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
Microprocessor
Intel to deliver fix for Raptor Lake CPUs made 'unstable' by voltage snafu
Put those pesky crashes in the past with a fun microcode upgrade!
Personal Tech23 Jul 2024 | 32
The chip that changed my world – and yours
Opinion Zed 80 is dead baby, Zed 80 is dead.... vulture claws over the astounding tech
Systems29 Apr 2024 | 94
The eight-bit Z80 is dead. Long live the 16-bit Z80!
Feature Yes, they are harder to solder, but there's way more potential
Personal Tech26 Apr 2024 | 41
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU
The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers
Systems22 Apr 2024 | 85
Some Intel Core chips keep crashing, game devs complain
Oodles of problems with data decompression and suchlike, depending on system settings
Personal Tech23 Feb 2024 | 25
NARROWER TOPICS
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020'
Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised
On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 35
Arm announces Cortex-X4 among latest CPU and GPU designs
Coming to silicon near you ... next year
Personal Tech29 May 2023 | 3
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support
Hypothetical x86S architecture would boot straight into 64-bit mode
Systems25 May 2023 | 105
Taiwan bans exports of chips faster than 25MHz to Russia, Belarus
Doom it is, then, Putin
Systems06 Jun 2022 | 131
Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China
Chinese joint venture's ousted CEO tries to hang on - who will get control?
Legal20 May 2022 | 14
Will this be one of the world's first RISC-V laptops?
Pic A sneak peek at a notebook that could be revealed this year
Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 55
The ‘substantial contributions’ Intel has promised to boost RISC-V adoption
Analysis With the benefit of maybe revitalizing the x86 giant’s foundry business
Systems17 May 2022 | 14
TSMC, Samsung plan price hikes for chip designers – reports
Nvidia, AMD, Apple et al may be forced to pass cost on to customers
Systems13 May 2022 | 5
Arm says microcontroller price hikes helped fuel sales
As well as chip design licensing, 5G smartphones, cars ... who needs Nvi-whatchamacallit?
Systems13 May 2022 | 7
Intel puts ‘desktop-caliber’ CPUs in laptops with 12th-gen Core HX
Intel Vision And puts the usual claims of world-beating performance in its marketing
Personal Tech10 May 2022 | 7
RISC-V CEO seeks 'world domination' by winning over the likes of Intel
Interview We speak to the head of ISA's governing body on industry adoption, timelines, and more
Systems07 May 2022 | 40
Qualcomm ‘on track’ for Apple M-level Nuvia chips in late 2023
Too bad everyone else is pretty much on track with their processors
Personal Tech02 May 2022 | 7
Intel says costly 10nm ramp will counter PC slowdown
Analysis China lockdowns, Apple's homegrown silicon, and more give x86 giant a headache – with an aspirin in reach
Systems29 Apr 2022 | 8
d-Matrix gets $44m in quest for efficient AI server chiplets
d-ream team or a d-isaster? Let's see what Microsoft's money can do
AI + ML26 Apr 2022 |
Take this $15m and make us some ultra-energy-efficient superconductor chips, scientists told
A fair price to get everyone to stop talking about Moore's Law for good
Science22 Apr 2022 | 21
Samsung, others test drive Esperanto's 1,000-core RISC-V AI chip
Now you're talking our language
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 19
AMD: Our Epyc CPUs helped Mercedes win F1 Constructors' Championship
Case study in why price-performance matters in server chips
Systems20 Apr 2022 | 12
TSMC’s chip empire keeps growing, despite ongoing shortages
Demand remains high for CPUs, GPUs and automotive chips, says TSMC CEO
Systems14 Apr 2022 | 1
Raspberry Pi goes back to the future with the CM4S
SODIMM fans rejoice – the familiar form factor returns with a speedier CPU
Personal Tech13 Apr 2022 | 10
Intel R&D campus key to comeback plan gets $3b boost
Chip giant also reveals next-gen 18A process months ahead of schedule
Systems11 Apr 2022 | 1
Russia cobbles together supercomputing platform to wean off foreign suppliers
New RSK Tornado system will help Russia port HPC apps to homegrown CPUs
HPC11 Apr 2022 | 24
AMD Threadripper CPU supply severely low, PC makers say
Special report Some fear they'll lose workstation sales to Lenovo, AMD's exclusive launch partner for the T Pro 5000
Systems08 Apr 2022 | 15
Intel counters AMD’s big-cache PC chip with 5.5GHz 16-core rival
CPU clock versus cache
Personal Tech28 Mar 2022 | 55
Nvidia reveals 144-core Arm-based Grace 'CPU Superchip'
GTC Yeah, right, who needs a takeover?
Systems22 Mar 2022 | 19
Epyc move: Micron shifts high-demand chip design apps to AMD
Memory and storage maker skips over Intel this time
Systems21 Mar 2022 | 3
AMD: Our latest, pricier mega-cache Epyc processors leapfrog Intel’s
Refreshed third-gen 'Milan-X' sports 3D vertical L3 memory
Systems21 Mar 2022 | 24
Google uses deep learning to design faster, smaller AI chips
Silicon engineers, you are now in the PRIME of your life
AI + ML18 Mar 2022 | 13
Intel details $100m plan to boost US chip-making skills
Bold moves to create a 'semi' literate pool of factory workers
On-Prem17 Mar 2022 |
SiFive bags $175m to further challenge Arm with RISC-V
CEO tells The Reg his engineers still have sights on phones to servers
Systems16 Mar 2022 | 23
RISC-V's SiFive sells connectivity IP to Alphawave
We want to concentrate on legging it after Arm, says biz
Systems14 Mar 2022 | 1
Car makers lock in long-term deals with chip giants for future autonomous vehicles
Not going to get stuck in first gear again with supply-chain crises
AI + ML06 Jan 2022 | 17
AMD claims up to 24 hours of laptop battery life with its latest Ryzen 6000 silicon
Lisa Su tells CES her biz has cracked the daily power cord issue
Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 17
Online retailers delaying sales of Raspberry Pi 4 model until 2023, thanks to a few good chips getting scarce
Santa leaving coal in enthusiasts' stockings
Personal Tech20 Dec 2021 | 48
SiFive's latest top-end RISC-V CPU core supports proper virtualization in hardware
Hypervisor extension implemented in P650 processor engine that's stalking Arm's Cortex family
Virtualization02 Dec 2021 | 10
A carbon-nanotube RISC-V CPU blinks into life. Boffins hold their breath awaiting first sign of life... 'Hello world!'
MIT, Analog get into some RISC-y business
Science29 Aug 2019 | 27
Boffins fabricate the 'most complex' bendy microprocessor yet
Molybdenum disulfide could be potential alternative to silicon in sensors, clothes, etc
Edge + IoT13 Apr 2017 | 18
12,000 chopped: Intel finds its inner paranoid
The ghost of Grove that drove CEO Krzanich
Channel21 Apr 2016 | 35
Intel launches skinny nippy Core M – its new BRAIN for fondleslabs
IFA 2014 More than 20 products in the works, with first to touch down by Xmas
Personal Tech05 Sep 2014 | 8
Intel Labs demos crazy-efficient, crazy-fast 'network on chip'
ISSCC No, not that kind of network; we said network on chip – for the many-cored future
Personal Tech09 Feb 2014 | 10
OHM MY GOD! Move over graphene, here comes '100% PERFECT' stanene
Resistance-free conductivity at room temperatures and above
Science04 Dec 2013 | 115
Boffins create bulk-process on-silicon optics
Managing the on-chip power budget
Science02 Oct 2013 | 5
Intel reveals 14nm PC, declares Moore's Law 'alive and well'
IDF13 But is Chipzilla whistling in the dark?
Channel10 Sep 2013 | 30
Boffins prep tasty data-cramming 3D metal-sandwich chip
Turns your world upside-down
Science31 Jan 2013 | 6
AMD alllllmost promises profitability by year end
Parsing the fine distinction between 'expectations' and 'goals'
On-Prem23 Jan 2013 | 6
Windows 8 fails to revive world CPU biz
Forecasts scaled back as analysts, trade see continued decline
Personal Tech04 Dec 2012 | 79
AMD to 'reset' goals: servers, embedded, ultra-low power
CEO Read promises 'clear and decisive action'
Personal Tech19 Oct 2012 | 13
Apple bags chippery guru from rival Samsung
Move unlikely to deepen Korean love for Cupertino
On-Prem11 Oct 2012 | 8
Intel grazes Q2 numbers, but 'growth will be slower' in Q3
Revises full-year projections downward
On-Prem17 Jul 2012 |
x86 chips squeeze out a growth in Q4
Rising ASPs pump up revenues
Channel15 Mar 2012 |
3D processor-memory mashups take center stage
ISSCC 'I have seen the future, and it is stacked'
HPC24 Feb 2012 | 16
Chip boffins demo 22-nanometer maskless wafer-baking
A possible savior when Moore's Law hits the light wall
Personal Tech14 Feb 2012 | 13
Chip sales definitely not down – but almost – in 2011
Semis take a December dive
Channel06 Feb 2012 | 1
AMD swings to a loss in Q4
Blame wafer bakers, discrete graphics – or both
On-Prem24 Jan 2012 | 7
Disk fab floods rinse $1bn off Intel's Q4 revenue
Drive shortage chips away at CPU demand
Channel12 Dec 2011 | 4
BREAKTHROUGH: Feisty startup slashes chip power by 50%
SuVolta to Intel: 'The future is the $10 chip, not the $200 chip'
Personal Tech07 Dec 2011 | 11
Future of computing crystal-balled by top chip boffins
Bad news: It's going to be tough. Good news: You won't be replaced
Personal Tech28 Nov 2011 | 21
Biting the hand that feeds IT
