Given that we’ve only really seen the 7nm node design platform for around a year now (technically, on a consumer level, with the launch of the short-lived AMD Radeon VII ...
April 20, 2020 at 10:49 am by Mike Sanders
Over the last 5 years, we have seen some pretty huge advancements in CPU designs. This has largely been driven by smaller node designs and AMD is certainly pushing this hard ...
September 2, 2019 at 4:15 pm by Mike Sanders
One of the biggest driving factors behind the advancement in computers has undoubtedly been the silicon chip. It is, however, even today, still a remarkably difficult ...
August 31, 2019 at 10:21 am by Mike Sanders
If you’re in the market for NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel products, best make your move before the end of the year; according to a new report, the trio could mark prices up by ...
November 14, 2017 at 6:56 pm by Ashley Allen
When we think of the semiconductor industry, the first names that come to mind are Intel, Samsung, TSMC and Global Foundries. These companies are often on the bleeding edge ...
February 14, 2017 at 8:55 am by Samuel Wan
From a quick look at the world’s semiconductor fabs, you might notice that they are all either American, Taiwanese, Japanese or Korean. As a rising consumer of ...
January 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Despite the increasing difficulties, semiconductor fabs have continued to push the limits of silicon. After arriving at 14nm and now moving onto 10nm, investment is already ...
December 12, 2016 at 12:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Even though we’re getting closer and closer tot he end of silicon shrinking, the semiconductor foundries aren’t giving up just yet. TSMC, one of the few companies ...
October 1, 2016 at 10:51 am by Samuel Wan
Earlier in the month, a surprising rumour came out from GlobalFoundries future plans. According to the report, the semiconductor foundry was planning to jump straight from ...
September 19, 2016 at 8:40 am by Samuel Wan
With just a year to go until we’re set to receive Cannon Lake, Intel has finally started the preparations for their next generation chips. Right now, Intel is still ...
August 2, 2016 at 8:37 am by Samuel Wan
AMD’s upcoming CPU architecture, codenamed Zen is long overdue and according to the company’s CEO, Lisa Su will offer a 40% IPC improvement over Excavator. As a ...
May 5, 2016 at 3:40 pm by John Williamson
Now that 14nm/16nm chips are finally upon us en masse, some are already looking past that to the next node. Logically, the next node would be 10nm but that won’t be true ...
April 22, 2016 at 10:00 am by Samuel Wan
With super large SSDs arriving for both consumers and enterprise, the ability to produce dense NAND dies is critical. As with all silicon products, a denser die means lower ...
August 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm by Samuel Wan
IBM, in collaboration with leading companies including GlobalFoundries, Samsung and SUNY have finally cracked the sub 10nm process and produced a fully working 7nm chip. This ...
July 9, 2015 at 7:47 pm by John Williamson
Said to contribute £12bn to the English economy over the next decade, London alone is becoming a massive player in the worldwide technology industry at a massive growth ...
June 18, 2014 at 8:18 pm by Chris Smith
