 Graphics Card for 1080p Gaming
When Intel unveiled its range of Arc A-series desktop graphics cards last year, it introduced four models: the Arc A770, Arc A750, Arc A580, and Arc A380. However, the...
9 by Anton Shilov on 10/10/2023Intel to Spin-off Programmable Solutions Group as Standalone Business, Eyeing IPO in 2-3 Years
Intel this afternoon has announced that the company will be spinning off its programmable solutions group (PSG), to operate as a standalone business. The business unit, responsible for developing...
14 by Ryan Smith on 10/3/2023Seagate Releases Game Drive PCIe 4.0 SSDs for PlayStation 5
Western Digital's WD_Black SN850P was the first officially PlayStation 5-licensed SSD to hit the market. Seagate wants a piece of that and has hopped on the PlayStation 5 train...
4 by Zhiye Liu on 10/3/2023Tenstorrent to Use Samsung’s SF4X for Quasar Low-Cost AI Chiplet
Tenstorrent this week announced that it had chosen to use Samsung's SF4X (4 nm-class) process technology for its upcoming low-cost, low-power codenamed Quasar chiplet for machine learning workloads. The...
13 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2023Asus Formally Completes Acquisition of Intel's NUC Business
ASUS has formally acquired Intel's Next Unit of Computing (NUC) products based on Intel's 10th to 13th Generation Core processors. Asus is set to continue building and supporting Intel's...
9 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2023Micron to Ship HBM3E Memory to NVIDIA in Early 2024
Micron has reaffirmed plans to start shipments of its HBM3E memory in high volume in early 2024, while also revealing that NVIDIA is one of its primary customers for...
7 by Anton Shilov on 9/28/2023Micron Samples 128 GB Modules Based on 32 Gb DDR5 ICs
Micron is sampling 128 GB DDR5 memory modules, the company said at its earnings call this week. The modules are based on the company's latest single die, non-stacked 32...
9 by Anton Shilov on 9/28/2023Intel Meteor Lake SoC is NOT Coming to Desktops: Well, Not Technically
Over the last couple of days, numerous reports have revealed that Intel's recently announced Meteor Lake SoC, primarily a mobile platform, would be coming to desktop PCs. Intel has...
18 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/28/2023