Microsoft snubs Intel on Hololens
Qualcomm's 'Always Connected' Snapdragon 850 SoC gets the nod
Software king of the world Microsoft has decided not to use Intel chips in its second generation HoloLens mixed reality headset.
Intel might have 7nm quicker than expected
10nm will be Chipzilla's bridging tech
Chipzilla’s much delayed and underused 10nm process might end up being a holding technology for a more successful 7nm process which will arrive quicker than expected.
New Sceptre version haunts chips
SplitSpectre discovered by IBM
Three academics from Northeastern University and three researchers from IBM Research have discovered a new variation of the Spectre CPU vulnerability.
Intel talks up its GPU plans
Larabee may half not bee, but Intel still wants something to be
Intel has been talking about its cunning plan to enter the discrete GPU market, after deciding its much hyped and quickly forgotten Larabee project should not include bee after it was stung by a hive of bee puns.
Aussie boffins might have propped up Moore's Law
Metal-based field emission air channel transistors on the sheep dip
Boffins at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have come up with a metal-based field emission air channel transistor (ACT) which they think could maintain transistor doubling for another 20 years.
Intel sues former engineer claiming he nicked its tech
Claims former Vice President was going to pass 3D XPoint memory details to Micron
Chipzilla has sued a former hardware engineer and VP 3D XPoint memory claiming that he nicked confidential chip blueprints to pass 3D XPoint memory details to Micron.
3DMark for DirectX Raytracing comes in January 2019
3DMark Port Royal
UL Benchmarks has announced that its newest benchmark for ray tracing will be coming in January 2019, dubbed 3DMark Port Royal.
Global semiconductor industry growing
Worth $129.8 billion
Beancounters at IHS Markit have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and worked out that the global semiconductor industry revenue grew 7.4 percent sequentially in the third quarter of 2018, reaching a record $129.8 billion.
TSMC could be about to replace Intel
Bloomberg’s thinks Chipzilla will go the way of the dinosaurs
The days of Intel dominating chipmaking is now under threat from a company many Americans have never heard of – TSMC.
Jon Carvill is VP of marketing at Intel
Long term industry veteran rejoins Intel
The exact title of Jon Carvill's new venture is the VP of Marketing for Technology Leadership and he started this job after leaving Facebook as the Director of Technology Communications. Jon is just destined to work in the chip industry, he just knows and likes it too much.