Jon Peddie

Back to the future—full-circle on GPU construction

AMD and Intel have been leading with the adoption of chiplets for GPUs. Nvidia recently published another paper on how they plan to do it. The era of monster chips may be over. AMD will also migrate their APUs to chiplets with GPU and CPU separated. That is ironic. Part of the motivation of Hector Ruiz and Dave Orton for … Read more

NFT dispenser

NFTs create jobs and promote the creation and collection of art by ordinary people who are usually excluded from these profits.

Intel brings a bonanza to ISSCC 2022

The 69th International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), sponsored by IEEE and Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS), took place virtually from February 20 to February 28, 2022. The ISSCC is, and has been, the leading global forum for the presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and devices, and is geared to integrated circuit design engineers, academicians, students, and architects. It used to … Read more

Nvidia’s Q4 FY22 Results Drive Ahead

Nvidia reported a terrific revenue gain of $7.64 billion for the fourth quarter ending January 30, 2022, which was up 53 percent from a year ago and up 8 percent from the previous quarter. Gaming, Data Center, and Professional Visualization market platforms each achieved record revenue for the quarter and year. For fiscal 2022, revenue was $26.91 billion, up 61 … Read more

Gelsinger’s grand strategy—leave no socket behind

I suspect Pat Gelsinger has thought about what Intel should (and shouldn’t) do since he left in ‘09. He’s had the benefit of being inside for 30 years, and then 12 years on the outside watching the company. No one could have a better perspective and understanding from the transistor level to the macroeconomics of the 80 billion global company. … Read more