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Intel Now Believes Chipset Shortage Will Continue into 2024
It’s hardly any secret that one of the main reasons that technology, and particularly graphics cards, has been in such short supply over the last (basically) two years is the fact that there has been a significant shortage of chipsets. – And it should be noted that this hasn’t primarily…
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TSMC Entering 3nm Production This Year, 2nm in 2025
It seems crazy to think that we’re down to 3nm production already, but according to TSMC, that’s exactly what they’ll be doing this year. A far cry from the 250nm production of the first desktop CPU I ever purchased, a Pentium II 400. However, in their first-quarter earnings call, TSMC…
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AMD, Intel, TSMC, and More Suspend Tech Supplies/Support to Russia!
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, rather than choosing to escalate the situation through the direct deployment of armed forces, most Western countries have instead chosen the economic sanctions path in order to attempt to bring some sanity back to the situation. Primarily driven by America, Europe, and Asia,…
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Nvidia to Spend $10BN to Secure GeForce 40XX 5nm Chipset Supply!
Although the global chipset shortage is showing some moderate signs of improvement, by and large, demand for production slots is still exceptionally high. With the upcoming release of their GeForce RTX 4000 series graphics cards likely in mind, however, following a report via PCGames, it appears that Nvidia has had…
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AMD Splashes Cash in Attempt to Improve Stock Levels!
Despite some signs that improvement might have been on the way in the Summer, it seems pretty clear now that the global chipset shortage is showing no signs of abating any time soon. In fact, at least at the time of writing, it seems highly likely to continue throughout at…
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Nvidia GeForce 40XX GPUs to Be Based on TSMC 5nm Process?
It’s well known, or at least well speculated (based on prior launch patterns), that Nvidia will release their GeForce RTX 40XX graphics cards in a little over a year’s time. However, to date, there has been very little information surrounding these new upcoming GPUs. We know that they’ll very likely…
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TSMC Warns Hardware Shortages May Continue Until 2023
For those of you who are unaware, TSMC is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chipsets. Put simply, although you might not necessarily see their brand name attached to it, if you own practically any form of major technology (be it a PC, smartphone, console, etc.), then many of…
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Intel Hints its Xe HPG GPU May Compete with the Nvidia 3070
With Intel likely expected to release its first dedicated gaming graphics card before the end of this year, there is clearly a lot of anticipation and curiosity surrounding it. Namely, how good will it be, and more so, will it be able to stand toe-to-toe with AMD and, more notably,…
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Nvidia Rumored to Move Ampere to 7nm TSMC in 2021
It’s not exactly a secret that getting hold of an Nvidia 3090 or 3080 graphics card isn’t exactly easy at the moment. And with the launch of the 3070 and 3060 Ti expected within the next month, we’re not currently anticipating things getting any easier for those new GPUs either.…
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Intel’s XE-HPG Gaming GPUs Likely to Be a 6nm Design
It’s been well-known for over a year now that Intel has been planning to get into the discrete gaming graphics card market. Something that can only be good news for us consumers as they’ll add even more competition to AMD and Nvidia. To date, however, there has been very little…
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TSMC May Not be the Answer To Intel’s Chip Shortages!
Late last week, we received the surprising news that Intel had officially delayed the launch of any of its 7nm processor designs by at least a year. While Intel’s difficulties in transitioning to smaller node production have been well documented since 2017, it was certainly a moderate shock to find…
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TSMC Confirms 5nm Semiconductor Fab to be Built in America
For the last few weeks, we’ve heard more than a few rumblings that the US government was rather keen to help secure a deal, in so much as it could, to see the construction of a TSMC fabrication plant in America. Largely, we suspect, because America didn’t necessarily want to…
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Nvidia TSMC Orders Hints at 7nm & 5nm Graphics Cards!
In just over a week’s time, we expect Nvidia to formally launch their new Ampere based 3XXX graphics cards and, with it, also confirm that they will be transitioning their GPU architecture over to a 7nm node design for the platform. In a report via TechSpot, however, this might be…
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TSMC 3nm Process Aims For 250m Transistors Per mm2
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 GPU) we’re clearly more than a few years away from seeing our first 3nm release. In a report via TechPowerUp,…
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TSMC 5nm Node Increases Transistor Density by up to 84-87%
Earlier this month, we reported how TSMC estimated that, all going well, they should begin full-blown 5nm chipset production by April. Now, admittedly, that date is entirely open for speculation now following the Coronavirus outbreak, it seems though that when the chip is released, we’re going to see some pretty…
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