- China's Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU doubles performance of prior-gen chip, still trails 6-year-old AMD and Intel processors https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-zhaoxin-kx-7000-cpu-doubles-performance-of-prior-gen-chip-still-trails-6-year-old-amd-and-intel-processors 141 comments technology
- China's Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU doubles performance of prior-gen chip, still trails 6-year-old AMD and Intel processors https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-zhaoxin-kx-7000-cpu-doubles-performance-of-prior-gen-chip-still-trails-6-year-old-amd-and-intel-processors 103 comments hardware
Linking pages
- Nvidia's generative AI tool delivers a radical 60X performance boost for chipmakers - TSMC and Synopsys are now using the cuLitho software in production | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/nvidias-generative-ai-tool-delivers-a-radical-60x-performance-boost-for-chipmakers-tsmc-and-synopsys-are-now-using-the-culitho-software-in-production 58 comments
- Nvidia’s next-gen AI GPU is 4X faster than Hopper: Blackwell B200 GPU delivers up to 20 petaflops of compute and other massive improvements | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-next-gen-ai-gpu-revealed-blackwell-b200-gpu-delivers-up-to-20-petaflops-of-compute-and-massive-improvements-over-hopper-h100 24 comments
- Custom virtual pinball machine packs Raspberry Pi Pico's RP2040 and a full PC | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/custom-virtual-pinball-machine-packs-raspberry-pi-picos-rp2040-and-a-full-pc 0 comments
Linked pages
- Intel's Germany chip fab site yields discovery of 6,000-year-old burial mounds — no word yet about potential construction delays | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intels-germany-chip-fab-site-yields-discovery-of-6000-year-old-burial-mounds-no-word-yet-about-potential-construction-delays 127 comments
- The world's semiconductor industry hinges on a single quartz factory in North Carolina | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/the-worlds-semiconductor-industry-hinges-on-a-quartz-factory-in-north-carolina 97 comments
- The only Chinese chipmaker with an x86 license releases surprisingly modern new chips made with a mystery process node — Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU launches with eight cores, 3.7GHz clocks, PCIe 4.0, DDR5 memory support, and chiplet-based design | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-chipmaker-with-x86-license-releases-surprisingly-modern-new-chips-made-with-a-mystery-process-node-xhaoxin-kx-7000-cpu-launches-with-eight-cores-37ghz-clocks-pcie-40-and-ddr5-memory-support 50 comments
- The hexa-core AMD Ryzen 5 7600 5.1 GHz processor has dropped to $189 | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/the-hexa-core-amd-ryzen-5-7600-51-ghz-processor-has-dropped-to-dollar189 43 comments
- Micron shows massive 256GB DDR5-8800 memory sticks — High-capacity 20-watt MCRDIMM modules for next-generation servers come in different flavors | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/micron-shows-massive-256gb-ddr5-8800-memory-sticks-high-capacity-20-watt-mcrdimm-modules-for-next-generation-servers-come-in-different-flavors 23 comments
- China-made RISC-V PCIe 5.0 SSD controller promises competitive performance — up to 14.2 GB/s without a fan | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/china-made-risc-v-pcie-50-ssd-controller-promises-competitive-performance-up-to-142-gbs-without-a-fan 7 comments
- Unlike Apple's chips, Qualcomm's X Elite Arm CPU will run Windows games just fine using x64 emulation — native ARM64 code will give best performance | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/unlike-apples-chips-qualcomms-x-elite-arm-cpu-will-run-windows-games-just-fine-using-x64-emulation-native-arm64-code-will-give-best-performance 0 comments