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AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer on the planet with 1.742 exaflops of performance. El Capitan debuts on… Read more ›

Tim Millet, vice president of Platform Architecture (Hardware Technologies) at Apple, is clear about what differentiates the company’s silicon strategy and why it can outperform the competition continuously. Tom Boger, Vice President of Mac Product Marketing at Apple, has underlined… Read more ›

Samsung is allegedly considering outsourcing Exynos chip manufacturing to TSMC. Samsung Galaxy S25 series will reportedly use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip worldwide. Apparently, solving the low yield issues of the company’s 3nm GAA wafers will take longer than it… Read more ›

TSMC will start producing 2nm GAA-based wafers in 4Q25 at its Fab 20 in Hsinchu which has a capacity of 30k wpm and will be  followed by the 30k wpm Fab 22 in Kaohsiung which is expected  to start produxtion… Read more ›

According to the “Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast Report” released by SEMI in Jul 2024, global wafer fab equipment spending will increase from USD95.6B in 2023 to USD98.3B in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 3%, mainly due to the gradual… Read more ›

Intel is aiming to ship 100M units of AI PC, what it calls computers powered by its AI processors, by 2025, a 150% jump from its goal by 2025 of 40M units. Intel Sales & Marketing Group Director Jack Huang… Read more ›

Samsung and Apple has allegedly shown interest in acquiring Intel. Acquiring Intel would not only give them access to the company’s intellectual property but also its factories and related know-how. This would be especially useful for Samsung, which is struggling… Read more ›