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European court overturns 12-year-old €1.06 billion fine against Intel
Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg) Sometimes the wheels of justice turn very slowly. A €1.06 billion ($1.2 billion) fine levied against Intel back in 2009 by the European Commission has been wiped out. In a press release announcing the ruling (PDF) handed down on Wednesday morning, the General Court of the European Union said the financial assumption […]
Should the U. S. fight or embrace TSMC?
The CHIPS Act presents hard questions about America’s relationship with the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer. Read More
Tech earnings reports could signal calm or chaos
The cloudy start to 2022 could come into sharper focus as Microsoft, Apple, and others report holiday-quarter earnings. Read More
Intel says Ohio “megafab” will begin making advanced chips in 2025
Enlarge / Intel’s rendering of its two new leading-edge processor factories planned to be built outside Columbus, Ohio. (credit: Intel) Intel announced the location of its megafab today, a 1, 000-acre parcel on the outskirts of the Columbus, Ohio, metro area. The semiconductor manufacturer plans to break ground on two leading-edge fabs by the end […]
Netflix once again faces a pivot point
Slowing subscriber growth raises questions about the streamer’s ability to gain traction abroad and develop new sources of revenue. Read More
Intel “mega-fab” coming to Ohio, reports say
Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg) Intel is reportedly planning to build a large chip facility in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, the state capital. An official announcement is expected on January 21. The company reportedly plans to invest $20 billion in the site, and the city of New Albany is working to annex up […]
Apple loses a key Mac silicon executive to Intel amidst M1 transition
Enlarge / The Apple Park campus stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cupertino in October 2019. (credit: Sam Hall/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Jeff Wilcox, Apple’s director of Mac system architecture who oversaw much of the Apple Silicon transition, has left Apple to join Intel. He will head up Intel’s efforts to develop its own […]
Who’s making early waves at COVID-dampened CES 2022
Sony, Samsung, and chip makers created buzz ahead of the annual tech convention in Las Vegas. Read More
12th-gen Intel Core laptop CPUs bring up to 14 cores to high-end portables
Enlarge / Intel’s 12th-generation Core chips are coming to laptops soon. (credit: Intel) In addition to announcing new desktop chips, Intel is also expanding its Alder Lake architecture to laptops. Intel has announced 12th-generation Core chips for everything from high-end gaming laptops to thin-and-light ultrabooks, with low-end Pentiums and Celerons thrown in for good measure. […]