New ASML CEO: Frenchman Christophe Fouquet to replace Peter Wennink
ASML has appointed Christophe Fouquet as its new CEO. He will start in April 2024, when current CEO Peter Wennink's term expires. France's Christophe Fouquet has been with the Dutch manufacturer of chip-making machines for 15 years.
According to the company's Supervisory Board, Christophe Fouque... Read more
Canon deploys new chip machines to take aim at ASML’s monopoly
Early this century, Canon, Nikon and ASML were fiercely competing for the lead in the lithography market. Over two decades later, ASML has emerged as the undisputed leader. Meanwhile, its Japanese competition dropped far behind in the R&D race. The technological gap with ASML appeared to have b... Read more
PowerLeader from China introduces what looks like an Intel i3 clone
Chinese company PowerLeader says it is coming out with its own x86 CPU. The "Pstar P3" with model name P3-01105 bears a striking resemblance to the Intel Core i3-10105 from early 2021.
The IHS (integrated heat spreader) design and the name of the chip suggest that this is a variant of the older ... Read more
New AMD EPYC chips have a bigger cache
AMD has finally made available four new EPYC high-end server processors with a bigger cache to carry out workload intensive operations
In a recent reveal, AMD added four new SKUs processors to its previously nicknamed Milan-X (presently EPYC) state-of-the-art chips lineup. The addition gave way ... Read more
Xian lockdown could harm memory chip manufacturing
The lockdown in Xian is affecting memory chip manufacturing facilities hampering global supply
Samsung and Micron are the largest manufacturers of memory chips in the world. They supply memory chips worldwide, but with the recent rise of Covid-19, there is a chance that the Chinese city of Xian ... Read more