- Intel's comeback appears on track — CEO Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier than TSMCs https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intels-comeback-appears-on-track-ceo-gelsinger-says-18a-process-node-performance-is-a-little-bit-ahead-of-tsmcs-n2-but-intels-process-arrives-a-year-earlier-than-tsmcs 106 comments hardware
Linking pages
- Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/firm-predicts-it-will-cost-dollar28-billion-to-build-a-2nm-fab-and-dollar30000-per-wafer-a-50-percent-increase-in-chipmaking-costs-as-complexity-rises 359 comments
- Intel to deliver a 5X jump in AI in just two chip generations — Panther Lake in 2025 will double the AI performance over Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-makes-a-big-ai-push-with-future-cpus-panther-lake-in-2025-will-double-the-ai-performance-over-arrow-lake-and-lunar-lake 287 comments
- RISC-V hardware ecosystem gets strong industry support - Qualcomm joins with four other industry players to form Quintauris | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/risc-v-hardware-ecosystem-gets-strong-industry-support-qualcomm-joins-with-four-other-industry-players-to-form-quintauris 48 comments
- U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/superconductors/us-govt-and-researchers-seemingly-discover-new-type-of-superconductivity-in-an-exotic-crystal-like-material-controllable-variation-breaks-temperature-records 0 comments
- Expert likens U.S.–China sanctions to 'a pillow fight, not a chip war' — contends regulations are merely a 'licensing regime' with holes chipmakers are 'driving cars through' | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/uschina-chip-sanctions-are-more-like-a-pillow-fight-than-a-war 0 comments
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- Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/firm-predicts-it-will-cost-dollar28-billion-to-build-a-2nm-fab-and-dollar30000-per-wafer-a-50-percent-increase-in-chipmaking-costs-as-complexity-rises 359 comments
- TSMC: Our 3nm Node Comparable to Intel's 1.8nm Tech | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-our-3nm-node-comparable-to-intels-18nm-tech 131 comments
- ASML ships groundbreaking new chipmaking tool to Intel — High-NA lithography tool needed for next-gen process nodes could cost ~$400 million | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/asml-ships-groundbreaking-new-chipmaking-tool-to-intel-high-na-lithography-tool-needed-for-next-gen-process-nodes-could-cost-dollar400-million 44 comments
- First look at a reference design of the fastest SSDs we're likely to see in 2024 — Phison’s E26 'Max14um' will hit 14 GB/s, and we'll test performance early next year | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/first-look-at-a-prototype-of-the-fastest-ssd-were-likely-to-see-in-2024-phisons-e26-max14um-is-coming-and-well-test-performance-early-next-year 32 comments
- U.S. mulls tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/us-mulls-imposing-tariffs-on-legacy-chips-as-chinese-companies-prepare-to-flood-the-market-with-the-simple-but-vital-chips-undercutting-western-rivals 28 comments
- Intel Charts Course to Trillion-Transistor Chips: 2D Transistor Materials, 3D Packaging Research | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-charts-course-to-trillion-transistor-chips-2d-transistor-materials-3d-packaging-research 16 comments
- ChatGPT designed a processor, and it has been successfully fabricated — demo video shows it powering a Christmas light show | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chatgpt-designed-a-processor-and-it-has-been-successfully-fabricated-demo-video-shows-it-powering-a-christmas-light-show 12 comments
- New CPU from China's sole x86 chipmaker grapples with AMD's Bulldozer in Geekbench results — lower-end model isn't the fastest, but it gives Zhaoxin a full roster of CPUs for use in the country | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/new-cpu-from-chinas-sole-x86-chipmaker-grapples-with-amds-bulldozer-in-geekbench-results-lower-end-model-isnt-the-fastest-but-it-gives-zhaoxin-a-full-roster-of-cpus-for-use-in-the-country 8 comments
- Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/blacklisted-chinese-chipmaker-smic-is-working-on-3nm-process-technology-despite-us-sanctions-that-limit-access-to-advanced-tools-report 7 comments
- U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/superconductors/us-govt-and-researchers-seemingly-discover-new-type-of-superconductivity-in-an-exotic-crystal-like-material-controllable-variation-breaks-temperature-records 0 comments