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Report: Google Tensor Chip Will Use 5nm Process, Samsung to Manufacture
Google has been quietly hiring microprocessor engineers for several years, and the fruit of their labor is the new Tensor mobile system-on-a-chip (SoC). This chip will come in the…
TSMC still struggling with 28nm, Qualcomm and Nvidia threaten to jump ship
…in a new window) , and that it had 80 chip tape-outs (final product designs) from various customers ready to manufacture. In practice, we've seen a handful of GPUs from AMD…
IBM unveils Power8 and OpenPower pincer attack on Intel's x86 server monopoly
…chips (much like ARM's licensing model), and to allow for the creation of specialized coprocessors (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) that link directly into the CPU's memory space using IBM's new…
AMD Unveils 4th Gen Epyc 'Genoa' Server Chips
These chips use the same Zen 4 core architecture as the new Ryzens, but they come with up to 96 cores on a single processor, along with other meaty upgrades like DDR5…
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 1000 ARM Chip With Integrated 5G Modem
The company has announced its new Dimensity 1000 system-on-a-chip (SoC) with the latest ARM CPU cores and an integrated 5G modem. However, it won't work on some of…
Qualcomm Revamps Snapdragon 865 Again, Calls It Snapdragon 870
…Those are both faster than the original 865 chip, which topped out at 2.84GHz. The Snapdragon 888 is a completely different part with the latest 5nm manufacturing process, a new GPU…
Intel quietly launches 14nm Braswell, Bay Trail's successor
…new window) , the new chips will ship in 2-4 core configurations. The big change to Braswell is the inclusion of Generation 8 graphics support. Its Bay Trail predecessor's GPU technology…
How Qualcomm's Snapdragon ARM chips are unique
…Krait is expected to be paired with a new generation of Adreno mobile graphics and use a much more advanced manufacturing process. The upshot for users being that Qualcomm’s new chips…
Nvidia launches mobile Pascal, drops desktop-class hardware into mobile form factors
Nvidia launched its new mobile Pascal hardware today -- and with a twist. Several months ago, we covered rumors that the company would use its standard desktop hardware in laptops rather than creating…