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Intel Foundry Secures Contract with Microsoft for Maia 3 Accelerator Using 18A-P Node
Intel Foundry has secured a major contract with Microsoft to manufacture its next artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator, Maia 3, using Intel’s advanced 18A-P process. This agreement marks a significant step in Microsoft’s strategy to diversify its supply chain and strengthens Intel’s position as a key player in the semiconductor industry.…
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Satisfactory Meets Minecraft in Paradox Interactives New Game “Foundry”
I love original games and concepts, but every now and then, taking the best elements of a few big hits and smashing them together is more than enough to make an exciting new game. That’s exactly what Foundry has done, with a Voxel-based game that is very much like Minecraft,…
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TSMC Entering 3nm Production This Year, 2nm in 2025
It seems crazy to think that we’re down to 3nm production already, but according to TSMC, that’s exactly what they’ll be doing this year. A far cry from the 250nm production of the first desktop CPU I ever purchased, a Pentium II 400. However, in their first-quarter earnings call, TSMC…
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TSMC 5nm Node Increases Transistor Density by up to 84-87%
Earlier this month, we reported how TSMC estimated that, all going well, they should begin full-blown 5nm chipset production by April. Now, admittedly, that date is entirely open for speculation now following the Coronavirus outbreak, it seems though that when the chip is released, we’re going to see some pretty…
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TSMC Unveils Aggressive Roadmap With 7nm in 2017
Even though we’re getting closer and closer tot he end of silicon shrinking, the semiconductor foundries aren’t giving up just yet. TSMC, one of the few companies left in the business, has announced their new aggressive roadmap going into the future. While they’ve just got their 10nm about ready to go,…
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Intel Opens Up 10nm Fabs to ARM SoCs
One of the big headline problems for Intel is the increasing cost of reaching new nodes. As we get ever closer to the limitations of silicon, it is taking longer and costing more to reach the next lower level. Combined with a slowing CPU market, the company embarked on their…
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Samsung Developing Low-Cost 14nm and High-Performance 10nm Processes
Samsung has revealed its foundry’s roadmap for the next few years, which includes the development of a low-cost 14nm FinFET process (14LPC), with hopes that it can pass on those savings to its customers, and a new 10nm process (10LPP) that increases performance by up to 10% over its previous…
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Intel Faces More Delays in 10nm Production
We brought you news earlier this week that Intel appeared to have delayed their 10nm Cannon Lake chips in favour of 14nm Kaby lake. Now more reports have emerged about the delays and yield issues Intel is facing with the transition to 10nm. Word in the industry is that Intel is…
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Samsung Wants To OEM Produce For Nvidia, Amazon and Sony
With Apple taking their business elsewhere Samsung is expecting to face shortfalls in its revenue if it doesn’t find new buyers for its products. Apple are already looking to TSMC for future production, as well as generating their own production, and this means Samsung will lose one of its biggest…
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