Silicon Feeds
Links: - Patreon (Support the channel directly!): https://www.patreon.com/Asianometry - X: https://twitter.com/asianometry - Newsletter & Podcast (available through Stratechery Plus): https://asianometry.passport.online/ - LinkedIn (feel free to connect): www.linkedin.com/in/jon-y-asianometry
Embark recently concluded a short test of a new PvE mode in Arc Raiders, which may have been partially behind a six-month player count high, and the game studio has now started to reflect on the data it gathered from the PvE mode test. In a recent interview with MP1st, Embark's Aleksandar Grøndal has effectively…
Intel Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Classiq, a leading provider of quantum computing software. The combination of Classiq's synthesis platform with Intel's spin-qubit manufacturing and existing software would create a user-friendly full-stack quantum computing…
An internal driver and a shipping manifest reveal that Intel's desktop Raptor Lake Next parts may be on the way right now.
Intel is actively planning the "Raptor Lake Next" chips as an update to its Socket LGA-1700 desktop processors. These chips are essential for PC buyers who are limited to the decade-old DDR4 memory standard due to the high prices of DDR5 memory, especially since the current Core Ultra "Arrow Lake" processors do not…
It looks as though the upcoming Intel Nova Lake-S CPU family will launch soon, headed-up by a 28-core Core Ultra 9 CPU. A new PassMark benchmark spotted by VideoCardz now purports to show expected performance of that 28-core Nova Lake-S CPU in two separate benchmark runs. The CPU, which is listed as "Nova Lake Client…
The media subsystem changes have been merged for the Linux 7.4 kernel. Most notable is Intel IPU8 support being introduced for the next-gen image processing unit in high-end Nova Lake laptops..
The highest result attributed to a 24-core Nova Lake-S processor reaches 5,210 points in the single-thread test, followed by another submission scoring 5,191 points. For comparison, we selected baselines from existing processors with overall CPU Mark scores close to their published PassMark Averages. The Core Ultra 9…
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has reportedly discussed potential areas of cooperation with AMD chief Lisa Su as Intel works to rebuild its CPU business and expand its foundry operations. The companies have already collaborated on x86 standards and CPU software, including AMD’s integration of its ZenDNN optimizations into…
CScale, a Palo Alto startup for optical interconnects, has exited stealth mode with the announcement of $145 million in Series C funding. Nvidia and Intel Capital were among the investors. […] The post CScale exits Stealth with $145m funding for gigawatt-scale AI appeared first on Electronics Weekly.
Intel's Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) are officially supported on Windows 11 PCs. However, there are currently no consumer PCs capable of utilizing APX. Intel's APX is set to debut with the "Nova Lake" processors in early 2027, but software development has been ongoing to ensure new features are ready before…
The LattePanda Team today launched LattePanda Sigma 2, an x86 single-board server designed to bring high-performance local AI computing directly into intelligent products and systems. Built around the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor with Intel Arc B390 graphics, LattePanda Sigma 2 delivers up to 180 TOPS of total…
Intel Arc cards have always leaned heavily on Resizable BAR, to the point where Intel once told Alchemist buyers without it to stick with other vendors, and TechPowerUp's B580 review listed it as required for good performance. As spotted by Videocardz, developer Rod Burlamaqui has now released arc-rebar, a Linux tool…
This isn't a laptop to browse YouTube with. This is a work laptop for computer work things! 0:00 Intro 1:32 Unboxing and Basic Background 7:27 Teardown 10:41 Benchmarks 15:44 AI 18:34 Linux 23:19 Conclusion You can find us... Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp Patreon -…
OptiScaler is a community-driven project that seeks to bring the benefits of upscaling and frame-generation across brands of GPUs, so gamers don't miss out on playability if the game doesn't feature the upscaler/frame-gen tech provided by their GPU vendor. The community successfully modded AMD FSR 4.1.2 to work on…
This is based on a rumor from Jaykihn and MLID. There is no confirmation. The headline is specifically claiming N2P for the compute tile, as other tiles still are rumored to be 18AP. HWCooling calls 18A as 1.8nm.
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
The UXL Foundation announced today the release of oneDNN 3.14 as the latest feature update to this library providing optimized deep learning operations for software like PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenVINO, and others. While oneDNN began as an Intel software project, making this version notable is beginning to see AMD Zen…
The power management subsystem updates were merged this week for Linux 7.4 along with the related ACPI and thermal control updates too...
CHIPS Act $389M to power chips, vertical GaN, materials; Micron's memory roadmap; Nvidia expands supply chain capacity; Tenstorrent raises $1.5B; China NAND fabs; 800V power for AI data centers; Intel advances Arizona fab; China orders +$35B in Nvidia GPUs. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first on…
Intel has begun installing equipment at Fab 62 within its Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. In a somewhat unusual move, Intel confirmed its current status and plans, a change from the company's typical practice of keeping such information deliberately vague. According to Intel officials, construction and equipment…
Xiaomi has officially spilled the beans on the 2027 update to its Redmi Book laptop series, detailing both a launch date and what to expect from the laptops in terms of performance and battery life. The information comes courtesy of the Xiaomi Redmi account on Weibo, and the announcement reveals an October 27 release…
This dashboard has weekly and nightly performance regressions for those interested. On nightly build, Kunminghu v3 has hit GEOMEAN(INT) of 21.706 with gcc, which keeps going up as the platform nears validation and release phase in Q1 2027. SPECint06/GHz on xscc is 21.924. SPECint17/GHz is 2.321, which also compares…
Durabook, the global rugged mobile solutions brand owned by Twinhead International Corporation, today announced its new R12 Rugged Tablet active edge AI platform. With the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPU, the R12 Rugged Tablet delivers exceptional computing power with enhanced AI performance, energy efficiency, and…
Intel makes progress on its manufacturing expansion in Arizona and Ohio as it continues to expand advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the U.S.
Intel's Core Ultra 9 4995HX looks set to be the fastest Nova Lake chip for laptops. Leaker Jaykihn on X has confirmed that the 4995HX uses an 8+16+4+2 layout, meaning 8 P-cores, 16 E-cores, 4 LPE cores, and 2 Xe3 GPU cores. That adds up to 28 CPU cores, four more than Intel's current Arrow Lake-HX chips, with the…
Intel Ohio One is making progress with truss installation as part of its construction and future wafer capacity The post Intel Moves Forward at Ohio One With First Major Structural Truss Installation Arizona Fab 62 Tooling appeared first on ServeTheHome.
AMD and Intel are working together to bring CPU inference optimizations for PyTorch under the unified oneDNN library.
OpenBSD 8.0 lands with Intel Arc support, ARM64 hibernation, and 64-vCPU guests
For those running a Star Labs StarFighter Ultra or other Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake laptop, the recent Ubuntu 26.10 release is providing some nice performance gains over the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release. Here is a look at how Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 26.10 performs with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H over dozens of…
Nvidia's Vera CPU delivers twice the performance of Intel and AMD chips in AI agent workloads, Modal claims.
Axiomtek, a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted to the research, development, and manufacture of innovative, highly efficient, and reliable industrial computer products, proudly introduces the MANO330, a compact Thin Mini-ITX motherboard powered by the Intel Processor N97 or N150 and DDR5 memory. Designed for…
Intel is concerned that the sweeping ban on foreign-made robots means that it could not update or maintain its fleet of AGVs.
Two workers have died in an explosion at Intel’s Kiryat Gat chip plant; police suspect a gas cylinder malfunction.
Intel was the first large chipmaker to start using advanced packaging methods in 2017 – 2019. But where are Intel's EMIB and Foveros technologies today and where are they heading?
Intel set to discontinue SGX after Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' and focus on expanding TDX capabilities to meet emerging security requirements of cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and agentic AI.
Gigabyte confirms BIOS support for upcoming Intel LGA 1700 processors on B760 and H610 motherboards, with the rumored Raptor Lake Next lineup expected in early 2027 to support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory.
Agentic AI runs its tools on the CPU, and no vendor tells you how many cores an agent needs. In this keynote at the Design Automation Conference, I compare AMD Venice, Intel Xeon 6, the Arm AGI CPU and Nvidia Vera, then follow the problem down into advanced packaging, CFETs and thermals. You also hear what EDA tools…
Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will remain a part of Elon Musk's Terafab project as Musk wants TSMC to sublease a part of the facility.
Intel's 18-core Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is down to its lowest price ever on Amazon, selling for just $145 on sale.
Intel's 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs are finally getting some good discounts after a year of inconsistent pricing, and some of these chips are even dropping to all-time lows.
A table rumored to hold Intel's upcoming models for Nova Lake processors as surfaced, now referring to the heavily-rumored bLLC as "BFC."
Gears of War: E-Day is the first game to implement Unreal Engine's MegaLights technology, allowing for hundreds of dynamic ray-traced light sources in a scene. We put it to the test on 43 graphics cards to see what this next-gen feature demands across three generations of GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
Intel is prepping Core Ultra 400-series 'Nova Lake' platform launches as CPUs and chipsets pass interoperability and compliance tests with PCI-SIG and USB-IF.
A recently published Intel patent reveals a system for embedding MicroLEDs directly into a CPU for diagnostic or aesthetic purposes.
Looking inside Intel 18A and Intel’s Panther Lake. A free SemiAnalysis STEEL teardown.
Intel's Naga Chandrasekaran now claims that Intel 14A node will deliver performance 'within 5%' of TSMC's A14 technology, a claim that requires a closer examination.