One of the challenges faced by the Chinese chip design industry is the lack of advanced domestic electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Market leaders Cadence and Synopsys are unable to supply the chipmaking software to Chinese entities due to U.S. export controls. Also, until recently, no EDA tools for chip design software could work on […]
Tag: Processors
Intel’s next-gen Lunar Lake processors will launch in new AI PCs sooner than you think, hot on the heels of Snapdragon X and ARM
What you need to know Intel’s next generation of mobile processors, codenamed Lunar Lake, will be released with OEM devices in Q3 2024 (between July and September). Primarily focused on AI with an upgraded 45+ TOPS NPU, Lunar Lake will also include Intel’s codename ‘Battlemage’ GPU on what it calls the “XPU” system-on-a-chip. Details on […]
Intel next-generation Lunar Lake CPUs launching in Q3, Arrow Lake in Q4 — mobile chips claimed to be 1.4x faster than Qualcomm’s X Elite processors
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, […]
Microsoft to offer cloud customers AMD’s AI chips as an alternative to Nvidia processors
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 […]
Huawei denies plans for Kirin X-series PC processors after losing access to Intel chips
The US recently revoked Huawei’s access to Intel processors for its products, and shortly thereafter, a leaked document from Huawei shared by Chinese media revealed that the company had a new plan called the ‘Taishan Battle’ for PC processors, reports Cailian News Agency. However, in a rare move, Huawei has denied the report and called it […]
AMD, Intel Chips: China Aims To Phase Out U.S. Processors From Government Computers: FT
China has begun implementing guidelines that will keep Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) microprocessors out of government PCs and servers, the Financial Times reported Sunday, part of a growing technological decoupling with the U.S. Intel and AMD stock fell modestly early Monday. X The new guidance also aims to limit use of the […]
A new generation of Ryzen processors codenamed ‘Strix Point’ will be released in 2024
At an event in China earlier today AMD shared its AI PC ecosystem plans. The Beijing AI PC Innovation Summit saw the introduction of the Ryzen ‘Hawk Point’ 8040 series and 8000G desktop solutions to the Chinese market and, perhaps more interestingly to us, new AMD roadmaps including the next-gen consumer Ryzen chips. These codenamed […]