When the hyperscalers, the major datacenter compute engine suppliers, and the three remaining foundries with advanced node manufacturing capabilities launch a standard together on Day One, this is an unusual, significant, and pleasant surprise. …
Not every manufacturing node comes out perfectly and not every one comes out on time, but in the past decade and a half, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world’s largest and most technologically advanced etcher of chips in the world, has done far better than any of its few remaining peers to push the chip manufacturing envelope while also maintaining consistent and profitable production of older nodes. …
If you are a designer of chips based on the most advanced processes available from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, and your roadmap is based on the company’s continuing progress and prowess in pushing Moore’s Law to the limit, then not only is the future in your roadmaps being pushed out, but you are going to have to pay more for whatever chips you are making now and, we suspect, the chips you are depending on for your business in the future. …
Back in March, when we wrote up Intel’s Integrated Device Manufacturing 2.0 strategy put forth in the vaguest of terms by then-new chief executive officer Pat Gelsinger, we quipped that Intel might be wishing as it launches Intel Foundry Services that it had some of its older fabs around with which to build a client base. …
Just as in so many other areas of the world economy where real growth is being driven by those who can afford the bleeding edge, chipmakers are seeing the greatest opportunity at the top end of the market. …
Designing a great CPU or GPU, or even an FPGA or a custom ASIC like a switch or router chip, is an important aspect of creating ever-more-powerful systems. …
And you thought toilet paper shortages were bad in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, or board and plywood prices are high and getting insane at the local hardware depot that you already spent too much money at. …
We live in a world of stratification, social, economic, and technical. …
If you thought the gang at Intel were Moore’s Law biggest devotees, you probably haven’t heard Philip Wong expound on the subject. …
Constructing a processor from an entire silicon wafer might seem like a strange idea, but a new study demonstrated that a waferscale chip can outperform an equivalent multi-chip module MCM by an order of magnitude, while delivering much better energy efficiency. …
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