Killed EU antitrust fine could still come back to haunt Intel European Commission says findings about payments intended to prevent sales of rival products still stand Systems30 Jan 2023 |
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter Systems30 Jan 2023 | 17
Japan, Netherlands reportedly join US in China tech export ban But the first rule of Chip Fight Club must be observed. Meanwhile Beijing may have its own shadow bans Systems30 Jan 2023 | 16
You there, boffins and tech giants, take this $50m and figure out better chips Yes, the Chinese will never think of doing something like this, muhaha Systems27 Jan 2023 | 16
US in talks with critical chip tech countries Netherlands, Japan. Topic? China sanctions Uncle Sam well aware of strategic importance of lithography industry crucial to production nodes Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
Intel inside a world of pain as revenue plunges by a third U OK Pat? Asking cos client sales are down, server sales are down, and your forecasts are grim Systems27 Jan 2023 | 40
Have we hit a climate tipping point? Green power attracts big money As much cash went into low-carbon as fossil fuels last year, apparently Systems27 Jan 2023 | 19
US ban on China chip exports rebounds, causes 2,700 job losses California-based chipmaking kit-maker Lam hit by DRAM decline, inability to export to Middle Kingdom Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
Automotive industry is driving revenue for at least one chip company: STMicroelectronics Look, a semiconductor manufacturer that isn't whining about weak demand Systems26 Jan 2023 | 3
Microsoft shells out for 2.5GW of solar. Not that it'll make a big dent in its emissions Unless it's hooking up all those panels to your PCs and servers Systems26 Jan 2023 | 24
ASML forecasts growth this year, but chipmakers expect pain Netherlands still facing pressure from US to ban exports to China Systems25 Jan 2023 | 1
SK hynix debuts 'world's fastest mobile DRAM', predicts it will move to power AI/ML and AR/VR Something to keep manufacturers happy while they wait for the joy of LPDDR6 Systems25 Jan 2023 | 3
Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report Comment And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects Systems24 Jan 2023 | 12
Seattle: Home of grunge, Starbucks… and now, a quantum computer manufacturing plant Unclear where IonQ’s funding for its $1 billion investment plans will come from Systems24 Jan 2023 | 7
8K? That’s cute. This display has 600 million pixels My god, it's full of TVs Systems24 Jan 2023 | 36
It's not Google's 12,000, but Intel plans to prune California headcount by 544 $20b investment in Ohio semiconductor fabs is all go, though Systems23 Jan 2023 | 1
Intel casts doubt on Italy for chip factory location What is this... the Eurovision chip contest? Systems20 Jan 2023 | 20
New IT boss decided to 'audit everything you guys are doing wrong'. Which went wrong On Call Pet consultant took down the datacenter in attempt to find other people's errors Systems20 Jan 2023 | 173
Intel cans luxury R&D center, promises parking lot instead x86 giant wants to sub [spending], 10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 Systems18 Jan 2023 | 4
So you want to replace workers with AI? Watch out for retraining fees, they're a killer Comment Who said workforce development was just for humans?
Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine in brief Also: a week of leaks; Riot Games says 'LoL' to source code ransom demands; and Yandex source also appears online
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere
Shag pile PC earned techies a carpeting from HR Who, Me? Thankfully a veep with a sense of humor pulled the rug out
After less than half a year, Intel quietly kills RISC-V dev environment Did Pathfinder get lost in sea of red ink? Or is Chipzilla becoming RISC averse?
FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make software more secure Opinion Don't throw the open source baby out with the bathwater
China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis Asia In Brief PLUS: NTT’s haptics advance; Australia cracks down on influencers; Korean Uni websites hit by Chinese protestors; and more
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter
Oh, 07734! Internet Archive debuts vintage calculator emulator MAME adapted to bring your favorite TI and HP graphing machines back to life
Intel angles for more subsidies to build German mega-fab Still no date for breaking ground, as chip giant reportedly confirms it will build once 'funding' worked out Systems18 Jan 2023 | 4
Biden seeks out Dutch support for blockade on Chinese chip industry Cooperation could cost Netherland's ASML a billion + in sales Systems18 Jan 2023 | 8
US chip ban left back door in Beijing-controlled Macau for months Until Tuesday, when the former Portuguese colony was added to the 'You Shall Not Pass' list Systems18 Jan 2023 | 5
Apple's M2 MacBook Pros, Mac Mini boast more cores, higher clocks and bigger GPUs Still waiting for that Ultra... Systems17 Jan 2023 | 23
2022 started with a bang but ended with a whimper for semiconductor companies Global revenues grew just 1.1% compared to 25% the year before Systems17 Jan 2023 | 1
Taiwan's chip exports rose as China's imports fell in 2022 US export controls having an effect, but semi industry in for a rough ride everywhere Systems16 Jan 2023 | 2
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Intel offers desktop chip that can hit 6GHz if everything goes right, you can keep it cool, stars align, pigs fly It'll do 8GHz when overclocked, if Chipzilla is to be believed Systems13 Jan 2023 | 33
TSMC bucks chip biz trend with Q4 sales lift, but will cut spending in 2023 Advanced chipmaking lifts world's biggest chipmaker, but softer demand, US trade issues lie ahead Systems12 Jan 2023 |
Years late and 36 cores short of AMD, who are Intel’s 4th-gen Xeons even for? Analysis Here's what $17,000 of silicon gets you Systems12 Jan 2023 | 33
Questions asked about Chinese takeover of UK tech company Are flow sensors such a big deal? In any case, MP invokes National Security and Investment Act Systems12 Jan 2023 | 15
US, Canada, Mexico ponder some sort of chip supply collab Climate change, drugs and immigration behind semiconductors on White House priority list Systems10 Jan 2023 | 1
After long delays, Sapphire Rapids arrives, full of accelerators and superlatives Look at our big claims, but don’t think about how AMD beat us in the DDR5, PCIe 5 race Systems10 Jan 2023 | 26
Oxford Ionics scores funding for scalable quantum chip technology Hermann Hauser of Acorn fame among the investors providing cash injection Systems10 Jan 2023 | 8
Apple aims to replace Broadcom, Qualcomm wireless chips with its own Wouldn't home-grown silicon look pretty in our walled garden? Systems10 Jan 2023 | 50
US pressures Asian allies to join crusade against Chinese chipmakers American ambassador to Japan wants a unified front against the Middle Kingdom Government Tech Week09 Jan 2023 | 12
Taiwan rolls out tax credits for chipmakers to keep R&D local Measures have been described as an answer to the US CHIPS Act Systems09 Jan 2023 | 1
UK gov makes fresh grab at Arm to list IPO in London PM reportedly trying to twist CEO's er, arm Systems09 Jan 2023 | 25
AMD follows Intel's lead with alphanumeric soup of new Ryzens Analysis New high-end Ryzen laptop CPUs? Huzzah! Now what's the number again? Systems05 Jan 2023 | 10
Qualcomm develops one automotive chip to rule them all CES And one Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC to bind them Systems05 Jan 2023 | 3
After roasting Nvidia for overheating issues AMD now has its own Perhaps make sure your own products are working properly before razzing your rival's Systems05 Jan 2023 | 20
As Arm plays chicken with Qualcomm, both have a lot to lose Analysis High risk means high reward ... well, usually Systems04 Jan 2023 | 22
China may have to reassess chip strategy in face of US sanctions Beijing's dreams of producing advanced semiconductors could take much longer than hoped Systems04 Jan 2023 | 19
Nvidia chips and sensors to feature in Foxconn electric vehicles CES Foxconn targets EV portfolio growth and brings Nvidia along for the ride Systems04 Jan 2023 |
Intel: Please buy these new 13th-Gen CPUs, now with 24 cores CES Look folks, we need the business - there's a recession on Systems03 Jan 2023 | 38
Apple jacks up Mac, iPhone, iPad battery replacement fees Prices blowing up makes a change from, well, you know Systems03 Jan 2023 | 5
South Korea to offer tax breaks to hedge semiconductor woes Large chip manufacturers may be offered tax credits of up to 15% to invest in the country Systems03 Jan 2023 |
Miniature nuclear reactors could be the answer to sustainable datacenter growth Did someone say teenage mutant ninja servers? Systems30 Dec 2022 | 143
As liquid cooling takes off in the datacenter, fortune favors the brave Comment There's more than one way to beat the heat – and save serious money Systems29 Dec 2022 | 35
Intel settles to escape $4b patent suit with VLSI Turns out patent trolls don't like being outed by their lawyers Systems29 Dec 2022 | 53
Risk-averse Kyocera gambles nearly $10b of own shares on semiconductor growth When the chips are down, bet the farm Systems28 Dec 2022 | 13
TSMC said to be considering first European semiconductor plant Taiwanese company won't rule it out amid reports execs are visiting Dresden, Germany Systems23 Dec 2022 | 14
Management of UK govt's £158b property estate held back by failed IT project 'Plague' of ageing, inadequate data systems strikes again as state struggles to cut £22b maintenance bill Systems23 Dec 2022 | 22
Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production Systems22 Dec 2022 | 12
It's time to retire 'edge' from our IT vocabulary Opinion The term has become so ambiguous it's verging on irrelevance Systems22 Dec 2022 | 58
US sanctions drain Huawei of homegrown advanced chips Huawei to the chipless zone prediction Systems21 Dec 2022 | 19
QTS refits Dutch datacenter to warm thousands of homes with waste heat It's getting cold out there, better spin up a few more VMs Systems21 Dec 2022 | 8
TSMC’s CEO is not pleased with the growing US-China rift Leader of the the world's largest contract chip manufacturer would like it if the two world powers could work out their differences Systems21 Dec 2022 | 18
Why would a keyboard pack a GPU and run Unreal Engine? To show animations beneath the clear keys, natch At $349 it's a cheap computer and a not-very-expensive keyboard Systems21 Dec 2022 | 81
US sanctions help vaporize chunk of Chinese chip barons’ wealth Beijing's 'military-civil fusion' doctrine suffers multi-billion dollar blowback Systems20 Dec 2022 | 8
Financial authorities fine UK bank nearly $60m for platform migration disaster Doesn't it make your current migration at work look like a walk in the park though Systems20 Dec 2022 | 18
Taiwan to Foxconn: Selling stake in Chinese chipmaker? We’ll still fine you A notable misstep as the iPhone supplier looks to grow its chip-making footprint Systems20 Dec 2022 | 2
GPUs dodge price hike as US extends China tariff deadline beyond 2022 Happy New Year! Concession is made on GPUs and other parts Systems19 Dec 2022 |
Intel may delay construction of German mega-fab to cut costs No longer 'a definitive date' for facility scheduled to be built from next year Systems19 Dec 2022 | 10
Latest US blacklist spells trouble for China’s biggest domestic 3D NAND supplier Analysis One research firm thinks YMTC may have to exit 3D NAND altogether Systems18 Dec 2022 | 20
Server broke because it was invisibly designed to break On Call Cause of weeklong outage was under tech support's nose – but not on their mind Systems16 Dec 2022 | 172
Chipmakers to spend $500b on 84 new fabs by 2024 despite shaky economy We sure do love those government subsidies, says industry cheerleader Systems15 Dec 2022 | 4
Qualcomm talks up RISC-V, roasts 'legacy architecture' amid war with Arm Comment Sees opportunity on one side, dictatorial control on the other Systems15 Dec 2022 | 31
China reportedly bars export of homebrew Loongson chips to Russia – and everywhere else Meanwhile, Moscow ponders a ban on offshore tech workers Systems15 Dec 2022 | 38
IBM to create 24-core Power chip so customers can exploit Oracle database license Big Red doesn't charge more when users add cores, so Big Blue plans to triple the count. Because why not? Systems15 Dec 2022 | 26
Arm processor technology caught up in US chip war with China Alibaba reportedly pulled into the fray, plus: world's top chipmaking equipment maker, ASML, pushes back Systems14 Dec 2022 | 18
IBM to help Japan’s government-funded chipmaker produce 2nm CPUs, GPUs Just as Tokyo reportedly agrees to back US chip sanctions against China Systems14 Dec 2022 | 4
China files complaint with WTO against US chip export controls America: Yeah but they can't help you if it's national security. And it totally is Systems13 Dec 2022 | 17
Intel aims for lower-power GPUs as Nvidia pushes pricey energy guzzlers GPU boss vows 'dramatic shift in the PC graphics landscape' with next-gen CPU Systems12 Dec 2022 | 6
Ventana targets hyperscalers with customizable RISC-V server chip RISC-V Summit Aims to take away the pain of designing an SoC in-house Systems12 Dec 2022 | 5
Brit chip company picks RISC-V for next-gen microcontrollers RISC-V Summit Fabless maker goes for open-source chip architecture, with actual chips schedueld to ship late 2023 Systems12 Dec 2022 | 31
As semiconductor VC funding dips, startups trip, crash, build for the next boom In a weaker economy, investor scrutiny is increasing for these capital-intensive upstarts Systems10 Dec 2022 | 5
Foxconn sinks $500m into India for iPhones, semiconductors Colosso-conglomerate Tata Group also wants some of Delhi's substantial silicon subsidies Systems09 Dec 2022 | 2
Intel expects to regain market share by 2024, admits to 'inefficiency in the fab' Plus: CFO says Chips ACT cash might continue because US govt will be competing with Asia Systems08 Dec 2022 | 6
TSMC founder says 'globalization is almost dead' as Asian foundry giant expands in US Comment A sober reflection on the industry as supply chains bifurcate in the East and West Systems08 Dec 2022 | 85
Intel reminds everyone it's still cooking away on more PC processors Better late than never to catch up with AMD's Ryzen star Systems08 Dec 2022 | 9
Equinix to cut costs by cranking up the heat in its datacenters Dude, not cool Systems07 Dec 2022 | 30
TSMC triples spending on Arizona advanced chip site with extra 3nm fab Analysis Biden thinks it's a big deal, but TSMC's Taiwan output will still dwarf US fabs Systems06 Dec 2022 | 9
GlobalFoundries plans up to 800 layoffs despite reporting record profits Record income? Tick. CHIPS Act subsidies coming? Tick. Yet chipmaker tries to make Wall Stret happier still Systems05 Dec 2022 | 7
Quantum computing is a different kind of computing, says AWS RE:INVENT The intersection of computer science and physics Systems05 Dec 2022 | 20
Datacenter switching surged everywhere except Europe last quarter Economic headwinds, surging energy prices batter EMEA switch sales Systems03 Dec 2022 | 1
US chip group: $52b is not enough, we need an extra $30b in federal funding We need more free money from the government say silicon salesfolks Systems02 Dec 2022 | 38
AMD says transistor tech will keep Moore’s law alive for 6 to 8 years 'We're going to have lower power, but it's going to cost more' says chipmaker's CTO Systems02 Dec 2022 | 12
Intel offers Irish staff a three-month break from being paid Chipmaker confirms 'voluntary time-off programs' part of push to reduce costs Systems02 Dec 2022 | 54
Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety' Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG Systems02 Dec 2022 | 22
Apple pushes TSMC to make more advanced chips in US by 2024 Biden to join Tim Cook as well as AMD and Nvidia chiefs for an announcement from the semiconductor giant next week Systems01 Dec 2022 | 6
Arm hands board seats to Intel and Qualcomm alumni ahead of IPO Flotation delayed but chip designer's board just keeps on growing Systems01 Dec 2022 | 3
Alibaba, Tencent enlisted to help sanction-weary China build RISC-V chips PRC and chums see open-source chip architecture as safer alternative to Arm Systems01 Dec 2022 | 11
Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry Report concludes government needs to implement a chips strategy now – like the rest of the world Systems30 Nov 2022 | 102
Graphcore makes China push with Mk2 AI chip amid financial woes It's not clear whether the upstart had to abide by new US chip restrictions Systems30 Nov 2022 | 2
Equinix would offer more liquid cooling but struggles without standards Immersion has different problems: datacenters aren't strong enough to hold lots of liquids Systems30 Nov 2022 | 6
Intel: The economy is bad right now, but we still need more fabs x86 giant says it will tweak spending for Ohio, Germany plants based on ‘market needs’ Systems29 Nov 2022 | 5
Race to build India’s first chip plant may be won in 2023 The US chip war on China could give India’s chip-making dreams a boost Systems28 Nov 2022 |