Intel reduces server chip pricing to slow down AMD momentum
DigiTimes reported that Intel has changed its server strategy to take on AMD while the latter is experiencing supply constraints. The report says that Intel is flooding the market with chips at a discount instead of sticking to (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price) MSRP.
Some reports say that AM...
Google is reportedly developing laptop chips as Chromebooks ship more units
A report by Nikkei Asia reported that Google is developing customer central processing units for Chromebooks. The report cited three sources familiar with the matter, who also dished out more details about the search giant’s hardware ambitions.
The most notable piece of information has to be t...
TSMC’s most advanced chips will cost 10% more
TSMC, the largest semiconductor foundry on the planet, is raising the prices of its most advanced chips by about 10%.
The company is also raising the prices of its less advanced chips by about 20%, according to a Wall Street Journal report that announced the move on Thursday. The increases will ...
Intel is winding down RealSense to focus on its core business
Intel is shutting down its RealSense artificial-intelligence vision unit to channel its energies toward its core chip business.
An Intel spokesperson spoke to CRN and said that the company would honor current customer commitments and apply the innovations the division yielded to segment other fu...
Chinese processor maker Zhaoxin debuts in QNAP TVS-675
Intel and AMD may be the biggest x86 processors makers, but they are not the only ones, given that a Chinese organization named Zhaoxin has been designing its own x86 chips for a few years now. Until recently, the Zhaoxin chips have only been available in computers sold in the Chinese market.
Th...
‘Intel wants to buy chipmaker GlobalFoundries for 25 billion euros’
Intel is very interested in chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries. This is what the Wall Street Journal reports. Intel considers an acquisition so that it can increase its production of processors.
According to sources of the business newspaper, an acquisition of GlobalFoundries would cost Intel app...
Intel releases IPU chips designed specifically for cloud data centres
Intel has just released information on the new chip they have created, called the infrastructure processing unit (IPU). It aims to boost the efficiency of cloud providers' data centres as it offloads computing tasks from their main server CPU's.
Intel has announced that their IPU chips are now o...
EU should pay Intel 8 billion euros for two chip factories
This week it became clear that Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has put a proposal on the table with the European Commission to build a chip factory in Europe. Gelsinger wants an 8 billion euro subsidy in exchange for the construction of one European chip factory. That's a nice offer to start with, but ...
Smartphones hit by chip shortage, Qualcomm can’t meet demand
Chip developer Qualcomm is finding it increasingly difficult to meet the demand for its smartphone chips. With this, the prevailing chip shortages have claimed a new victim.
Suppliers of Samsung tell Reuters that the smartphone manufacturer is struggling with a shortage of processors from Qualco...
Apple to invest more than a billion euros in Munich R&D center
Munich already has Apple’s largest engineering hub in Europe and now, the iPhone maker wants to expand its presents with a European Silicon Design Center. Apple wants to invest a billion euro's, bring in new employees and build a cutting-edge facility focused on wireless technology and connectivi...
Asia’s chipmakers boost production of 8 inch wafers
Asian chipmakers are in a hurry to expand their production capacity, in light of the global shortage that has affected carmakers the most. However, the firms warn that the supply gap will not be filled immediately and could take months to catch up with demand.
Automakers like General Motors and ...
Chip shortage is causing manufacturing delays
Companies dealing in cars, electronics, smartphones, TVs and any other technology that need chips, are dealing with a global shortage. The companies have expressed concern, as manufacturing delays start to appear, in the wake of rising consumer demand.
The shortage is attributed to several cause...