GEE F decides to be GF
Globalfoundries agrees to what the world said
Moore’s Law decline: the short and the long, the incremental and the revolutionary
In the literal sense, Moore’s Law—long a definition and quantification of the down-scaling of the silicon-integrated transistor area and cost—has slowed or ended, depending on how strictly one interprets the definition. But, Moore’s Law is not the point, it's a metric. Technology R&D will continue to find new ways to advance the performance and price-performance of processors and that is the point. The semantic details … Read more
Intel enters the age of the ångström
Intel has received a lot of criticism about losing its cadence in semiconductor node steps. Part of the criticism was over naming the features used for defining a node. Should it be the width of the gate, the length, how do you address 3D, stacking, and wrapping? No simple answer. If you think you might live long enough, you could … Read more
AMD Q2 2021 results
AMD announced revenue of $3.85 billion for the second quarter of 2021, operating income of $924 million, net income of $710 million. “Our business performed exceptionally well in the second quarter as revenue and operating margin doubled and profitability more than tripled year-over-year,” said AMD president and CEO Lisa Su. “We are growing significantly faster than the market with strong … Read more
Intel Q2 2021 results
Intel said second-quarter revenue exceeded April guidance led by continued strength in the Client Computing Group (CCG) and strong recovery in both Intel's Internet of Things Group (IOTG) and the Enterprise portion of its Data Center Group (DCG). The PC and Mobileye businesses achieved record Q2 revenue. In the second quarter, PC platform volumes were up 33% YoY and Mobileye … Read more
The case for desktop workstations
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) recently reported that the overall workstation market volume in Q1’21 grew about 27.7% YoY, a milestone for workstation sales. The strong rebound in workstation shipments was no surprise, as positive signs regarding the pandemic by mid-quarter (in the US and EMEA particularly), along with successful deployment of vaccines (though geographically varying) clearly improved purchasing outlooks among … Read more
Acer unveils CP317; 17-in Chromebook
The Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W) and Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 713, the world’s first Intel Evo platform-verified Chromebooks
Nvidia’s Q1 FY22 results
Nvidia, the company that makes the most sought-after GPUs, reported an 84% increase in sales last quarter. The company reported record revenue for the first quarter ended May 2, 2021, of $5.66 billion, up 84 percent from a year earlier and up 13 percent from the previous quarter, with record revenue from the company’s Gaming, Data Center and Professional Visualization … Read more
Intel Q1 2021 results
First-quarter revenue exceeded Intel’s January guidance by $1.1 billion, said the company, led by continued strong PC demand. PC unit volumes were up 38% YoY, and notebook volumes set a new Intel record. The company also saw an initial recovery of Enterprise and Government sales in the Data Center Group (DCG). Intel also achieved better-than-expected revenue in their Internet of Things … Read more
Intel’s 11-gen i5 and i9 Rocket Lake CPUs
Significant improvement over Gen-10
Intel’s 11-gen i5 and i9 Rocket Lake CPUs
Intel introduced its 11th generation Core i processors with its new 750 Iris X UHD graphics. Intel announced a full lineup of processors from the X-series Enthusiasts CPUs to the base i3. Intel is touting the integration of AI along with CPU/ GPU compute capabilities featured in the new generation. We were privileged to be able to get an i5-11600k … Read more
Intel’s 11-gen i5 and i9 Rocket Lake CPUs
Significant improvement over gen-10