Intel Announces Expansion to AI PC Dev Program, Aims to Reach More Software & Hardware Devs
Today, Intel announced that it is looking to progress its AI PC Acceleration program further by offering various new toolkits and devkits designed for software and hardware AI developers...
8 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/26/2024Report: China to Pivot from AMD & Intel CPUs To Domestic Chips in Government PCs
China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and...
12 by Anton Shilov on 3/26/2024Construction of $106B SK hynix Mega Fab Site Moving Along, But At Slower Pace
When a major industry slowdown occurs, big companies tend to slowdown their mid-term and long-term capacity related investments. This is exactly what happened to SK hynix's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster...
8 by Anton Shilov on 3/23/2024Micron Samples 256 GB DDR5-8800 MCR DIMMs: Massive Modules for Massive Servers
Micron this week announced that it had begun sampling of its 256 GB multiplexer combined (MCR) DIMMs, the company's highest-capacity memory modules to date. These brand-new DDR5-based MCRDIMMs are...
4 by Anton Shilov on 3/22/2024Micron Sells Out Entire HBM3E Supply for 2024, Most of 2025
Being the first company to ship HBM3E memory has its perks for Micron, as the company has revealed that is has managed to sell out the entire supply of...
27 by Anton Shilov on 3/22/2024NVIDIA's GPU IP Drives into MediaTek's Dimension Auto SoCs
MediaTek this week has introduced a new lineup of Dimensity Auto Cockpit system-on-chips, covering the entire market spectrum from entry-level to premium. And while automotive chip announcements are admittedly...
5 by Anton Shilov on 3/21/2024AMD Announces FSR 3.1: Seriously Improved Upscaling Quality
AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 technology package introduced a plethora of enhancements to the FSR technology on Radeon RX 6000 and 7000-series graphics cards last September. But perfection has...
21 by Anton Shilov on 3/21/2024Ultra Ethernet Consortium Grows to 55 Members, Reveals Some Details on Upcoming HPC Backbone Tech
The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) has announced this week that the next-generation interconnection consortium has grown to 55 members. And as the group works towards developing the initial version...
8 by Anton Shilov on 3/21/2024Qualcomm Intros Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3: Pushing GenAI Into Premium Smartphones
Proving the adage “ask, and you shall receive”, Qualcomm is back this week for a second Snapdragon SoC announcement for mobile phones. This time, the company is announcing the...
9 by Ryan Smith on 3/21/2024Intel to Receive $8.5B in CHIPS Act Funding & Further Loans To Build US Fabs
Intel and the United States Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that they had inked a preliminary agreement under which Intel will receive $8.5 billion in direct funding under...
20 by Anton Shilov on 3/20/2024SK hynix Platinum P51 Gen5 SSD with 238L NAND Spotted at GTC
SK hynix is set to unveil their first Gen5 consumer NVMe SSD lineup shortly, based on the products at display in their GTC 2024 booth. The Platinum P51 M.2...
8 by Ganesh T S on 3/19/2024Noctua Launches 145mm Tall Chromax.black NH-D12L CPU Cooler
Today, Noctua announced the launch of its NH-D12L chromax.black CPU cooler, an all-black version of the existing NH-D12L. The cooler sports not only a coat of mattte black paint...
4 by Matthew Connatser on 3/19/2024SK Hynix Starts Mass Production of HBM3E: 9.2 GT/s
SK Hynix said that it had started volume production of its HBM3E memory and would supply it to a customer in late March. The South Korean company is the...
3 by Anton Shilov on 3/19/2024NVIDIA's 'cuLitho' Computational Lithography Adopted By TSMC and Synopsys For Production Use
Last year, NVIDIA introduced its cuLitho software library, which promises to speed up photomask development by up to 40 times. Today, NVIDIA announced a partnership with TSMC and Synopsys...
21 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2024StarTech Unveils 15-in-1 Thunderbolt 4/USB4 Dock with Quad Display Support
StarTech.com has introduced its latest Thunderbolt 4/USB4 docking station, which has a plethora of ports and supports four display outputs. This makes it suitable for 4Kp60 quad-monitor setups often...
31 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2024Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8s Gen 3: A Cheaper Chip For Premium Phones
With the launch of their flagship Snapdragon 8 SoC firmly behind them now, Qualcomm this morning is turning their collective head towards the premium market with the launch of...
8 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2024BIOSTAR Debuts Barebones A620MS mATX Motherboard For Ryzen 7000 Processors
BIOSTAR has launched its AM5-based A620MS motherboard today, bringing a new low-end option for PC users on a budget. Though BIOSTAR has not disclosed what MSRP it the A620MS...
10 by Matthew Connatser on 3/15/2024First DNA Data Storage Specification Released: First Step Towards Commercialization
The DNA Data Storage Alliance introduced its inaugural specifications for DNA-based data storage this week. This specification outlines a method for encoding essential information within a DNA data archive...
13 by Anton Shilov on 3/15/2024Asus Launches Low-Profile GeForce RTX 3050 6GB: A Tiny Graphics Card for All PCs
Asus this week has become the latest PC video card manufacturer to announce a sub-75W video card based on NVIDIA's recently-released low-power GeForce RTX 3050 6GB design. And going...
7 by Anton Shilov on 3/15/2024Asus Adds Support for 64GB Memory Modules to Intel 600/700 Motherboards
Asus on Thursday said it has released new versions of UEFI BIOS for DDR5-supporting Intel 600/700-series motherboards that enable support for 64 GB DIMMs. As a result, Asus's latest...
4 by Anton Shilov on 3/14/2024