Intel's green dream is chips without any dips in Mother Nature's health Sustainability Summit pushes industry partners to reduce their environmental impact, including hamrful chemicals Systems28 Mar 2024 |
Standardization could open door to third-party chiplets in AMD designs Video Domain-specific accelerators are 'essential to progress' it claims, and a chiplet ecosystem is one way forward Systems27 Mar 2024 |
Kaby Lake-G chip back from the grave, now on modest firewall-router-NAS mobo Intel CPU that incorporated an AMD GPU into the processor package resurrected by Topton Systems27 Mar 2024 | 5
TSMC's 3nm node powers up, setting stage for tech giants' next-gen chips AMD, Apple, Intel throw weight – and cash – behind process technology Systems27 Mar 2024 | 2
What Nvidia's Blackwell efficiency gains mean for DC operators Analysis Air cooling's diminishing returns on full display with Nv's B-series silicon Systems27 Mar 2024 | 3
Pragmatic Semiconductor opens UK's first 300mm wafer fab in Durham Facility to bring major leap in domestic chip production amid government support Systems27 Mar 2024 | 16
Lenovo scores deal to build supercomputer at UK's Hartree Center Liquid cooled, 44.7 Petaflops and with unspecified GPUs Public Sector27 Mar 2024 | 6
SAP ordered to pay $26.4M in South Africa energy firm dispute SA Special Investigating Unit orders payment within 7 days following alleged breach of public finance laws Systems26 Mar 2024 | 3
As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot real estate Cheap low-carbon energy? What's not to love... Systems25 Mar 2024 | 50
Tiny Corp launches Nvidia-powered AI computer because 'it just works' Startup slams AMD for buggy firmware Personal Tech25 Mar 2024 | 9
AI bubble or not, Nvidia is betting everything on a GPU-accelerated future Comment LLMs powering generative AI may be moving GPUs, but Huang and co already looking at next big opportunity Systems25 Mar 2024 | 7
ZenHammer comes down on AMD Zen 2 and 3 systems Updated Boffins demonstrate Rowhammer memory meddling on AMD DDR4 hardware Software25 Mar 2024 | 9
Gelsinger woos Musk as Intel seeks to drum up Foundry Services business It's just not economical for Chipzilla to be the factories' only customer these days Systems25 Mar 2024 | 2
SoftIron rolls its own server virt stack to join the 'let's get VMware' crowd Banks on allowing BYO external storage to make migrations less painful Virtualization25 Mar 2024 | 4
Samsung preps inferencing accelerator to take on Nvidia, scores huge sale Asia In Brief PLUS: Tencent's profit plunge; Singtel to build three AI datacenters; McDonald's China gobbles Microsoft AI AI + ML24 Mar 2024 |
One rack. 120kW of compute. Taking a closer look at Nvidia's DGX GB200 NVL72 beast GTC 1.44 exaFLOPs of FP4, 13.5 TB of HBM3e, 2 miles of NVLink cables, in one liquid cooled unit Systems21 Mar 2024 | 22
Qualcomm infuses AI support into Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 platform Boosted on-device generative AI's not just for the flagship smartphone kids Systems21 Mar 2024 | 4
US may sanction those rumored to be in covert Huawei chip network Crouching entity list candidate, hidden semiconductor ... or that's the idea, anyway Systems20 Mar 2024 | 3
Intel scores $8.5B in government cheddar to supercharge fab builds Department of Commerce says it's the largest such investment in US semiconductor manufacturing Systems20 Mar 2024 | 7
Alibaba's research arm promises server-class RISC-V processor due this year And teases a laptop to show off its current silicon – running the open edition of Huawei’s CentOS spinout Systems20 Mar 2024 | 8
AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware In-depth Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do that
XenServer is back, with a rebranded Citrix Hypervisor and a tasty three-host freebie Per-socket licensing regime may explain years of ups and downs
Uncle Sam's had it up to here with 'unforgivable' SQL injection flaws Software slackers urged to up their game
BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who Pics Finally, a power greater than ML hype: Angry fandom
What Nvidia's Blackwell efficiency gains mean for DC operators Analysis Air cooling's diminishing returns on full display with Nv's B-series silicon
Red Hat tries on a McKinsey cap in quest to streamline techies' jobs Some staff are worried – can't think why
In-app browsers are still a privacy, security, and choice problem Regulators reminded that longstanding concerns haven't been addressed
Canva acquires Affinity, further wounding a regulator-bruised Adobe Yet another reason to reconsider that overpriced Creative Cloud subscription
Nvidia: Why write code when you can string together a couple chat bots? GPU giant says NIM will eliminate dependency headaches for the low low cost of $4,500/year per GPU Systems19 Mar 2024 | 14
Suppliers to Intel and TSMC's Arizona fabs now face build delays Updated You know where plants are much cheaper to construct? Asia Systems19 Mar 2024 | 7
Nvidia turns up the AI heat with 1,200W Blackwell GPUs Five times the performance of the H100, but you'll need liquid cooling to tame the beast Systems18 Mar 2024 | 17
US CHIPS Act set to electrify semiconductor scene with billions National Strategy focuses on four goals for silicon heaven Systems18 Mar 2024 | 9
How to run an LLM on your PC, not in the cloud, in less than 10 minutes Hands On Cut through the hype, keep your data private, find out what all the fuss is about Systems17 Mar 2024 | 83
Ad agency boss owned two Ferraris but wouldn't buy a real server On Call Resulting cycle of rushed repairs and recriminations did wonders for the IT/user relationship Systems15 Mar 2024 | 119
NASA missions are being delayed by oversubscribed, overburdened, and out-of-date supercomputers Flagship facility has just 48 GPUs Public Sector15 Mar 2024 | 41
Leaked docs hint Google may use SiFive RISC-V cores in next-gen TPUs Opinion Would put those AI accelerators out of Arm's reach, at least AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 8
From quantum AI to photonics, what OpenAI’s latest hire tells us about its future Analysis What's good for quantum optimization could help make models leaner Systems13 Mar 2024 | 10
First Armv9 automotive CPUs aim to power AI-enabled vehicles Vehicle electronics and software becoming ever more complex Systems13 Mar 2024 | 6
Pentagon said to have pulled $2.5B Intel defense chips grant Updated Plus: Trump reportedly gave chipmaker license to sell to Huawei back in the day... Systems13 Mar 2024 | 8
Nvidia rival Cerebras says it's revived Moore's Law with third-gen waferscale chips Startup is also working with Qualcomm on optimized models for its Cloud AI 100 Ultra inference chips Systems13 Mar 2024 | 11
Meet the Proxinator: A hyperbox that puts SATA at the heart of VMware migrations Exclusive Proxmox box sees fresh dedicated hardware become part of the market for Virtzilla alternatives Systems13 Mar 2024 | 11
IBM said to be binning off more staff as 'workforce rebalance' continues Next logical step after rounds of voluntary layoffs Systems12 Mar 2024 | 21
Samsung and SK halt sales of used chipmaking gear to brokers Reports indicate Korean giants fear 'backlash' from US over resale of lithography equipment to Middle Kingdom Systems12 Mar 2024 |
Singapore startup SiliconBox to open packaging fab in Northern Italy Shared cultural values sealed the deal and we're struggling to figure out what they are Systems12 Mar 2024 | 2
Intel inches closer to $3.5B contract to build secret fabs for Uncle Sam They can't have x86 goliath building military chips out in the open now can they? Systems07 Mar 2024 | 3
US wants ASML to stop servicing China-owned chip equipment Dutch lithography giant caught in crossfire amid escalating tensions Systems07 Mar 2024 | 51
There’s still room for FPGAs in the datacenter Hear the last freestanding malleable chip maker make the case in this interview Sponsored Post
Dutch government in panic mode over keeping ASML in the country Updated Lithography kitmaker has 'concerns' over ability to get the right staff amid reports of visa, immigration worries Systems06 Mar 2024 | 53
Brit chip industry wonders if UK budget will put its money where its silicon is Don't hold your breath Systems05 Mar 2024 | 31
AMD may have failed to dumb down its chips enough to allow China sales Washington reportedly decided chipmaker hadn’t done too little Public Sector05 Mar 2024 | 9
Micron New York mega fab faces an environmental exam At least the US Army is thinking about the frogs in those 226 acres of wetland Systems04 Mar 2024 | 8
French cloud Scaleway starts renting Alibaba's RISC-V SoC €15.99/month server offered with Ubuntu or Debian, and a zero percent Service Level Agreement Systems04 Mar 2024 | 7
Lenovo to offer certified refurbished PCs and servers Updated Running proof of concepts to pick out the right models On-Prem01 Mar 2024 | 23
India approves its first full wafer fab – a 28nm affair from Tata and Powerchip Everybody’s so happy they’re not mentioning start dates, subsidy levels, or other useful details Systems01 Mar 2024 |
Sandra Rivera’s next mission: Do for FPGAs what she did for Intel's Xeon Chipzilla resurrects Altera brand as former datacenter chief takes the helm Systems29 Feb 2024 | 18
Water worries flood in as chip industry and AI models grow thirstier Mega makers already operate in water-scarce areas, and worry is they'll drink us dry Systems29 Feb 2024 | 32
Chip fab supplier Applied Materials gets subpoenaed over China sales Updated Comes after US probe into biz's dealings with SMIC Systems28 Feb 2024 | 1
Broadcom CEO pay award jumps 164% to $160.8 million Stock awards front loaded, get five years in one go Systems28 Feb 2024 | 10
City council megaproject to spend millions for manual work Oracle system was meant to do Train-wreck public sector project was forecast to save 'bankrupt' council money Public Sector28 Feb 2024 | 71
Intel urges businesses to undergo AI PC facelift with vPro update You know you want to throw out that Windows 10 fleet Systems27 Feb 2024 | 10
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With over 600 CHIPS fund applicants seeking over $70B, don't get your hopes up Commerce secretary warns priority will go to shovel-ready projects Systems26 Feb 2024 | 4
Nvidia talks up local AI with RTX 500, 1000 Ada mobile GPUs As always, the lack of memory could prove limiting Systems26 Feb 2024 | 1
Qualcomm inserts GenAI into smartphones at industry's mega tradeshow MWC Just what Android fans were missing, amirite? A 7 billion parameter LLM that accepts image and voice prompts? Systems26 Feb 2024 | 2
More AI for cell networks as Intel rolls out vRAN platform MWC Plus fresh edge compute system that may be able to run on existing infra Systems26 Feb 2024 |
India’s homebrew RISC-V CPU goes on sale in new development board Asia In Brief Plus: Huawei’s tablets beat iPad sales; Japanese supermarket’s long ransomware fight; Do Kwon extradited Systems26 Feb 2024 | 3
Work for you? Again? After you lied about the job and stole my stuff? No thanks On Call Sometimes the best form of revenge is doing nothing – very politely Systems23 Feb 2024 | 255
Gelsinger splits Intel in two to advance foundry vision FDC Separation of church and state? More like separation of Product and Foundry Systems22 Feb 2024 | 13
Nvidia revenue grows 265 percent with more to come as new GPUs and Ethernet near Jensen Huang defends colossal GPU purchases made by hyperscalers, claims they're 'fairly allocated' Systems22 Feb 2024 | 3
Arm targets AI performance with latest Neoverse Compute Subsystems More and more obvious what a key market ML is for the chip designer Systems21 Feb 2024 | 2
GlobalFoundries scores $1.5B in Uncle Sam's semiconductor subsidy bonanza Meanwhile, Intel looks set to bag more than $10B Systems20 Feb 2024 | 2
IonQ opens first US quantum factory amid VC cash crunch Who knows where they'll get the funds for $1B investment plan, though Systems16 Feb 2024 | 4
India won't become a semiconductor superpower anytime soon, says think tank $10 billion subsidies predicted to deliver just five modest fabs by 2029 Systems16 Feb 2024 | 3
ASML sees semiconductor upturn ahead, but China export restrictions are a risk World's only EUV photolithography maker finished 2023 with order backlog worth €39B Systems14 Feb 2024 |
Uncle Sam officially opens funding gates for silicon R&D $5B investment part of $53B bet to reboot semiconductor industry Systems12 Feb 2024 | 1
Sam Altman's chip ambitions may be loonier than feared Comment $7 trillion will buy you a helluva lotta fabs or every chip biz of consequence Systems10 Feb 2024 | 59
Nvidia wants a piece of the custom silicon pie, reportedly forms unit to peddle IP Don't want a GPU? How about some intellectual property or design help? Systems09 Feb 2024 | 1
AMD bagged more market share in server, desktop, mobile at end of 2023 Plus: x86 processor shipments up for the first time in 2 years Systems09 Feb 2024 | 3
CableMod recalls angled GPU power adapters to prevent fiery surprises Keep your graphics cards safe, people Systems09 Feb 2024 | 11
With $1B to burn on green tech, HSBC seeks Google’s help The clock's ticking on those 2030 net zero climate goals Systems08 Feb 2024 | 7
When red flags are just office decoration: Edinburgh Uni's Oracle IT disaster Management either weren't told about risks or ignored them, report finds Systems08 Feb 2024 | 91
AMD crams five compute architectures onto a single board What an Arm-ful of x86, Vega graphics, XDNA AI, and FPGA circuitry Systems07 Feb 2024 | 6
TSMC to build second fab in Japan, backed by local investment Plus: SMIC said to be building new lines to make 5nm process chips designed by Huawei Systems07 Feb 2024 | 1
IBM pitches bite-sized $135k LinuxONE box for smaller biz types Fancy a mainframe that runs Linux? You'll need deep pockets Systems06 Feb 2024 | 27
Faraday plots a 64-core Arm chip with Intel inside The melding of Neoverse cores and x86 giant's latest process tech was bound to happen eventually Systems05 Feb 2024 | 6
Where there's a will, there's a way to get US chips into China Buy 'em, rent 'em, smuggle 'em – export restrictions don't cover illegitimate means Systems05 Feb 2024 | 10
Untangling Meta's plan for its homegrown AI chips, set to actually roll out this year So that's where all the laid-off semiconductor engineers went! AI + ML02 Feb 2024 | 11
Intel delays Ohio fab build, blames semiconductor slowdown US govt isn't exactly in a hurry with the Chips Act money either Systems02 Feb 2024 | 4
Uncle Sam designates more Chinese tech slingers as military collaborators No restrictions, but it could be harder to deal with American businesses Systems01 Feb 2024 | 14
The latest cold war is already being fought in the supply chain trenches AI and the chips that power it are at the center of the equation Systems30 Jan 2024 | 2
Things are going to get weird as the nanometer era draws to a close Comment Angstrom age is right around the corner – for state-of-the-art chips, anyway Systems29 Jan 2024 | 19
TSMC finds its green chips are highly sought after... the edible ones Crunchy, tasty, coconut flavoured... and hopefully thicker than a few nanometers Systems27 Jan 2024 | 13
Intel warns of Q1 nosedive... and its shares follow suit Pat's gonna need to sell a lotta AI PCs if he wants to make a profit this quarter Systems26 Jan 2024 | 8
The EU-US Trade and Tech Council sounds fancy but, really, what's the point? Nothing like an informal talking shop dressed up as formal transatlantic cooperation Systems25 Jan 2024 | 4
SK hynix posts surprise profit after AI boosts memory prices This may be the best bad news we've had all year Systems25 Jan 2024 |
ASML orders boom but export restrictions could hamper growth Extremely key kitmaker does predict good times in 2025, though Systems24 Jan 2024 | 12
Does AI give InfiniBand a moment to shine? Or will Ethernet hold the line? You could go all-in on Nvidia for the lower latency. Or tough it out with less exotic kit and tolerate slower training Systems24 Jan 2024 | 6
Taiwan connects its first home-grown quantum computer to the internet Five mighty qubits, delivered before deadline, but they won’t stop imports of alternatives Systems24 Jan 2024 | 5
Mystery German chip fab sips on Gradiant's ultrapure water Most advanced semiconductor facility in Europe is being subsidized by Chips Act funding Systems22 Jan 2024 | 6
Now OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants billions for AI chip fabs All those neural network weights aren't much without ample decent silicon Systems20 Jan 2024 | 23
Businessman faces 20 years in prison over accusations of illicit chip exports to Russia Shipments alleged to have gone to a sanctioned company Systems19 Jan 2024 | 9
Junior techie had leverage, but didn’t appreciate the gravity of the situation On Call Disrespect for physics saw the datacenter, and a career, come tumbling down Systems19 Jan 2024 | 132
Has the semiconductor down cycle reached its nadir? TSMC thinks so Chipmaker reports flat Q4 but expects to be on the up in 2024 Systems18 Jan 2024 |
Chip wars could lead to oversupply as China increases domestic capacity Middle Kingdom can make market moves too... as potential global price battles loom Systems17 Jan 2024 | 7
JPMorgan latest to pile into quantum upstart with $5B valuation Banking giant believes Quantinuum key to optimizing investment portfolios Systems16 Jan 2024 | 4
The chips are down in China as imports see largest ever drop Makes sense since the global market fell 11% in 2023 Systems16 Jan 2024 | 5
Europe benched in high tech 'Champions League' says ASML Calls for stronger team play in the global economic tournament Systems16 Jan 2024 | 13
Nvidia can't sell its best chips to China, but India is more than happy to take them Datacenter biz plans to deploy 32,000 Nvidia H100 and H200s next year Systems12 Jan 2024 | 1