19% gen-on-gen IPC vs 10th gen desktop CPUs sounds great—but the verdict is out on the importance of the “up to” hedge, or the impact of reduced core count in the i9 CPUs. [credit: Intel ] This week, Intel announced their 11th generation S-series desktop CPUs, code named Rocket Lake-S. These are gaming-oriented processors optimized […]
Enlarge / Whether your primary ask is higher performance per watt, per physical rack unit, or per TCO dollar, AMD’s Epyc Milan is an extremely strong contender. (credit: AMD / Tim Dorr / Jim Salter) Today, AMD launched Epyc Milan, the server / data center implementation of its Zen 3 architecture. The story for Epyc […]
Enlarge / Some current Arm licensees view the proposed acquisition as highly toxic. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Nvidia) In September 2020, Nvidia announced its intention to buy Arm, the license holder for the CPU technology that powers the vast majority of mobile and high-powered embedded systems around the world. Nvidia’s proposed deal would acquire Arm from Japanese conglomerate […]
Enlarge / Ford has cut production at its Chicago facility from three shifts to one as a global chip shortage takes a toll on the car industry. (credit: Scott Olson | Getty Images) The Biden administration has pledged to take immediate action to address a global shortage of semiconductors that has forced the closure of […]
Enlarge / Intel Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan during an Intel press event for CES 2020 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 6, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Getty Images) Intel is replacing its chief executive Bob Swan after a series of manufacturing setbacks and competitive blunders that lost the veteran Silicon […]
Some initial specs for the new Core i9-11900K. [credit: Intel ] The Consumer Electronics Show this week was never going to be where Intel would venture into extreme detail on major new 12th-generation CPUs, but nonetheless, the company hosted a press conference this morning that laid out a few new evolutions of the 11th-gen CPUs […]
Expand (charge: Jason Torchinsky) Let us be truthful: 2020 sucks. So a lot of the season was a constant slog of awful news and gloomy events which it has been difficult to maintain. Yet most people have maintained, and how the majority of us do this is using the tiny handheld computers we take with […]
Micro Magic’s fresh CPU model is seen {} in an Odroid board. (charge: Micro Magic) Micro Magic Inc.–a tiny digital design company in Sunnyvale, California–has recently generated a prototype CPU that’s a lot more effective than world-leading opponents, while keeping reasonable raw functionality. We {} Micro Magic’s promises before this week, even when EE Times […]
The 2020, M1-equipped Mac mini. [credit: Samuel Axon ] Apple is insane, right? The Mac only had its very best year of earnings, also Cupertino is hitting on the stage with a jolt like it has not had in almost 15 years–ago at a period when the Mac has been not with such a great […]
Expand / / Spoiler: When it comes to functionality through time, Intel is the gradual and steady tortoise into AMD’s speedy-but-intermittent hare. (charge: Aurich Lawson / / Getty Images) The remark wars between Intel and AMD lovers are popular for the past few release cycles, even with a great deal of electronic ink spilled about […]