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SK hynix and TSMC announced early on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing the next-generation HBM4 memory and advanced packaging technology. The initiative is designed to speed up the adoption of HBM4 memory and solidify SK hynix's and TSMC's leading positions in high-bandwidth memory and advanced processor applications. The primary focus of SK hynix's and TSMC's initial efforts will be to enhance the performance of the HBM4 stack's base die, which (if we put it very simply) acts like an ultra-wide interface between memory devices and host processors. With HBM4, SK hynix plans to use one of TSMC's advanced logic process technologies to build base dies to pack additional features and I/O pins within the confines of existing...
AMD Creates Quad Core Zen SoC with 24 Vega CUs for Chinese Consoles
AMD has cornered the x86 console market with its handy semi-custom mix of processors and graphics. While we slowly await the next generation of consoles from Microsoft and Sony...
58 by Ian Cutress on 8/3/2018
The Intel Xeon W Review: W-2195, W-2155, W-2123, W-2104 and W-2102 Tested
Anyone looking at a high-end Intel system has three choices: Core i9, Xeon W, or the larger socket Xeon Scalable. Those first two both use the LGA2066 socket, and...
74 by Ian Cutress & Joe Shields on 7/30/2018
Intel Announces Q2 2018 Results: Setting More Records
All across the hardware industry 2018 is shaping up to be a banner year for earnings, and the 800lb gorilla that is Intel is no exception. Reporting their Q2’2018...
27 by Ryan Smith on 7/27/2018
Intel 10nm Production Update: Systems on Shelves For Holiday 2019
Earlier this year Intel confirmed that it would delay mass production of 10nm CPUs to 2019 due to issues with yields, but did not elaborate on when in 2019...
50 by Anton Shilov on 7/26/2018
AMD “Rome” EPYC CPUs to Be Fabbed By TSMC
Along with AMD’s epic quarterly results that were announced yesterday afternoon, there was also an interesting nugget buried in the earnings call for the results. We’ve known for some...
32 by Ryan Smith on 7/26/2018
AMD Announces Q2 2018 Results: Best Quarter In Seven Years
What a difference a year makes. Yesterday afternoon AMD announced their second quarter results for their fiscal year 2018, and the news is nothing short of stunning, with AMD...
13 by Ryan Smith on 7/26/2018
Intel’s Xeon Scalable Roadmap Leaks: Cooper Lake-SP, Ice Lake-SP Due in 2020
Recently a Chinese university has published a collection of slide-decks from various companies covering a server/HPC event. Among the slides, Intel had a seemingly longer comprehensive presentation describing Intel’s...
19 by Anton Shilov on 7/25/2018
Intel Begins EOL Plan for Xeon Phi 7200-Series ‘Knights Landing’ Host Processors
Intel has initiated its product discontinuance plan for its Xeon Phi 7200-series processors codenamed Knights Landing (KNL). The said CPUs are used primarily for HPC applications, including supercomputers. As...
23 by Anton Shilov on 7/24/2018
An AnandTech Exclusive: The Jim Keller Interview
You asked for it, and we were able to get 30 minutes with the big man himself. Jim Keller falls into the rockstar category of engineers: lots of ideas...
129 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/16/2018
Intel To Acquire eASIC: Lower Cost ASICs in FPGA Design Time
Along with the other announcement today, Intel is also announcing that it will acquire a company called eASIC which develops FPGA-like design tools to roll out ‘structured ASICs’. These...
18 by Ian Cutress on 7/12/2018
Intel Launches Coffee Lake Xeon E (Entry): The Next-Gen E3-1200
Today Intel is announcing the Xeon E family of processors. The Xeon E-2100 stack of CPUs will replace the previous generation E3 v6 processors, following Intel's renaming of their...
44 by Ian Cutress on 7/12/2018
Intel’s High-End Cascade Lake CPUs to Support 3.84 TB of Memory Per Socket
While Intel has yet to detail its upcoming Cascade Lake processors for servers, some of the key characteristics are beginning to emerge. According to a new report from ServeTheHome...
20 by Anton Shilov on 7/10/2018
Marvell Completes Acquisition of Cavium, Gets CPU, Networking & Security Assets
Marvell on Friday announced that it had completed its takeover of Cavium. The combined company will have a broad portfolio of IP and patents that promise to enable the...
15 by Anton Shilov on 7/9/2018
Arm and Samsung Extend Artisan POP IP Collaboration to 7LPP and 5LPE Nodes
Arm and Samsung Foundry this week announced plans to extend their collaboration to 7LPP and 5LPE process technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Arm will offer Samsung Foundry...
23 by Anton Shilov on 7/6/2018
Qualcomm’s Server Team Loses VP of Technology, Centriq Future Unknown
Normally we don’t particularly comment on these sorts of transitions at big companies unless they are C-level (CEO, CTO), however the narrative surrounding Qualcomm’s Centriq product line is still...
34 by Ian Cutress on 7/6/2018
Zen and Vega DDR4 Memory Scaling on AMD's APUs
We have previously explored the importance of memory scaling within AMDs Ryzen CPUs: the question being answered today is how much of an effect on performance does the memory...
74 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/28/2018
Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns, CFO Robert Swan as Interim CEO
This morning Intel released a formal press release stating that Brian Krzanich, now former CEO, had resigned. Current CFO Robert Swan has been named the interim CEO while the...
166 by Ian Cutress on 6/21/2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G Core Frequency Scaling: An Analysis
When AMD launched their first generation Ryzen-based APUs with a Zen cores and Vega graphics, both of the new parts entered the market at two very different budget-focused price...
33 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/20/2018
My Face on a CPU Cooler: Two Minutes with ASUS’ Ryujin CLC
One of the first events of the Computex week was ASUS’ Republic of Gamers press conference. In typical ASUS fashion, a glut of about 11 press releases landed in...
21 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2018
Best CPUs for Gaming: Q3 2018
In our series of Best CPU guides, here’s the latest update to our recommended Gaming CPUs list. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the...
1 by Ian Cutress on 6/19/2018
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