HP courts creators
HP is announcing a slew of new Z-class workstations, workstation peripherals, and accessories in the next couple of weeks.
Three billion gamers—really?
Are you as tired as I am at hearing this inflated and factious statistic of “3 billion gamers” used as if it was a fact?
AIB price inflation on the horizon
With COVID, speculators, and mining behind us, we have seen an expected drop in gouged pricing in the channel. The big three—AMD, Intel, and Nvidia (AIN)—may have to reverse that. High-end AIB retail prices over time. TSMC, the foundry that now builds all the AIN dGPUs, announced a 5-9% price increase for 2023. Assuming other components on an AIB … Read more
Intel arcs into notebooks
Intel has had to delay the launch of its Arc dGPUs due to “some software readiness delays, and together with COVID lockdowns impacting global supply chains, OEM designs are only this month becoming more widely available,” said Lisa Pearce, vice president of Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics/general manager for the Visual Compute Group. Nonetheless, Pearce points out, “Despite the constraints, … Read more
AMD, MediaTek, and Realtek broke the display speed limit
Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced that the first video source and display devices supporting DisplayPort UHBR (Ultra-high Bit Rate) have been certified.
Real-time ray tracing in AR from Snap
Last week at Snap’s partner summit, the company showed its next-gen AR glasses with a special feature—real-time ray tracing. It was difficult to figure out where the Nvidia RTX graphics AIB was, and that was because Snap wasn’t using one, or anyone else’s GPU. The RTRT is done via Snap’s Lens Studio software, which came from a recent acquisition. Snap … Read more
AMD enters Chromebook market as it declines
HP’s Elite Chromebook AMD has announced that it is offering its new Ryzen 5000 C-Series chips, including the first 8-core high-performance x86 processor for Chromebook builders. And it has two design wins for the new Chromebook chips: the HP Elite c645 14-inch G2 Chromebook with smart card and fingerprint sensors, positioned for the enterprise market, and the Acer Chromebook … Read more
Intel picks up talent for a run at low-power mobile
AMD and Samsung used Siru in their latest designs, so Intel’s move is a two-prong attack—get tech and deny the competition.
Intel buys Siru
Source: Alpha Coders We first met Bitboys in 1991 when they showed us their design for a revolutionary new 3D graphics chip, a precursor to the GPU. The company had made a deal with TriTech, a spin-off from Chartered Semiconductor in Singapore. Things didn’t go well, and TriTech was shut down by the Singaporean government. A devastating blow to … Read more
AMD’s Q1’22 result
AMD continued its growth streak, reaching $5.9 billion in Q1’22, a YoY gain of almost 71%. However, gross margin (GAAP) fell 4% Q-Q, but was up 4.4% YoY. “The first quarter marked a significant inflection point in our journey to scale and transform AMD as we delivered record revenue and closed our strategic acquisition of Xilinx,” said AMD Chair and … Read more
AMD’s Q1’22 result
AMD continued its growth streak, reaching $5.9 billion in Q1’22, a YoY gain of almost 71%. However, gross margin (GAAP) fell 4% Q-Q, but was up 4.4% YoY.
“The first quarter marked a significant inflection point in our journey to scale and transform AMD as we delivered record revenue and closed our strategic acquisition of Xilinx,” said AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su.
Intel Q1 2022 financial results
Although Intel reported that its first-quarter results for 2022 were down, it beat Wall Street expectations on revenue and EPS. The company began shipping initial SKUs of its Sapphire Rapids to select customers and launched its Arc A-Series dGPUs and its newest Xeon D processors. The company reorganized its reporting segments and added three emerging business segments: Accelerated Computing System … Read more