Tag: chip design
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Hacker News: TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
Source URL: https://www.ft.com/content/a736beeb-b38a-484e-bbe9-98e92ecb66d9 Source: Hacker News Title: TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is halting the production of advanced AI chips for Chinese customers, driven by increasing US export controls aimed at restricting China’s AI capabilities. This…
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The Register: Arm’s royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/07/arm_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Arm’s royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza Feedly Summary: Q2 climbs 23% on Armv9 adoption, but licensing dips Smartphone chip champ Arm is crowing over expanding royalty revenues, driven by uptake of Armv9 technology, yet execs can’t stop talking up AI as its future…
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Hacker News: Benchmarks of Google’s Axion Arm-Based CPU
Source URL: https://www.phoronix.com/review/google-axion-c4a Source: Hacker News Title: Benchmarks of Google’s Axion Arm-Based CPU Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s introduction of the Axion Arm-based CPU and C4A instances provides a notable enhancement in performance and energy efficiency for their cloud offerings. This move aligns with current industry trends as major cloud…
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The Register: OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/openai_broadcom_tsmc_custom_silicon/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon Feedly Summary: Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it’s a secret OpenAI is reportedly in talks with Broadcom to build a custom inferencing chip.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is in discussions with Broadcom to create…
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The Register: AMD teases its GPU biz ‘approaching the scale’ of CPU operations
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/amd_q3_2024/ Source: The Register Title: AMD teases its GPU biz ‘approaching the scale’ of CPU operations Feedly Summary: Q3 profits jump 191 percent from last quarter on revenues of $6.2 billion, helped by accelerated interest in Instinct AMD continued to ride a wave of demand for its Instinct MI300X AI accelerators – its…
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Hacker News: OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026
Source URL: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282843/openai-custom-hardware-amd-nvidia-ai-chips Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is advancing its efforts in custom silicon development for AI workloads by collaborating with Broadcom and utilizing AMD chips in Microsoft Azure. However,…
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The Register: TSMC reportedly cuts off RISC-V chip designer linked to Huawei accelerators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/tsmc_sophgo_huawei/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC reportedly cuts off RISC-V chip designer linked to Huawei accelerators Feedly Summary: You know what they say, where there’s a will there’s a Huawei Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has allegedly cut off shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo over allegations it was attempting to supply components to…
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The Register: As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/arm_custom_silicon_interview/ Source: The Register Title: As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe Feedly Summary: Exec Chris Bergey tells us what the chip designer is doing to stay competitive Interview Arm Holdings has long been the primary architecture for mobile chips since the advent of modern smartphones –…