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AMD Expected to Become TSMC’s Second Largest Customer

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Now that AMD produces most of its CPUs, GPUs, and custom SoCs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the company may become the foundry’s second-largest customer, right after Apple (according to a report from Seeking Alpha). If this happens, AMD will have a much more favorable negotiation position with TSMC… Read more

Building the ultimate retro computer

Although I assembled it myself, and its software all comes from an open-source DIY project, in many ways my MiSTer is the most versatile computer I own. It’s a shapeshifting wonderbox that can change its own logic to make itself run like countless other machines as accurately as possible. From old arcade boards to early… Read more

AMD Smashes Earnings Records, Chip Shortages To Last Until Second Half of 2021

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD reported its fourth-quarter 2020 and full-year results today, setting new records as it continues to whittle away market share from its archrival Intel despite the challenges associated with the pandemic and US-China trade war. AMD is making strides in all facets of its operation; CPU, GPU, data center, and… Read more

Mobile networks: the federal government and the industry rely on Open RAN

The federal government is promoting the further development of the open mobile communications standard Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) as part of the Corona economic stimulus package decided last summer with around 2 billion euros. According to media reports, the funding is now to be distributed by four ministries. Accordingly, the research ministry 635… Read more

TSMC Preps for 3nm Risk Production

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said this week that it would significantly increase its capital expenditures this year as it needs to build and equip new fabs to ramp up its existing and next-generation leading-edge process technologies. Demand for advanced fabrication nodes is on the rise. In Q4 2020, revenue for… Read more

AMD, news at the top of the company to support growth

After one 2020 of great growth, AMD has announced several promotions and expansion of the executive structure to continue growing in the coming years. Two executives become Executive Vice Presidents, while three are the new Senior Vice Presidents with different responsibilities. by Manolo De Agostini published 07 January 2021 , at 09: 01 in the… Read more

AMD thinks of a CPU with integrated FPGAs: Xilinx effect?

The acquisition from 35 billions of dollars of Xilinx opens up new perspectives for AMD and its CPUs. The company, in a patent, talks about how to integrate FPGA elements into processors to accelerate specific features or perform other tasks. by Manolo De Agostini published 06 January 2021 , at 15: 01 in the Processors… Read more

AMD's FPGA performance unit and GPU Chiplet patents tear the veil of the future

AMD’s Programmable Execution Unit (PEU) is intended to be placed in the processor core alongside existing integer and floating point units, and multi-chip GPU problems are to be solved with an interposer. AMD has recently released two new patents that shed light on the company’s current research areas and future plans. However, with regard to… Read more

AMD Promotes Several Executives, Outlines Major Growth Areas

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD on Wednesday promoted five of its executives to higher positions in a bid to honor their achievements and support the company’s long-term growth goals. Indirectly, the promotions demonstrate the company’s current growth opportunities that are considered as top priority for now. “Our high-performance products and long-term roadmaps have placed AMD on… Read more

AMD Patent Shows Off Potential CPU With Integrated FPGA

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) AMD has been doing wonders in the CPU industry, with its well-received and high performing Zen 2 and Zen 3 based processors, but now it seems AMD wants to improve performance not just through faster cores, but through the use of FPGAs. Just a few days ago, AMD filed… Read more

‘Twas The Night Before Tom’s Christmas 2020

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock, Tom’s Hardware) [Editor’s Note: The Tom’s Hardware staff first published a version of this poem in 2014 on Christmas Eve. We updated it a little bit and ran it again each year at the same time. The poem was given a complete overhaul in 2018 and 2019. We understand that… Read more

5nm in the USA: TSMC’s Board Approves $3.5 Billion Fab in Arizona

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s board of directors has approved spending $3.5 billion on the company’s upcoming fab in Arizona. The project will be co-financed by TSMC, the state of Arizona, and the U.S. federal government. The first commercial wafers are expected to be produced at the fab in 2024. A… Read more

AMD wants Xilinx: the battle with Nvidia and Intel for data centers and supercomputers

And again there is a mega takeover in the tech industry. AMD wants to acquire Xilinx for no less than 40 billion dollars, converted to some 32 billion euros. Xilinx won’t sound like a household name to the average consumer, and some tweakers may not be fully familiar with the company either. Why is AMD… Read more

AMD to the rescue: new record in sales, thanks to Ryzen and console chips

A record third quarter 2020 for AMD , which reaches a turnover of 2.8 billion US dollars with a increase of as much as 56% compared to the same period last year and 45% based on the second quarter of the year 2020. A brilliant result for the company, by far the highest quarterly turnover… Read more

AMD acquires FPGA giant Xilinx for $ 35 billion

AMD confirms rumors of a proposed Xilinx acquisition. The chip manufacturer is spending around 35 billion US dollars, the world’s largest provider of programmable logic chips (Field Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGAs). That corresponds to the equivalent of just under 30 billion euros. If shareholders and authorities agree, both companies want to complete the transaction by… Read more