Chips and Components
US sanctions force Huawei to stop making Kirin chips
Huawei can no longer produce the chips it needs for its high-end smartphones with features like 5G and AI, due to US government sanctions
Intel's 7nm chips will not arrive until late 2022
Rivals AMD and Nvidia have already started taking advantage of 7nm technology to produce more efficient chips
TSMC to begin 3nm mass production in 2021, report
The chip maker is also rumoured to have made major breakthrough in 2nm chips
Apple ditches Intel to switch Mac computers to its own ARM-based processors
The first Macs with Apple chips will arrive by the end of the year
Intel and AMD: processor supply won't be interrupted by coronavirus
Both AMD and Intel are continuing to produce CPUs at near full capacity despite the COVID-19 outbreak
First ARM-powered Apple Macs coming within 18 months, claims Ming-Chi Kuo
Long rumoured shift from Intel to in-house designed ARM processors is imminent, noted Apple analyst claims
Intel's cryogenic Horse Ridge chip aims to make quantum computers faster and smaller
The chip uses radiofrequency capabilities to control 128 qubits with a single device
DRAM price crash forces global semiconductor revenues down 12 per cent - but Intel retakes top spot
Memory price crash batters Samsung, Hynix and Micron, enabling Intel to retake top spot as world's biggest semiconductor company
Intel acquires AI chipmaker Habana Labs in $2 billion deal
Intel's Habana acquisition intended to accelerate its efforts in the AI chip market
TSMC's 5nm process achieves 50 per cent yield
AMD is expected to be among the first customers for TSMC's 5nm chips, for its Zen 4 CPUs
Intel's Comet Lake-S desktop processor lineup leaks in full
10-core Core i9-10900K will lead the pack
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080 looks set to debut at Computex 2020
AMD's slated 'Nvidia killer' could be sent packing
AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X will cost less than £600 when it is released on 25th November
Ebuyer reveals surprisingly low UK price for Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD launches third generation Threadripper offering up to 32 cores and 64 threads for £1900
AMD claims up to 90 per cent improvement boost for third-generation Threadripper compared to Intel's $2,000 Core i9-9980XE
Intel revenues flat as PC market sales fall but data centre sales rise
Intel will compete more aggressively for PC market business, according to CEO Bob Swan
Samsung announces new 7nm mobile chipset Exynos 990 and 5G Exynos5123 modem
The 7nm Exynos 990 SoC is expected to make its debut in the Samsung Galaxy S11 smartphone coming in the first quarter of 2020
Intel cuts X-series prices in half to compete against AMD with upcoming Cascade Lake-X CPUs
Intel Core i9-10980XE Extreme Edition will come in at half the price of last year's top-of-the-range HEDT processor from Intel
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X delayed over clock speeds, not manufacturing issues, claim reports
TSMC production issues not the reason for Ryzen 9 3950X delays, according to sources in Taiwan
Third-generation AMD Threadripper coming in November - along with delayed Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD reveals release date for 3rd gen' Threadripper and its high-end Ryzen 9, but stays quiet on rumoured 32-core, 64-thread range-topping Threadripper
The outer limits? What will happen when microprocessors reach 'silicon plateau'?
As copper and silicon-based CPUs reach their physical limits, what is in the pipeline that will keep compute power growing? Nic Fearn investigates
Huawei unveils Kirin 990 5G, the world's first all-in-one 5G system-on-a-chip
Huawei's 5G chipset is made by TSMC using its latest 7nm manufacturing process
Intel claims Cascade Lake-X will be twice as fast as Skylake-X, and outperform second-gen AMD Theadripper
Intel claims Cascade Lake-X will offer better price per pound than AMD Threadripper
Intel unveils 'Spring Hill' - its first artificial intelligence chip
Facebook has already started using Intel's new 'Spring Hill' AI chip, according to Intel
Second-gen AMD Epyc CPUs have broken 11 performance world records, claims Gigabyte
New AMD Epyc benchmarks indicates that Intel has a big fight on its hands in the data centre
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