A sharp decline in Taiwan’s ties with mainland China could extend to the very devices being used to transmit and read this story. The far-reaching implications from what has been a geopolitical tug of war are ultimately likely to bolster mainland China’s standing as a dominant supplier of older-model semiconductors while ramping up the need […]
By David Shepardson and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some of the steep U.S. tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and their batteries, computer chips and medical products, will take effect on Aug. 1, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden will keep tariffs put in place […]
Intel fired yet another salvo in the AI PC war today with claims that its Lunar Lake chips, which are on track for launch in Q3 2024, deliver 1.4x more AI performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips that Microsoft showed off today. Intel also claims incredible gains in battery life and power efficiency, […]
In a surprising twist, the first product to ship with the new Apple M4 chip wasn’t a Mac, it was the new iPad Pro. As exciting as that is for iPad fans, it’s leaving many Mac fans wondering when their devices will get an M4 refresh. On May 7, Apple unveiled its cutting-edge chip designed […]
(Reuters) – Micron Technology on Tuesday slightly raised its capital expenditure forecast for 2024, as the U.S. chipmaker invests heavily to make high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors to meet surging demand from the AI industry. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Boise, Idaho-based Micron is one of the three large providers of HBM chips, an essential part of […]
Chinese computer giant Huawei is switching gears in its latest pre-built PC and using homemade silicon instead of Western-built 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs. As reported by Huawei Central, the new Qingyun W515x is equipped with China’s bleeding-edge octa-core Kirin 9000C processor, which clocks up to 3.1 GHz. The new system is a slimline OEM […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Microsoft said on Thursday it plans to offer its cloud computing customers a platform of AMD artificial intelligence chips that will compete with components made by Nvidia, with details to be given at its Build developer conference next week. It will also launch a preview of new Cobalt 100 custom processors […]
Microsoft Unveils AMD-Powered AI Chips To Rival Nvidia: Report Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) is planning to introduce Advanced Micro Devices Inc’s (NASDAQ:AMD) artificial intelligence chips to its cloud computing customers, aiming to rival Nvidia Corp’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) components. This significant development will be detailed further at the upcoming Build developer conference next week, according to a report from Reuters. The tech giant’s Azure cloud service […]
A leaked internal presentation by Dell on its forthcoming laptop models continues to give up interesting nuggets, this time a slide notes that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors are cheaper and less energy-hungry than all of Intel’s recent chips, including Meteor Lake. So much so, that in some cases, battery life in equivalent laptops is extended […]
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC does not necessarily need to use ASML’s next generation “High NA EUV” machines for an upcoming generation of chip manufacturing technology called A16, which is under development for the second half of 2026, an executive said on Tuesday. The High NA lithography tools are expected to […]
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X mobile processors are already poised for sequels, with the yet unreleased CPUs already slated for 2nd and 3rd generation releases for notebook PCs in mid-2025 and late 2027. A major Dell leak acquired by VideoCardz contains an XPS roadmap, which also contains auspicious dates for Snapdragon X’s future. The leaked Dell executive […]
According to leaked internal documents, buyers of upcoming Dell XPS 13 Plus laptops with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor could enjoy twice as much battery life during video playback. Dell has been testing the new Arm-based laptops and comparing them with older XPS 13 systems using the Intel Alder Lake-P chip. In addition to the […]