Huawei is selling its server x86 business as chips run dry
Huawei is going to sell its x86 server business, after US sanctions left it unable to acquire the chips needed to build the equipment, according to a Bloomberg report. Negotiations with possible bidders continue, with a newswire report saying that the buyer may be a consortium that includes a gover... Read more
Intel Ponte Vecchio GPUs become suitable for Arm processors
Intel's new Ponte Vecchio GPUs will work with Arm-based processor architectures instead of exclusively supporting x86 processors, as is currently the case. European chip manufacturer SiPearl kickstarted the first project for combining Ponte Vecchio and Arm.
SiPearl and Intel will work together t... Read more
Bosch set to invest over 400 million Euros in chip production
The production investment will be split between Europe and Asia
This week Reuters reported that German technology group Robert Bosch plans to invest 400 million euros in microchip production in 2022. The investments are to increase silicon production in Germany and Malaysia. The reason for the ... Read more
12th Gen Intel Core processors now available: DDR5, PCIe 5 and more
The first six processors of Intel Core's 12th generation are available. Here's what's changed.
Intel is kickstarting the 12th Gen -- which is eventually to include 60 processors -- with six new designs. For the first time, the processors distribute workloads simultaneously across a combination o... Read more
Intel and Google develop Mount Evans IPU for data centers
Intel and Google have developed a processor for data center environments. Reuters reports that the 'Mount Evans' infrastructure processing unit (IPU) is specifically suited for processor tasks that go beyond just delivering computing power.
With the joint, upcoming introduction of the processor,... Read more
Italy courts Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant
Rome is trying to convince the chipmaker to invest in Italy rather than France.
Rome is trying to convince Intel to invest billions of euros in an advanced chipmaking plant in Italy. This is according to reporting by Reuters last week. Italy is making their move as Germany seems set to land an e... Read more
Intel unveils its multi-chiplet Sapphire Rapids CPU with HBM
Intel confirmed that the 4th Generation Xeon Scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processors will have on-package HBM memory in late 2020. However, the company has never demonstrated an actual CPU equipped with HBM or given details of the DRAM configuration.
The company finally showcased the processor... Read more
Intel will most likely build a new factory in Germany
Due to the large chip shortage, many chip manufacturers are expanding. The most significant expansions are taking place in Taiwan, South Korea and the United States. It is still unclear how many companies will build a chip factory in Europe. So far, Intel is the only one that has promised to build ... Read more
Intel’s strategy has failed, won’t recover until 2025?
Intel has been overtaken by several chip designers and chip manufacturers. The company was the absolute market leader with a lack of competition, and now it is lagging. Where did it go wrong? How could Intel make such a big mistake? And why does it take so long to recover? The corona crisis and the... Read more
Intel rules out chip factory in the U.K. because of Brexit
Intel says Brexit means it is no longer considering the UK as the site to build a major new chip factory as part of its $95bn global expansion plans.
Intel's CEO says Brexit means it is no longer considering the UK as the site to build a major new chip factory as part of its $95bn global expansi... Read more