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. …
Making money from sand is not as easy as making money from oil, and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which has been assembling the GlobalFoundries chip making giant for the past decade is finding that out the hard way and as a consequence, the company is backing off on its development of 7 nanometer manufacturing techniques, which included a double whammy of traditional immersion lithography techniques as well as a move towards bleeding-edge extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology. …
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