microprocessors

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

8 months ago

Taiwan Bans Most Chip Exports To Russia, Belarus

More bad news for Putin, as Taiwan confirms strict ban on modern computer chips and chip-making equipment to Russia and…

2 years ago

White House Takes On Silicon Shortage, Identifies Choke Points

Biden administration is ramping efforts to help car makers deal with chronic silicon shortage that is impacting production

4 years ago

Intel Mulls Sale Of Connectivity Chip Division – Report

Intel said to be considering sale of its connected home division, as it reportedly seeks a buyer for the unit

5 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

6 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

6 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

Intel ‘Looks’ To Sell Off Security Unit

The chip maker is reportedly looking into unloading Intel Security amid rising demand from business

8 years ago

Intel Tightens Cloud Focus With New Xeon Chips, SSDs And Partnerships

Chip giant expands Xeon line with new processor models and partnerships to aid cloud workload migrations

9 years ago

3D Carbon Nanotube Chip ‘Boosts Performance 1000 Times’

Stanford researchers say carbon nanotubes make it possible to construct stacked 'skyscraper' chips

9 years ago

Intel Buys Altera In £11bn Chip Deal

Intel will acquire Altera for $54 per share in an all-cash transaction to drive into more profitable growth areas

9 years ago

Intel: Broadwell To Ship In PCs For Christmas

Intel's delayed next-generation chip will not ship in time for the back-to-school season, but should be on shop shelves in…

11 years ago

AMD Extends ARM Roadmap

AMD has said it sees half of its revenues coming from non-PC markets by the end of next year, thanks…

11 years ago

AMD Launches Third-Generation ‘Beema’ And ‘Mullins’ Tablet Chips

AMD is aiming on a high-end user experience to bring success in the market for tablets and low-power laptops

11 years ago

Intel Touts High-End Xeon Chips For Big Data

The updated Intel Xeon E7 chip lineup offers up to 15 cores and a number of performance improvements

11 years ago

Europe’s Semiconductor CEOs Back ‘Internet Of Things’ Research Drive

Chief executives of ARM, Infineon and STMicroelectronics want to double value of Europe's microprocessor industry by 2020

11 years ago

AMD Shows Off First ARM-Based Opteron Server Chip

AMD uses a keynote at the Open Compute Summit to reveal its first ARM-based server processor

11 years ago

Intel To Slash Workforce By 5 Percent

Intel is to cut 5,000 jobs worldwide, as its enterprise business continues to struggle

11 years ago

Google May Ditch Intel And Build ARM-Based Chips – Report

Life is not getting any easier for Intel, as Google reportedly thinks about making its own server chips

11 years ago

Smartphones, Tablets Drive Global Processor Shipments

Mobile devices replace PCs as the driving force behind the global chip business, says analyst firm

11 years ago

Green500 Supercomputer List Reveals Intel, Nvidia Surprise

Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are used in the world's top 10 most energy-efficient supercomputers

11 years ago

Micron Reveals New Parallel Processing Architecture

A new computing architecture from Micron will outperform rival CPUs when dealing with unstructured data

11 years ago

AMD Unveils Mobile Roadmap To Take On Intel

AMD reveals more information about its mobile chip plans to challenge Intel and ARM next year

11 years ago

Intel Opens Parallel Computing Centres And Seeks Partners

Intel establishes Parallel Computing Centres around the world as it seeks to drive HPC hardware improvements

11 years ago

Intel Blames Broadwell Delay On Manufacturing Glitch

Intel said it has fixed a 'defect density issue', but problem will push Broadwell's launch back by a quarter

11 years ago

Intel Reports Server Chip Sales Growth

As the stagnant PC market continues to take its toll on Intel's profits, executives said they expect new chips to…

11 years ago

AMD Adopts Optimistic Stance After Tough Q2

The boss of AMD believes the company will return to profitability next quarter after it posted another loss

11 years ago

Report: Apple Signs New Samsung Chip Deal

Apple has committed to keep Samsung on as a manufacturer of its mobile processors, but may also bring in TSMC…

11 years ago

Faster ARM Chips On The Way From TSMC, Globalfoundries

Upcoming 20-nm technology from ARM, as well as a debate over Intel 'Clover Trail+' benchmarks, demonstrates that competition is intensifying…

11 years ago

Haswell-based PCs From Acer, Lenovo Unveiled

New computers based on Intel's Haswell processor arrive from PC makers Acer and Lenovo

11 years ago