Chips

Nvidia Unveils First High-End Chips Based On ‘Turing’ Architecture

Turing's real-time rendering advances could appear in Nvidia's gaming chips, set to be announced as early as next week

7 years ago

Qualcomm Expects $1bn From IoT Sales This Year

Qualcomm's figures underscore the rapid expansion of connected gadgets into all areas of life, even as smartphone sales level off

7 years ago

Details Emerge Of Qualcomm’s ARM-Based Desktop Chip

The 'Snapdragon 1000' aims to take on Intel in laptops and desktops with smaller chips that use less power

7 years ago

Qualcomm To Refocus Server Chip Business On Large Cloud Players

Despite rumours of a possible sale of its server chip division, Qualcomm insists it isn't going anywhere

7 years ago

Operating Systems Hit By Major Security Flaw

Windows, macOS, Linux, VMware, Xen, KVM and others are affected by issues caused by their misinterpretation of chip documentation

7 years ago

Samsung Takes Chip Top Spot From Intel After 25 Years

Memory prices boost Samsung to the top of the chip market, while the Internet of Things makes a 'significant' impact…

7 years ago

AMD And Microsoft Release Spectre Fixes

The latest patches include operating system and processor microcode updates to protect users from Spectre Variant 2

7 years ago

Qualcomm Makes First Purpose-Built Chips For Smart Cameras

The new Vision Intelligence Platform features dedicated hardware for image capture, as well as built-in AI

7 years ago

New Intel Chips To Fix Meltdown, Spectre Flaws

Hardware changes in chips shipping later this year aim to replace performance-draining software patches

7 years ago

Start-Up Warns Of AMD Chip Flaws In Unusual Publicity Campaign

A small security firm has warned of embarrassing flaws affecting AMD chips, giving the chipmaker only 24 hours to respond

7 years ago

Ex-Intel Executives Launch New Arm Server Chip Company

Former Intel President Renee James is heading up Ampere, which is using the Arm architecture for processors aimed at private…

7 years ago

Intel Promises New Processors To Fix Meltdown, Spectre Vulnerabilities

ANALYSIS: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich confirmed chips without Meltdown and Spectre are in 2018 but questions continue about a rumored…

7 years ago

Broadcom Offers £99bn For Qualcomm In Biggest-Ever Tech Deal

The $130bn offer would create a dominant mobile chip player, but some say it's an opportunistic move taking advantage of…

7 years ago

Samsung Electronics Chip Unit Set To Dethrone Intel Amidst Record Growth

Profits were led by strong demand for smartphone and server memory, while Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 8 boosted handset growth

7 years ago

New Intel Core Chips Offer Speed Boost For Desktop PCs

Intel claims the 6-core, 12-thread Core i7-8700K boosts framerate by 25 percent and multitasking by even more over the previous…

8 years ago

Major Hyper-Threading Flaw in Intel Kay Lake And Skylake CPUs Could Wipe Data And Crash Systems

The major flaw, discovered by Debian developers, can be stopped by disabling Hyper-Threading

8 years ago

AMD Epyc Server Chips Take The Data Centre Fight To Intel Xeon

32 core processors, 2TB of memory support and 128 lanes of PCIe are on offer with the Eypc chips

8 years ago

IBM Reveals World’s First 5nm Chip With 30bn Transistors

Big Blue has moved away from FinFET to produce the tiny chip architecture

8 years ago

Intel Releases Patch For Nine Year Flaw In Workstation And Server Chips

Users with affected computers will need a firmware fix from the machine's vendor

8 years ago

Samsung Predicts Record Profits Despite Galaxy Note 7 Disaster

One of the biggest product safety scandals in history doesn't seem to have had an immediate impact on Samsung's fortunes

8 years ago

Intel Reveals Credit-Card Sized Computer For Bringing Processing Power To IoT

CES 2017: The Compute Card features Intel's Kaby Lake processors and flexible connectivity options

8 years ago

Qualcomm Bug Bounty Offers Up To £12,000 For Snapdragon Flaws

Qualcomm is offering up to $15,000, approximately £12,000, to people who spot bugs in its modems and processors.

8 years ago

Intel Outlines AI Push With Lake Crest Chip And Google Partnership

The chip maker is keen to pursue the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning

8 years ago

Samsung Pushes Deeper Into IoT With Expanded ARTIK Platform

The ARTIK 0 and ARTIK 7 target both the high and low-power ends of the Internet of Things spectrum

8 years ago

Qualcomm Considers Buying Chip Maker NXP Semiconductors

Qualcomm may be about to purchase NXP Semiconductors in a multi billion dollar acquisition

9 years ago

Intel To Build 10nm Mobile Chips For ARM

The chip-making rivals have reached a deal that will help Intel grow its foundry business while giving ARM another top…

9 years ago

Intel Continues Trajectory Away From PCs

SEC filing reveals 'virtuous cycle of growth' from IoT and cloud

9 years ago

Qualcomm Pays £15m To Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Qualcomm claims it has strong defenses against accusations of blocking women in STEM, but will work to make improvements

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: ARM

As Japan's SoftBank buys ARM for £24 billion, take our quiz here to see how much you know about the…

9 years ago

British Chipmaker ARM Is Sold To Softbank For £24bn

Softbank promises to keep ARM's headquarters in Cambridge and double its headcount in the UK

9 years ago