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China Aims To Deliver Open Source Chip This YearChina Aims To Deliver Open Source Chip This Year

China Aims To Deliver Open Source Chip This Year

Head of Chinese government research academy promises high-performance chip based on open source RISC-V standard, amidst chip tensions

4 weeks ago
AMD Axes 4 Percent Of Staff, Amid AI Chip FocusAMD Axes 4 Percent Of Staff, Amid AI Chip Focus

AMD Axes 4 Percent Of Staff, Amid AI Chip Focus

Merry Christmas staff. AMD hands marching orders to 1,000 employees in the led up to the Christmas holiday period

3 months ago
AMD Reports Strong AI Chip Sales, Investors UnimpressedAMD Reports Strong AI Chip Sales, Investors Unimpressed

AMD Reports Strong AI Chip Sales, Investors Unimpressed

AMD reports strong growth in data centre unit, but outlook in line with expectations fails to impress investors

3 months ago
Intel, AMD Form x86 Group To Tackle Challenge Posed By ARMIntel, AMD Form x86 Group To Tackle Challenge Posed By ARM

Intel, AMD Form x86 Group To Tackle Challenge Posed By ARM

New x86 ecosystem advisory group formed by Intel, AMD, as well as a slew of tech giants, to confront ARM…

4 months ago
AMD Launches New AI, Server Chips To Expand Nvidia ChallengeAMD Launches New AI, Server Chips To Expand Nvidia Challenge

AMD Launches New AI, Server Chips To Expand Nvidia Challenge

AMD unveils new AI and data centre chips as it seeks to improve challenge to Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell chips

4 months ago
Intel ‘Lost PlayStation 6 Chip Bid To AMD’Intel ‘Lost PlayStation 6 Chip Bid To AMD’

Intel ‘Lost PlayStation 6 Chip Bid To AMD’

Intel reportedly lost bid to design, manufacture PlayStation 6 processor to AMD in blow to troubled foundry business

5 months ago
LUMI – The Most Powerful Supercomputer In EuropeLUMI – The Most Powerful Supercomputer In Europe

LUMI – The Most Powerful Supercomputer In Europe

Silicon tours the facilities housing Europe's most powerful supercomputer, and the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world

5 months ago
AMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI BattleAMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI Battle

AMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI Battle

AMD plans to retain 1,000 engineers from acquisition of ZT Systems to help it more rapidly roll out AI GPU-based…

6 months ago
Nvidia, AMD Hawk AI Chips As Computex OpensNvidia, AMD Hawk AI Chips As Computex Opens

Nvidia, AMD Hawk AI Chips As Computex Opens

Nvidia's Huang, AMD's Su kick off Computex in battling speeches with plans for AI data centres, AI-tuned desktop chips

8 months ago
China Tells Telecom Carriers To Phase Out Foreign Chips – ReportChina Tells Telecom Carriers To Phase Out Foreign Chips – Report

China Tells Telecom Carriers To Phase Out Foreign Chips – Report

Tit-for-tat. Another blow for Intel and AMD in China, after Beijing orders telecom carriers to phase out foreign chips

10 months ago
China Bans Intel, AMD Chips, Windows OS From Government ComputersChina Bans Intel, AMD Chips, Windows OS From Government Computers

China Bans Intel, AMD Chips, Windows OS From Government Computers

Beijing reportedly begins blocking the use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, and sidelines Microsoft's Windows OS

10 months ago
Intel Export License Allows It To Continue Selling To Huawei – ReportIntel Export License Allows It To Continue Selling To Huawei – Report

Intel Export License Allows It To Continue Selling To Huawei – Report

Chip giant Intel reportedly still allowed to sell millions of dollars of chips to China's Huawei, despite US sanctions

11 months ago
China Lashes Out As US Tightens Chip Export ControlsChina Lashes Out As US Tightens Chip Export Controls

China Lashes Out As US Tightens Chip Export Controls

Trade war intensifies, as Beijing lashes out at toughens export controls from US. Nvidia confirms new rules will impact AI…

1 year ago
AMD To Buy AI Startup As Nvidia Battle Heats UpAMD To Buy AI Startup As Nvidia Battle Heats Up

AMD To Buy AI Startup As Nvidia Battle Heats Up

US chipmaker AMD is to acquire startup Nod.ai for undisclosed amount, as AI competition against rival Nvidia ramps up

1 year ago
Intel Re-Issued Hefty Antitrust Fine by European CommissionIntel Re-Issued Hefty Antitrust Fine by European Commission

Intel Re-Issued Hefty Antitrust Fine by European Commission

No escape. After successfully overturning last year its 2009 antitrust fine of €1.06 billion, European Commission re-imposes fine of €376.4m

1 year ago

Intel Pushes Nvidia Chip Competition Amidst AI Frenzy

Intel positions Gaudi AI GPU accelerator as direct Nvidia competition as funding for chip start-ups evaporates

1 year ago

ARM Signs Up Major Tech Firm Investors, Prices IPO

Apple, Alphabet, Intel, Samsung etc sign up as investors in ARM's upcoming IPO, as management lowers listing valuation

1 year ago

US Denies Restricting AI Chip Sales To Middle East

US government official denies AMD and Nvidia claims they are being denied permission to sell AI chips to Middle East

1 year ago

Intel Says Upcoming Data Centre Chip More Than Doubles Efficiency

Intel says upcoming Sierra Forest data centre chip offers 240 percent efficiency gains over current-generation Xeon, as it looks for…

1 year ago

AMD To Invest $400m In India Over Five Years

US chipmaker AMD confirms big investment in India, plus construction of largest design centre, as New Delhi continues charm offensive

2 years ago

Research Finds AMD AI Chip Rivals Nvidia Dominance

Tests by AI firm find AMD AI chip MI250 reaches 80 percent of performance of Nvidia A100 with path to…

2 years ago

US Considers AI Chip Export Restrictions For China

Bad news for Nvidia and AMD, as US considers tightening export controls to China of powerful AI chips and processors

2 years ago

AMD Spurs AI Interest With Forthcoming MI300 Chip

AMD tantalises investors with details of forthcoming MI300 AI chip, expected to be direct competitor to Nvidia's flagship H100

2 years ago

Nvidia Builds ‘Grace’ CPU-Powered Supercomputer

Nvidia, known for GPUs, scores with for new Grace CPU in University of Bristol's Isambard 3 supercomputer, to be built…

2 years ago

GlobalFoundries Sues IBM, Again

IBM sued by GlobalFoundries, which alleges that Big Blue made unlawful disclosures to Intel, the Japanese consortium Rapidus and others

2 years ago

US Instructs AMD, Nvidia To Halt AI Shipments To China

Two leading American chipmakers, Nvidia and AMD, have been ordered to stop selling some of their AI-related technology to China

2 years ago

AMD Closes $50 Billion Xilinx Acquisition

HPC boost for chip giant AMD, as it completes its drawn out acquisition of FPGA specialist Xilinx for approximately $50…

3 years ago

Intel Celebrates As EU Court Strikes Down 2009 Antitrust Fine

Twelve year legal battle sees EU court grant Intel's appeal against $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine over treatment of AMD…

3 years ago

Intel Touts New 12th Gen PC Processors

Chip giant Intel introduces its new Alder Lake processors for personal computers, as it seeks to dethrone longtime rival AMD

3 years ago

AMD Targets Data Centres With $35 Billion Purchase Of Xilinx

More competition for Intel, as AMD signals deepening push into data centre market with $35 billion purchase of US-based Xilinx

4 years ago