Intel’s Denverton has 16 next-generation CPU cores
Published in PC Hardware


Arm wrestling


Intel has been talking about its plans for low-power, highly integrated system-on-a-chip designs aimed at the server market for years now, it even released Avoton which was not bad but did not really go far. Now it looks like the second generation is getting close to release.

Linux update brings Skylake
Published in PC Hardware


Reworked Nvidia support

The new stable Linux kernel is out there supporting Intel’s Skylake and a reworked open source support platform for Nvidia graphics cards.

Chinese foundries developing FinFET rival
Published in PC Hardware


Slimming down with Ultra-Thin Body processes

Chinese foundries are ignoring FinFET technology and are developing Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI), or also called Ultra-Thin Body (UTB), processes for wafer production.

UMC expects chip shipping fall
Published in PC Hardware


Falling capacity

Foundry UMC is expecting its shipments to fall by five percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, as a result of ongoing inventory adjustments within the industry supply chain.

Snapdragon 820 might have heating problems
Published in PC Hardware


UPDATED:
Qualcomm denies it

The original story was pulled from the website and Qualcomm sent us the following statement: