Chiplets need a home—UCIe has one for them
Intel creates a universal interconnect consortium
Chiplets need a home—UCIe has one for them
Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) is an open specification that defines the interconnect between chiplets within a package, enabling an open chiplet ecosystem and ubiquitous interconnect at the package level. Forming an open industry standard organization around UCIe are Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), AMD, Arm, Google Cloud, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, and TSMC. The feasibility of implementing complex systems … Read more
Intel to copy AMD’s APU
Falcon Shores to merge GPU and CPU—what a concept
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
Gelsinger’s grand strategy—leave no socket behind
Intel is at the forefront of the U.S.’s work about the importance of semiconductors
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
Intel lowers Kyrgyzstan’s electric bill with mining ASIC
Intel has declared its intent to contribute to the development of blockchain technologies, with a roadmap of energy-efficient accelerators.
Intel launches Project Circuit Breaker
Bizz, zap, boing, poof, pop, BANG! “I think we found the back door Chad.” “Cool, let’s go.” All complex (non-biological) systems have them. A secret way to get inside and fix things. But once inside, things can be fixed for good or evil depending upon one’s morals and self-respect. The trick then is to find viabilities, and patch them before … Read more
Intel Q4 2021 Results
Intel takes Covid very seriously. (Source: Intel) Intel reported its fiscal year and fourth-quarter results for 2021. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, and gross margin, even though it was down from Q3’21. Hitting $20.5 marked the highest quarterly and full-year revenue ever for the company. Intel advanced its IDM 2.0 strategy and announced a new U.S. … Read more
In Q3’21, the Workstation Market Blows Past Previous Record Levels
Tiburon, Calif. – December 6, 2021 – As part of its ongoing research on the workstation market, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released its JPR Workstation Report Market Quarterly for Q3’21. The workstation market’s record levels — set in Q1 and essentially sustained in Q2 — now seem like a distant memory, as the third quarter obliterated both. All told, the … Read more
Happy 50th birthday to the Intel 4004
The chip that changed the world