Intel on Chip Shortages - Better Get Used to It
Pat Gelsinger once again addressed the current chip supply problems. Unfortunately, Intel's CEO still confirms that the semiconductor shortage could last for several years.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 1, 2021
Chip Prices Increased by 30%; Electronic Components Price Hike Inbound
The announced increases in chip prices are becoming a reality. A large part of manufacturers are raising them as we write these words, and some have already done so. Differences reach up to 30%, depending on the type of chip.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
May 25, 2021
Intel's 7nm Meteor Lake CPUs Reached a Milestone
Intel has reached another milestone in its proprietary manufacturing technology for the Meteor Lake family of CPUs. The 14th generation of Core CPUs is expected to bring the long-awaited change in lithography to 7nm.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
May 25, 2021
AMD Zen 4 to Require New AM5 Socket; Big Changes Inbound
Leaks suggest that the next generation of AMD Zen 4 processors (including Ryzen 7000) will require a new socket - AM5. It will bring very big changes, including, above all, support for DDR5 RAM.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
May 24, 2021
TSMC Made Great Progress With 1nm Chips
TSMC and its partners are working on 1nm processor manufacturing technology. This lithography may be another breakthrough in the miniaturization and energy efficiency of chips.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
May 22, 2021
Intel Alder Lake-S Said to Offer Twice the Performance and Launch This Year
The new generation of Intel Alder Lake-S CPUs is expected to arrive before the end of 2021. This could be quite an event, because the new CPUs not only offer much better performance, but also support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 and departure from the 14 nm process.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
May 11, 2021
IBM Creates World's First 2nm Chip
IBM has manufactured the first chip in 2 nm lithography in laboratory conditions. Future processors based on this technology will be able to consume 75% less power than current 7nm models.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
May 7, 2021
Intel and TSMC Claim Chip Shortage is a Long-term Problem
The problem with shortage of chips and, subsequently, hardware that needs them may drag on for years. That's the grim scenario being drawn by the CEOs of Intel and major semiconductor manufacturer TSMC.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 16, 2021
AMD Like Intel: Ryzens 5000 With Serious Security Vulnerability
AMD confirms that the new line of processors based on Zen 3 is vulnerable to a Spectre attack. The reason is the optimization mechanism included in the Ryzen 5000 and Epyc processors, among others.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
April 7, 2021
Nvidia GPUs and Intel CPUs Still Reign Supreme on Steam
Steam, according to tradition, examined how the hardware used by platform's users has changed in March 2021. There are no surprises - Nvidia and Intel remain at the top.
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Karol Laska
April 3, 2021
First Reviews: Rocket Lake-S - With Good Performance Comes Great Power Consumption
Benchmarks of the new desktop CPUs from Intel - the so-called Rocket Lake-S line - have appeared in the web. How does Intel's 11th-gen perform under fire?
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Bart Swiatek
March 31, 2021
Chip Prices to Increase by 25% Before 2022
Taiwan-based company TSMC, a leading global microprocessor manufacturer that works with major tech giants, is said to be gearing up for big price hikes of up to 25 percent on its products.
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Michael Kulakowski
March 30, 2021
Apple's M1 CPU Bested Intel Core i7-11700K in Benchmark
Some interesting CPU test results have appeared on Passmark's website. The Apple M1, known mostly from Mac laptops, won against the i7-11700K in single-core performance.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 26, 2021
Core i7-11700K Performs Worse in Video Games Than Predecessor
Editors of AnandTech tested Intel's latest CPU, Core i7-11700K, which will debut on the market on March 30. It seems that in video games the processor performs worse than Intel's last year's CPU.
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Bart Swiatek
March 8, 2021
Graphene Can Make PCs and Smartphones Up to 1000 Times Faster
Graphene is one of the materials that could replace silicon in CPU manufacturing. Scientists have discovered a way to use the one-atom-thick carbon structure to create electronic components.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
February 21, 2021
PowerGPU: AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Highly Unreliable
PC building company PowerGPU tweeted stat figures showing that the failure rate of AMD's latest CPUs can reach almost 20 percent. The tweet has now been deleted, but not before it made big waves on the web.
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Adrian Piotrowski
February 15, 2021
Intel Iris Xe GPU Will Not Work With AMD Processors
According to the information presented by Intel, the dedicated Iris Xe DG1 GPU will work only with motherboards based on a specific chipset. This means that the GPU will not work with AMD processors.
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Bart Swiatek
January 28, 2021
AMD With Record Earnings in 2020
AMD reported strong revenue increase in 2020. The emphasis on remote working and the resulting high demand for electronics are the effects of the on-going coronavirus pandemic.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
January 27, 2021
Intel i9-11900K Price and First Benchmarks
Considering the high prices of the Ryzen 5000 series, expectations are high for the upcoming Rocket Lake family processors from Intel. However, the latest reports raise some concerns.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
January 18, 2021
Ryzen 7 5700G Benchmark; Rumors Mention Models Without X
A handful of reports on several AMD processors - Ryzen 7 5700G, Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 - appeared on the web.
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Bart Swiatek
January 11, 2021