Computer With 512 GPUs Tests Google's 'Quantum Supremacy' Claim By Francisco Pires published 4 August 22 It seems some claims are more supreme than others.
Single-Core PC Breaks Post-Quantum Encryption Candidate Algorithm in One Hour By Francisco Pires last updated 3 August 22 Defeating next-gen quantum cryptography with pure math.
YMTC Announces Xtacking 3.0 for Faster, Denser 3D TLC NAND By Francisco Pires published 3 August 22 Chinese manufacturer YMTC has announced the third generation of its Xtacking 3D TLC technology, increasing NAND speed and density while cutting power consumption by 25%.
MIT's Protonic Resistors Enable Deep Learning to Soar, In Analog By Francisco Pires published 1 August 22 Bringing analog "tunes" to the world of digital chips - with increased performance.
BMW's 3,854-Variable Problem Solved in Six Minutes With Quantum Computing By Francisco Pires published 28 July 22 Gotta go fast!
Microfluidic Cooling on Overclocked Intel i7-8700K Drops Thermal Resistance 44% By Francisco Pires last updated 28 July 22 Testing future cooling solutions for CPUs
Cubic Boron Arsenide Promises 10x Better Heat Dissipation for Chips By Francisco Pires last updated 28 July 22 The best semiconductor in existence - in a few decades' time.
AMD Photonics Patent Reveals a Hybrid Future By Francisco Pires published 27 July 22 A recently published AMD patent shows the company has been looking into hybrid photonic-semiconductor chips for a few years.
US Leads Semiconductor R&D Investment for 2021; Asia Gains Ground By Francisco Pires published 27 July 22 Intel remains the leading investor, with 19% of 2021's invested total.
CosmicStrand Malware Infects ASUS, Gigabyte Motherboards By Francisco Pires published 26 July 22 A very earthly threat reaches hardened UEFI BIOSes.
Xbox Firmware Update Makes Booting Faster By Francisco Pires published 25 July 22 Reducing the time to game by five whole seconds.
Backblaze Reveals Life Expectancy for HDDs in Its Servers, Going Back to 2013 By Francisco Pires published 25 July 22 Cloud storage provider Backblaze has shared its life expectancy numbers for HDDs as they've experienced them ever since the company opened doors back in 2013.
Samsung Introduces AMD-Powered Second Gen Computational SSD By Francisco Pires published 21 July 22 Samsung's 2nd gen computational SSD makes use of a Xilinx Versal FPGA from AMD to cut power consumption, CPU utilization and processing time.
Samsung Plans to Invest $200 Billion in Texas for 11 New Semiconductor Fabs By Francisco Pires published 21 July 22 With potential for huge tax breaks and subsidies
NASA Hacks Its Supercomputing Way Through Intel, AMD Parts By Francisco Pires published 20 July 22 Adding AMD chops to Intel's kicks in a modular approach to supercomputing, NASA's Aitken takes up a single acre of land and will unlock frontiers of data processing for the budding space agency.
Mastercard Announces Quantum Computing Collaboration with D-Wave By Francisco Pires published 20 July 22 Mastercard and quantum specialist D-Wave have announced a strategic partnership that aims to bring the power of quantum to financial transactions.
Russia Fines Google $374M on Disagreements Over Ukraine War Coverage By Francisco Pires published 19 July 22 An iron curtain on tech inexorably inches closer.
NAND Prices Expected to Drop 8-13% in Q3 By Francisco Pires published 19 July 22 NAND market oversupply is now expected to hit harder than previously thought, with TrendForce revising its price drop estimates for Q3 from 3-8% to a larger 8-13%.
AIDA64 Adds Support for Zen 4 AVX-512, Nvidia RTX 4090 By Francisco Pires published 19 July 22 The biggest hardware releases of the year loom closer.
Ethereum, Bitcoin Pricing Recovers Over Weekend as Fears Wane By Francisco Pires published 18 July 22 Flashing upwards and liquidating $230 million for bears.
Amidst Intel Acquisition, Tower Semiconductor Accused of IP Theft By Francisco Pires published 18 July 22 The lawsuit relates to porous silicon technologies.
Intel Denies Arc A780 GPU Ever Existed By Francisco Pires published 18 July 22 The curious case of the GPU that never was.
HDD Shipments Plummet 33% YoY on Weakening Demand By Francisco Pires last updated 15 July 22 Rumors of HDD's death may not be greatly exaggerated.
Intel Looks to Immersion Cooling to Improve HPC Efficiency, Density By Francisco Pires published 15 July 22 Intel aims to fix the relationship between electronics and liquids.
Intel CEO Warns Fab Investments Might Move to Europe if Congress Fails to Act By Francisco Pires published 14 July 22 Intel seems willing to dig for funding elsewhere.
