Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: MLperf Benchmark
MLperf is an up-and-coming benchmark aimed at machine learning, backed by a number of industry leaders in this area.
2 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/19/2019Dell Unveils G5 Gaming Desktop: Starting at $629
Historically, Dell has addressed the market for higher-end gaming desktops with their Alienware-branded machines, which are frequently built around unlocked CPUs as well as advanced graphics cards. Meanwhile, for...
68 by Anton Shilov on 8/19/2019Dell Launches 55-Inch Alienware OLED Display: 4K at 120 Hz with Deep Blacks
Today at Gamescom, Dell has officially launched its new flagship OLED gaming monitor, the Alienware 55. First demonstrated back at Computex, the display uses a 4K OLED panel featuring...
48 by Anton Shilov on 8/19/2019Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: Intel Optane
This year at Hot Chips, Intel is presenting the latest updates to its Optane PCDMM strategy.
21 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/19/2019Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: Princeton In-Memory Compute Embedded CPU
Princeton is presenting it's own solution for in-memory compute this year at Hot Chips.
3 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/19/2019Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: IBM's Next Generation POWER
We're here at Hot Chips 31 / 2019, and the first talk to be live blogged is IBM's newest variant of its POWER CPUs. This talk starts at 10am...
17 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/19/2019Micron’s Fab 10 Expansion Completed: 96-Layer 3D NAND Production Starts in 2019
Micron this week hosted a grand opening ceremony of its Fab 10 Expansion in Singapore. The new cleanroom is not expected to increase the company’s production capacity in terms...
21 by Anton Shilov on 8/16/2019SMIC: 14nm FinFET in Risk Production; China's First FinFET Line To Contribute Revenue by Late 2019
SMIC, the largest contract maker of semiconductors in China, announced this month that it would start commercial production of chips using its 14 nm FinFET manufacturing technology by the...
53 by Anton Shilov on 8/16/2019Micron: Mass Production of 16 Gb DDR4 & LPDDR4X Chips Using 1z nm Technology
Micron announced on Thursday that it had started volume production of memory chips using its 3rd Generation 10 nm-class fabrication technology (also known as 1Z nm). The first DRAMs...
25 by Anton Shilov on 8/16/2019Marvell at FMS 2019: NVMe Over Fabrics Controllers, AI On SSD
Prior to Flash Memory Summit, Marvell unveiled their first generation of client SSD controllers supporting PCI Express 4.0. During the show itself, their focus was much more on the...
5 by Billy Tallis on 8/16/2019Samsung Mulls Suspending South Korea LCD Plant Due to Oversupply
Samsung Display is considering to suspend one of its LCD panel production facilities in South Korea because of oversupply, the company said this week. There is no final decision...
32 by Anton Shilov on 8/16/2019FMS 2019: EDSFF Form Factors Update - Long, Short, & Everything In-Between
What began as Intel's Ruler concept for a new SSD form factor blossomed into the Enterprise and Datacenter Small Form Factor family of standards, with the version 1.0 specs...
1 by Billy Tallis on 8/16/2019NVIDIA Q2 FY 2020 Earnings Report: Continuing Crypto Disruption
Today NVIDIA announced their earnings for the second quarter of their 2020 fiscal year, which ended on July 28. NVIDIA made tremendous gains during the cryptocurrency boom, and as...
14 by Brett Howse on 8/15/2019GlobalFoundries Sells Off Photomask Assets to Toppan
Following its decision to focus on specialized process technologies last August, GlobalFoundries has been consolidating its assets as well as selling off businesses and facilities that are not essential...
20 by Anton Shilov on 8/15/2019SMART Modular Shows Off 256 GB Gen-Z Memory Module
SMART Modular this month demonstrated one of the industry’s first prototypes of a EDSFF 3-inch DDR4 Gen-Z memory module. The ZMM supports advanced functionality enabled by the new interface...
15 by Anton Shilov on 8/15/2019SK Hynix Re-Enters Retail SSD Market, Launches Gold S31 SATA Drives
Coming off of the heels of last week’s Flash Memory Summit, today a familiar entity is throwing its hat back into the ring for retail SSDs: SK Hynix. This...
17 by Ryan Smith on 8/15/2019Huawei Delays Launch of Foldable Mate X to Q4
Huawei’s Mate X garnered quite of attention at Mobile World Congress earlier this year as one of the industry’s first foldable 5G smartphones. Unfortunately for those looking to get...
10 by Anton Shilov on 8/15/2019Retailers Begin to Sell Pre-Binned AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs
For many PC enthusiasts, overclocking means a lot of fun, both in terms of process and the end result. To a large degree overclocking is a lottery that is...
40 by Anton Shilov on 8/14/2019Acer Launches Predator XN253QX Monitor with 240 Hz & 0.4 ms G2G Response Time
Acer has introduced its new Predator XN253QX display, which is aimed at professional gamers who are looking for top-tier response times. The Predator XN253QX has a maximum refresh rate...
9 by Anton Shilov on 8/14/2019Samsung Unveils ISOCELL Bright HMX 108 MP Sensor for Smartphones
Samsung this week has introduced the industry’s first 108 megapixel image sensor for smartphones. The Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX promises to allow smartphones to take photos comparable to those...
39 by Anton Shilov on 8/13/2019