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Graphcore Announces Wafer-on-Wafer IPU, ‘Good’ Computer
Graphcore introduced its AI-focused, PCIe-based Intelligent Processing Units (IPUs) six years ago. Since then, the company has done anything but slow down, announcing a second generation of IPUs in ...Full Article
Industry Heavyweights Launch UCIe Consortium to Drive Chiplet Interconnect Standard
A new industry consortium aims to establish a die-to-die interconnect standard – Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) – in support of an open chiplet ecosystem. Intel Corporation donated the ...Full Article
GlobalFoundries Has Started Its IPO Process – Now What?
Since July, semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries has been the subject of rumors and news reports that said the company was the takeover target of market leader Intel Corp. or that ...Full Article
Intel Seeks $30B Deal for GlobalFoundries as New CEO Pat Gelsinger’s Changes Continue: Report
When Intel launched plans in March to spend $20 billion to launch two new fabs to dramatically increase its computer chip production capabilities, it was a big deal, coming ...Full Article
Pressure Mounts to Respond to Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage
Amid pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, chip makers are urging the Biden administration to include funding and tax incentives aimed at boosting semiconductor manufacturing and research in its economic recovery ...Full Article
Tesla, Samsung Expected to Partner on Self-Driving 5nm Chip
Samsung Electronics is said to be partnering with electric vehicle leader Tesla on a leading-edge 5-nanometer chip design that would serve as the core of an emerging self-driving car ...Full Article
China Unveils Its First 7nm Chip
Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co. is claiming China’s first 7-nanometer chip, described as a leading-edge, general-purpose cloud computing chip based on a proprietary GPU architecture. Dubbed “Big Island” GPGPU, ...Full Article
Hackers Target Chip Makers
Another indication of the strategic importance of the foundational semiconductor industry is a recent surge in cyberattacks directed at global chip manufacturers. Security researchers in Taiwan reported earlier this ...Full Article
Feds, Chipmakers Mull Jump-starting U.S. Chip-making Capacity
The Trump administration is in talks with Intel and TSMC to spur development of new chip factories in the U.S., according to a report in the Wall Street Journal ...Full Article
AMD Spotlights HPC Processor, GPU Roadmaps
Advanced Micro Devices continued to play its hot hand at this week’s Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan, highlighting its processor roadmap at the cutting-edge 7-nanometer process node that includes ...Full Article
