AMD gives 7000-series Threadrippers a frequency bump with Epyc core counts
Workstation CPUs hit 96 cores, high-end desktops get 64. Prices nearly as high as clock speeds
Systems20 Oct 2023 | 8
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Biden has brought the ban hammer down on US export of AI chips to China
Analysis Datacenter GPUs and some consumer cards now exceed performance limits
Systems19 Oct 2023 | 9
World's largest chipmaker TSMC's sales down on last year, says upswing 'coming'
Isn't that what it said last time? Premium chips are picking up ... no really
Systems19 Oct 2023 |
India courts IBM, Intel, and Tower for chip partnerships - all in one day
Big Blue in early talks to advance local RISC-V designs
Systems19 Oct 2023 | 1
America extends China chip export bans and acts to cut off backdoor exports
Chips cunningly designed to be less powerful and evade sanctions look to be in trouble
Systems18 Oct 2023 | 6
TSMC abandons plans for 2nm chip plant after Taiwanese locals protest
Foundry giant now searching for new home for high-end fab site
Systems17 Oct 2023 |
Cloudflare exiles baseboard management controller from its server motherboards
Puts Datacenter-ready Secure Control Modules to work in boxen built by Lenovo
Systems17 Oct 2023 | 1
Chinese CPUs to feature in servers made by sanctioned Russian company
Beijing appears to have lifted its ban on Loongson processors reaching Moscow
Systems17 Oct 2023 | 14
Intel's 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh turns turbos up to 6GHz, gives i7 an E-core bump
TSMC-equipped Meteor Lake mobile parts not coming until December
Systems16 Oct 2023 | 3
One door opens, another one closes, and this one kills a mainframe
Who, Me? The Reg brings you balanced coverage of retro-tech
Systems16 Oct 2023 | 106
India drops plan to place PCs on restricted import list
PLUS: TSMC chips away at export restrictions; Singapore's COVID model challenged; Japan's banking and ID systems wobble
Systems16 Oct 2023 |
Biden hopes to squeeze loopholes to slow China's devouring of US AI chips
Won't stop supply of nerfed export-friendly accelerators
Systems13 Oct 2023 | 4
Nvidia's accelerated cadence spells trouble for AMD and Intel's AI aspirations
Analysis Or it could, just as soon as they figure out how to make the networking work
Systems13 Oct 2023 | 10
UK silicon startups to share £1.3M chump change as part of chip strategy
Crumbs compared to the billions thrown about in US and Europe
Systems13 Oct 2023 | 27
Qualcomm to shed over 1,000 staff in California, plus some Brits, starting in December
Vice-presidents, engineers among those scheduled to have a rotten Christmas
Systems13 Oct 2023 | 6
Samsung nabs contract to produce 3nm server chips for mystery US biz
Parts reportedly geared toward high-performance compute and leverage advanced packaging
Systems13 Oct 2023 |
Beijing-backed server chip startup formed by ex-Arm China execs
Almost a quarter of SoftBank-owned chip designer's total revenue comes via Middle Kingdom, um, arm
Systems12 Oct 2023 | 16
Latest SiFive RISC-V cores aim to boost performance, accelerate AI workloads
Those are some fat vector registers
Systems11 Oct 2023 | 4
RISC-V org claims export restrictions would stifle innovation
Efforts to deny China access will hurt the 'open' part of open standard, says collab body CEO
Systems10 Oct 2023 | 6
US allows Samsung and SK hynix to keep making chips in China
Investments protected, diplomatic rift averted … even Beijing likes it
Systems10 Oct 2023 | 7
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‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court
Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy
Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app
Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now
Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid
Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming
STORIES
Blockchain biz goes nuclear: Standard Power wants to use NuScale reactors for DCs
Please, no crypto boom, thank you
Systems08 Oct 2023 | 36
AI chip biz Graphcore seeks capital to remain going concern
Lets off more than 100 staff in US and UK, shutters offices in three countries
Systems06 Oct 2023 | 3
Boffins propose RISC-V microcontroller to power cubesats
Test chip promises crunching on par with 20-year-old chips while sipping power
Systems05 Oct 2023 |
Taiwan looks into claims local companies helped Huawei advance China chipmaking
Plus: EU is looking its own strategic export controls – and not just to China
Systems05 Oct 2023 | 2
Samsung to fab chips for RISC-V processor world's Tenstorrent
For now, chaebol will manufacture AI startup’s 4nm Quasar
Systems04 Oct 2023 | 2
Intel spins off FPGA biz with DC boss Sandra Rivera at the helm
x86 giant eyes outside cash injections, IPO for Programmable Systems Group within three years
Systems03 Oct 2023 | 2
Uncle Sam to tighten chip export chokehold on China... again
Red dragon's semiconductor market share continues to grow
Systems03 Oct 2023 | 65
European Commission checks AI chip market for stifled competition
No formal moves yet, but massive demand for GPUs has drawn its attention
Systems02 Oct 2023 |
The Geek is back!
Everything you missed at the Intel Innovation Conference, which brought datacenter and AI focus to techies and business managers alike
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AMD's latest FPGA promises super low latency AI for Flash Boy traders
Letting more advanced ML loose on the stock market? What could possibly go wrong?
Systems29 Sep 2023 | 5
Intel starts mass production on Intel 4 node using EUV in Irish fab
First Euro facility to use the next-gen lithography tech for commercial production
Systems28 Sep 2023 | 16
Micron revenue halved in FY23 as China ban bites
Reason for the block still a mystery – but most have their guesses
Systems28 Sep 2023 | 6
Intel facing worker shortage for German chip plant
Chip giant says it's still in the 'planning and design phase'
Systems27 Sep 2023 | 8
Chip firm accused of IP theft bites back, claims Apple's contracts are rotten
iGiant says Rivos poached talent and SoC designs in '22
Systems26 Sep 2023 | 16
AI startup Lamini bets future on AMD's Instinct GPUs
Oh MI word: In the AI race, any accelerator beats none at all
Systems26 Sep 2023 |
Intel aims to patch semiconductor skills gap with one-year cert program
New fabs won't achieve much without specialized staff to fill them
Systems25 Sep 2023 | 4
Dell allows DPUs to be retrofitted to older PowerEdge servers
As VMware emits a significant update to the vSphere suite that wrangles the accelerators
Systems25 Sep 2023 | 2
European Commission hits Intel with new fine over antitrust findings
Updated What a difference a year makes: in June '22 it was asking for half a billion in interest back after a successful appeal
Systems22 Sep 2023 | 4
How is this problem mine, techie asked, while cleaning underground computer
On Call If you throw enough mud, some of it will stick … and crash a server
Systems22 Sep 2023 | 214
The clock is ticking and Korea wants to know if its chipmakers will get their export license extension
SK hynix and Samsung do so much memory-making in China, ending sanction exemptions would be extraordinary
Systems22 Sep 2023 | 7
US DoD serves up $238M Chips Act funding to 8 regional hubs
Hoping to bridge the dreaded 'lab-to-fab' gap where R&D dreams go to die
Systems21 Sep 2023 |
Korea's FTC fines Broadcom $14.3M for pushing 'unfair' deal onto Samsung
Updated Watchdog claims it abused market position to leverage 'unfavorable' long-term parts supply contract
Systems21 Sep 2023 |
Toshiba succeeds at selling itself, delisting set for September 27
Acquiring entity Japan Industrial Partners hasn't said what it plans for the sprawling conglomerate
Systems21 Sep 2023 | 2
Core blimey, Intel's answer to AMD and Ampere's cloudy chips has 288 of them
And they're all tailored for efficiency
Systems20 Sep 2023 | 12
Nvidia's 900 tons of GPU muscle bulks up server market, slims down wallets
Fewer boxes shipped, but with 8 H100s apiece, revenue is up amid AI frenzy
Systems19 Sep 2023 | 4
Intel thinks glass substrates are a clear winner in multi-die packaging
Don't get too excited, tech won't be ready until the end of the decade
Systems18 Sep 2023 | 11
AMD's latest Epyc is slimmer, cooler, and ready to party at the edge
Little chip promises big power savings
Systems18 Sep 2023 |
Intel spices up its FPGA game with open source and RISC-V freebies
Tech buffet of updates dished out ahead of IFTD event
Systems15 Sep 2023 | 6
Post-IPO, Arm to push purpose-built almost-processors
Comment British chip design biz plans to satisfy investors by seeking new customers, while RISC-V and China are already challenges
Systems15 Sep 2023 | 18
Arm IPO kicks off today with CPU slinger valued at $54.5B
British chip designer to trade on Nasdaq only
Systems14 Sep 2023 | 17
Cisco dumps its Hyperflex hyperconverged infrastructure
To Nutanix go the spoils, to VMware users comes a compatibility nightmare
Systems14 Sep 2023 | 6
TSMC gobbles up $430M slice of Intel's IMS Nanofab unit
Taiwanese also plot $100M investment in Arm IPO, x86 giant gets real about Thunderbolt 5
Systems12 Sep 2023 |
Washington left with chip on shoulder after Huawei exposes export loophole lapses
Back to the drawing board with those China sanctions then, eh?
Systems12 Sep 2023 | 34
Apple extends Qualcomm contract to 2026 as homebrew 5G chip dream still on snooze
Chipmaker reigns supreme, at least until iGiant gets its house in order
Systems12 Sep 2023 | 11
Microsoft’s AI investments skyrocketed in 2022 – and so did its water consumption
In its rush to lead the generative ML world, Redmond may have developed a datacenter drinking problem
Systems11 Sep 2023 | 5
Watt's the worst thing you can do to a datacenter? Failing to RTFM, electrically
Who, me? A subtle change to a vital piece of equipment almost derailed a major project
Systems11 Sep 2023 | 165
Texas cryptomining outfit earns more from idling rigs than digging Bitcoin
It's not a broken business model if the subsidies make up for cratering market and flagging demand
Systems07 Sep 2023 | 27
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan
Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future
Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
Rapidus ramps as construction begins on 2nm wafer fab
Japanese foundry startup also shipping engineers off to US to study IBM chip tech
Systems01 Sep 2023 | 3
Demand for datacenter capacity in Europe sees busiest Q2 ever
'Pre-leasing' also on the up as customers try to grab space in bit barns as they're being built
Systems01 Sep 2023 | 2
Now Middle East nations banned from getting top-end Nvidia AI chips
While ASML says it can keep selling DUV kit to China through 2023
Systems31 Aug 2023 |
China's top RISC-V players form patent alliance
UPDATED Industry alliance confirms purpose of pact is 'to create an ecosystem of patent non-litigation'
Systems31 Aug 2023 |
Google throws down gauntlet with first compute instances powered by AmpereOne chips
Interview Though this is still a preview so another provider could swing it
Systems30 Aug 2023 | 1
Need a datacenter processor? Try our take-and-bake Neoverse N2 cores, says Arm
Hot Chips Just bring your own accelerator
Systems29 Aug 2023 | 6
Intel promises next year's Xeons will challenge AMD on memory, IO channels
Hot Chips Plus more insights on x86 titan's all E-core datacenter chips
Systems28 Aug 2023 | 17
Huawei reportedly building 'secret' semiconductor fabs
Semiconductor Industry Association downplays the intel
Systems25 Aug 2023 | 9
Intel seems to think Wi-Fi 7 is too cool for old-school Windows 10
What do you mean, you 'haven't updated yet'?
Systems24 Aug 2023 | 52
China cooks covert chips, recruits global geeks to dodge US restrictions
The Qiming is impeccable
Systems24 Aug 2023 | 14
Arm reveals just how vulnerable it is to trade war with China
Comment 你那里的生意不错，如果出了什么事就太可惜了
Systems23 Aug 2023 | 19
Arm execs to cash in on IPO, but clouds gather over prospects
Critics wondering if SoftBank's being realistic
Systems23 Aug 2023 | 1
Why putting off refresh cycles puts off power users and younger workers alike
How Intel vPro remediates the parts other tools can’t reach
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Softbank snaps up Vision Fund's stake in Arm ahead of IPO
Brit chip ship's sales may or may not be quite as rosy as hoped, judging from draft paperwork
Systems18 Aug 2023 | 11
Intel's Tower bid has shuffled off this mortal coil – so what about foundry plans?
Analysis Maybe Pat dodged a bullet – mature process nodes aren't the kind of thing shareholders get excited about
Systems18 Aug 2023 | 2
Cost of gallium goes up after Chinese export restrictions land
Measures needed to protect 'national interest,' says Beijing. Rubbish, it's retaliation, scoff critics
Systems17 Aug 2023 | 8
It's not just spin – boffins give quantum computing a room-temp makeover
Another team is harnessing nature's own algorithm to solve problems faster than classical computers
Systems16 Aug 2023 | 3
Beijing's silent treatment topples Tower Semiconductor merger with Intel
Termination fee of $353 million wipes out Intel Foundry Services' revenue for last quarter
Systems16 Aug 2023 | 9
AVX10: The benefits of AVX-512 without all the baggage
Turns out bigger isn't always better
Systems15 Aug 2023 | 14
Gelsinger: Intel should get more CHIPS Act funding than rivals
And cool it on the export bans, pleads CEO – we want to sell fish, not fishing rods, to China
Systems15 Aug 2023 | 7
IBM describes analog AI chip that might displace power-hungry GPUs
Power-sipper still in the research stage, but findings are interesting
Systems14 Aug 2023 | 4
Amazon's rumored investment in Arm's IPO might be good insurance
Analysis What benefits the chip designer will trickle down to AWS's Graviton team
Systems11 Aug 2023 | 5
Paving an intentional road to a sustainable IT future
For businesses that want to stay competitive, e-waste is an infelicitous fact of life – so what to do about it?
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Amazon has more than half of all Arm server CPUs in the world
They kept that quiet
Systems08 Aug 2023 | 24
China's great CPU hope – Loongson – may be only four years behind Intel
Mission not accomplished
Systems08 Aug 2023 | 45
Another thing you can blame AI for: Cloud grows but server shipments are down
Investment shifts to meet demand, say analysts. And demand is based on FOMO. WCGW?
Systems07 Aug 2023 | 1
Big chip players join forces to form another RISC-V venture
Initial drive starts in Germany, pushes automotive blueprints
Systems04 Aug 2023 | 16
UK government's semiconductor brain trust meets for the first time
Actually listening to the experts? We'll believe it when we see it
Systems03 Aug 2023 | 14
Qualcomm's great vanishing act: $2.48B of Q3 profit disappears
Smartphone CPU king talks of 'additional cost actions' as market recovery still out of reach
Systems03 Aug 2023 | 1
Up to 40% of all Arm servers are deployed in China
At the same time, company pipped to be preparing for IPO
Systems02 Aug 2023 | 4
Intel opens chip innovation hub in Nanshan, China
Interesting move against backdrop of US sanctions
Systems02 Aug 2023 | 3
School for semiconductors? Arm tries to address chip talent shortages
US, Europe and China all rushing to create next gen of experts and upskill existing workforce
Systems28 Jul 2023 | 35
Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water
Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though
Systems28 Jul 2023 | 37
Prices of gallium and germanium rise as China export controls loom
Plus: US warns domestic chip suppliers will feel the pain
Systems27 Jul 2023 | 42
Wafer shipments still down, but chipmakers are looking up
AI runs on chips, remember
Systems27 Jul 2023 | 2
Intel adds fresh x86 and vector instructions for future chips
Some big changes are afoot
Systems26 Jul 2023 | 47
TSMC thinks it's got exactly what Taiwan needs – another multibillion-dollar chip plant
Talk about all your eggs in one China-coveting basket
Systems26 Jul 2023 | 8
GlobalFoundries claims German chip subsidies will 'distort competition'
US semiconductor manufacturer unhappy rival TSMC is bagging billions
Systems25 Jul 2023 | 15
AMD mulls new chip manufacturing partners amid supply chain jitters
TSMC has too much capacity when China has made no secret of its desire for Taiwan
Systems24 Jul 2023 | 9
Alibaba opts out of Ant Group stock buyback
Sign of confidence or … something bigger?
Systems24 Jul 2023 | 1
Chips still down for TSMC with glimmer of hope this quarter
Global economic conditions? Check. Sluggish end market demand? Check. Customer inventory adjustment? Bingo!
Systems20 Jul 2023 | 2
Make chips, not trade wars, says Semiconductor Industry Association
Industry body warns against political rhetoric or US subsidy efforts will be diminished
Systems18 Jul 2023 | 1
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