Nvidia to Join AMD on 14nm FinFET Process
In of the biggest surprises of the year to come from the graphics industry, Nvidia is reportedly planning to utilize a new process node later this year. According to a South Korean paper, Nvidia has...
View ArticleIntel 7th Gen CPUs Reportedly Launch Q4
Earlier in the week, we got our first glimpse of the Intel Kaby Lake lineup. Utilising the now true and tested 14nm process node, the new CPU architecture optimation was rumoured to arrive in early...
View ArticleIntel Kicks Off Kaby Lake Launch With Mobile CPUs
Slightly ahead of the rumoured schedule, Intel has released their latest update to their CPU lineup. Dubbed Kaby Lake, the new chips feature tweaked versions of the previous generation 14nm process...
View ArticleAMD Amends Global Foundries Wafer Supply Deal
Ever since spinning off their own semiconductor foundries, AMD has had a rocky road with their foundry partner. Called Global Foundries, the once AMD own fabs have remained a trouble for the processor...
View ArticleAMD May Pick 7nm Over 10nm For Next Node
As part of the recent amendment to their Wafer Supply Agreement with Global Foundries, AMD has dropped some hints for their future plans. So far inextricably linked with their old semiconductor fabs,...
View ArticleAMD Zen May Finally Arrive February 2017
When the first reports of Zen came out from AMD, the suggestion was that they would arrive in late 2016. Some rumours even pointed to October as the likely release. however, as time has gone on , AMD...
View ArticleGlobal Foundries Begins 12nm FD-SOI Rollout
For mainstream CPUs and GPUs, being at the forefront of silicon is a crucial aspect of their competitiveness. With each new process node, power efficiency, density, and frequency characteristics have...
View ArticleSamsung Reportedly Looking into AMD and Nvidia GPU Tech
Last year, rumours came out that Samsung was planning to develop their own GPU technology. While nothing came out immediately from those reports, we’re now getting a new rounds of rumours that suggest...
View ArticleIntel May Be Facing More Process Delays
Last year, Intel finally admitted to a major roadblock in their silicon manufacturing. Despite holding to the Tick-Tock strategy for the better part of a decade, the chip giant simply couldn’t justify...
View ArticleGlobalFoundries Confirms 14nm to 7nm Transition
Earlier in the month, a surprising rumour came out from GlobalFoundries future plans. According to the report, the semiconductor foundry was planning to jump straight from the current 14nm process...
View ArticleApple May Choose AMD APU For MacBook Pro
Last month, reports came out that AMD has scored a major Apple design win. According to the rumours, AMD’s new Polaris GPUs had been chosen to power the next generation of MacBook Pros. Today’s...
View ArticleAMD Grey Hawk APUs Set For 2019 Release
Earlier in the year, we first got rumours about a massive AMD CPU. Codenamed Starship, the rumoured chip would feature up to 48 cores on the 7nm FinFET process with the latest Zen+ x86 architecture....
View ArticleAMD Zen Avian APU Roadmap Leaked
One of the things that never gets old with the tech industry is the crazy and wacky code names they come up with. Honestly, sometimes I have no idea how they come up with them at all. AMD has seen...
View ArticleAMD Reportedly Woking On New Polaris GPU Revisions
When Polaris first made the news, it seemed that AMD had a real winner with dramatically improved efficiency and performance. Now that the cards have launched, we know that while impressive, AMD is...
View ArticleIntel i5-7600K Kaby Lake Engineering Sample Benchmarked
With some mobile Kaby Lake CPUs running around, it was only a matter of time before we got some desktop numbers as well. Earlier, some overclocking numbers pop up for the i7 7700K and i5 7500K. Today,...
View ArticleIntel i5 7600K Performance Leaked
In just a few short months, Intel will be launching their new desktop platform. Kaby Lake will be arriving on January 5th 2017 with the i5 7600K and i7 7700K along with other non-overclocking SKUs. In...
View ArticleSamsung Reveals 14nm and 10nm LPU Performance Nodes
As one of the biggest players in the foundry business, Samsung has been helping to push the envelope on new process nodes. With the increasing difficulty of moving to smaller nodes, companies are...
View ArticleIntel Readying Cannonlake Hardware for Late 2017
With only a couple of weeks to go until Kaby Lake-S arrives, we’ve been getting more leaks for Intel’s new lineup. After Kaby Lake arrives in full, the next major release will be Cannonlake....
View ArticleDetailed Intel Kaby Lake i7 7700K Benchmarks Released
As you might expect with any new hardware launch these days, the first leaks nearly always come from various sources in China. Kaby Lake is no exception with the first leaked i7 7700K benchmarks...
View ArticleIntel Kaby Lake E3-1200 v6 Xeon Specifications Leaked
Now that Intel has finished launching their mainstream Kaby Lake lineup, the focus is shifting their Xeon professional CPUs. As usual, the Xeons tend to follow the consumer variants due to their...
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