Intel again the world’s largest chipmaker for Samsung
Samsung has lost its title as the biggest chipmaker in the world. The shrinking DRAM market is hacking into Korean sales, and the American chip manufacturer seems to be benefiting from this now.
For two years, Samsung was the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. In 2017, the Koreans took... Read more
AMD focuses on server market with launch plans 7 nm Zen 2
AMD's new Zen 2-cpus, baked at 7 nm, will first enter the server market. The chips are launched in Q3.
AMD is preparing for the launch of the first Zen 2 architecture chips. This successor to the first Zen chips is baked at TSMC, mainly at 7 nm. We've known for some time that the launch was planned ... Read more
Huawei Kirin 985 will be the first EUV chip at TSMC.
Last year, Huawei took a big step forward in the smartphone world. Their flagships continue to innovate and the Kirin chips are becoming increasingly powerful. According to sources, this year the world's first mass production of EUV chip is expected to roll off the production line under the name Kir... Read more
TSMC inaugurates IBM and challenges Intel within data center segment
Chip manufacturer TSMC is about to receive a major order from IBM. These are specifically premium server chips for their latest mainframes. Together with AMD, TSMC wants to give smart Intel the edge with its 7 nm chips.
Intel today supplies 96 percent of the chips in data center servers according to... Read more
MacBooks will run on Apple ARM chips in 2 or 3 years’ time.
Within a year or two, maybe three, Apple's MacBooks run on ARM processors. The Apple-based analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expressed this expectation in a new report. Switching to your own chips has a number of advantages for Apple.
According to the AppleInsider site, Kuo, who is generally known as a reliable ... Read more
Huawei launches first 7 nm processor with dual AI chip
Huawei presented its new mobile chipset at IFA in Berlin. The Kirin 980 is the first mobile 7 nm processor worldwide and will first appear in the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, which will be announced next month.
The Kirin 980 packs 6.9 billion transistors on a 1-inch by 1-inch die. These are 1.6 times more tr... Read more