ARM announces 10nm chip
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 20 May 2016 13:13

ARM announces 10nm chip


Artemis on board

ARM's colaboration with TSMC has finally born some fruit with the tapeout of a 10nm test chip to show off the company's readiness for the new manufacturing process.

Qualcomm buries the hatchet with LG
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 25 April 2016 13:33

Qualcomm buries the hatchet with LG


LG agrees to pay more for its chips

Qualcomm has buried the hatchet with LG after the smartphone vendor agreed to pay more for its chips.

Galaxy Note 6 gets the Snapdragon 823
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12:26

Galaxy Note 6 gets the Snapdragon 823


Qualcomm’s Unreleased most powerful chip

The Galaxy Note 6 will feature Qualcomm's most powerful mobile chip — the so-far unseen Snapdragon 823.

Apple set to buy Imagination
Published in News
Tuesday, 22 March 2016 12:02

Apple set to buy Imagination


Apparently it has a shortage

The Dark Satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that claims the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is about to write a cheque for the British chip design company Imagination Technologies.

Intel talks about getting back to Moore's Law
Published in PC Hardware


Back to advancing every two years

Chipzilla has been explaining how it hopes to claw back the missing six months which it lost in chip development and return to Moore’s Law increases of every two years.

AMD might call Zen chips "Zeppelin"
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 February 2016 14:18

AMD might call Zen chips "Zeppelin"


Nothing to suggest that Zen will crash and burn

Leaks are starting to emerge about an AMD Zen part which has the unfortunate name of Zeppelin.

Intel works with Chinese on servers
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 21 January 2016 12:22

Intel works with Chinese on servers


Tackling fears of spy technology

Chipzilla is joining an increasing number of western companies who are forming partnerships with Chinese outfits to help address concerns about the security of imported technology.

Intel releases security on a chip features
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 20 January 2016 11:18

Intel releases security on a chip features


Stop tricky emails

Intel has announced a chip technology that the company said was designed to foil hackers who use fake emails to trick employees into revealing their usernames and passwords.

Polaris GPUs are shipping
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 11 January 2016 11:21

Polaris GPUs are shipping


Sooner than expected

While AMD recently announced its fourth generation GCN architecture, known as Polaris, at the CES 2016, it was keeping quiet on a launch date.

TSMC buys more gear
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 23 December 2015 11:24

TSMC buys more gear


Expansion in the works

TSMC appears to be planning another huge chip exansion and written cheques to the value of $700 million on semiconductor capital equipment in recent weeks.