While neuromorphic computing remains under research for the time being, efforts into the field have continued to grow over the years, as have the capabilities of the specialty chips that have been developed for this research. Following those lines, this morning Intel and Sandia National Laboratories are celebrating the deployment of the Hala Point neuromorphic…
Microsoft announced revenue of $61.9bn for the quarter which ended 31st March 2024, representing an increase of 17% over the same quarter last year. The company’s cloud business grew 23% and contributed $35.1bn in revenue. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud business grew 21%, with revenue of $26.7bn. This business unit comprises the server product line and cloud…
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This week ASML is making two very important announcements related to their progress with high numerical aperature extreme ultraviolet lithography (High-NA EUV). First up, the company’s High-NA EUV prototype system at its fab in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, has printed the first 10nm patterns, which is a major milestone for ASML and their next-gen tools. Second,…
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AMD is looking to drive the AI PC market with options across multiple product lines, which aren’t limited to consumer processors. While primarily designed for the commercial sector, AMD has announced the Ryzen Pro 8000 ‘Phoenix’ series of APUs for desktops, which AMD claims is the first professional-grade CPU to include an NPU designed to provide…
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When JEDEC released its DDR5 specification (JESD79) back in 2020, the standard setting organization defined precise specs for modules with speed bins of up to 6400 MT/s, while leaving the spec open to further expansions with faster memory as technology progressed. Now, a bit more than three-and-a-half years later, and the standards body and its…
JEDEC Extends DDR5 Memory Specification to 8800 MT/s, Adds Anti-Rowhammer Features Read More »
Lexar has a long history of serving the flash-based consumer storage market in the form of SSDs, memory cards, and USB flash drives. After having started out as a Micron brand, the company was acquired in 2017 by Longsys which has diversified its product lineup with regular introduction of new products. Recently, the company announced…
Lexar SL500 Portable SSD Review: Silicon Motion SM2320 and YMTC NAND in a Potent Package Read More »
As Qualcomm prepares for the mid-year launch of their forthcoming Snapdragon X SoCs for PCs, and the eagerly anticipated Oryon CPU cores within, the company is finally shoring up their official product plans, and releasing some additional technical details in the process. Thus far the company has been demonstrating their Snapdragon X Elite SoC in…
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With the arrival of spring comes showers, flowers, and in the technology industry, TSMC’s annual technology symposium series. With customers spread all around the world, the Taiwanese pure play foundry has adopted an interesting strategy for updating its customers on its fab plans, holding a series of symposiums from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. Kicking off…
As we get deeper into 2024, Nvidia Blackwell news and rumors are starting to pick up as we learn more about the architectural successor to Nvidia Lovelace. This includes both data center and industrial-scale chips like those that are fueling the current AI boom, as well as the next-gen Nvidia RTX 5000 series. And, unlike past…
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Datacentre energy consumption and operational efficiency are under intense scrutiny. Sensing a need to control datacentre growth, legislators and regulators have begun efforts to require operators to report facility-level information and key performance indicators and set minimum facility performance thresholds. Their ultimate goal is to require operators to report indicative performance and efficiency metrics, including…
