TSMC's lower Q2 outlook will not impede new nodes
Published in News


10nm, 12nm ULP account for 10 percent of all revenues this year


Over the weekend, TSMC reduced its forecast for global foundry growth in 2017 by roughly two percentage points as a result of elevated inventory in the supply chain, according to company officials.

Nvidia unveils new Geforce Experience features at Editor's Day
Published in News


VRWorks gets DX12 support, ShadowPlay Highlights and more


During its annual Editors Day session in San Francisco, Jeff Fisher, Senior Vice President of the Geforce product division took the stage to announce the progress the company has made over the past year in the PC gaming industry including the challenges it faces with regards to hardware demands and scaling.

Silicon wafer prices will rise this year due to demand increase
Published in News


After reaching 11 year low per square-inch


Prices of semiconductor-grade silicon wafers are expected to rise this year thanks to a ramp-up of demand coming from China-based foundries, according to Doris Hsu, chairman and CEO of GlobalWafers.

2017 is the year of 8GB RAM phones
Published in AI
Sunday, 25 December 2016 19:34

2017 is the year of 8GB RAM phones


But laptops / tablets might benefit

It looks like 2017 is going to be a year of 8GB RAM with high-end phones. Most manufacturers support 8GB with their phones and there is a clear trend to add more Random Access Memory to them. Tablets and laptops will benefit, as well.

Global smartphone shipments to grow 4.5 percent in 2017
Published in Mobiles


AMOLED will be big hardware focus next year

Next year, smartphone production volume is expected to grow by 4.5 percent to reach 1.4 billion units, according to the latest market forecast.

Helio X30 shaping up at 10nm
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 10 October 2016 11:11

Helio X30 shaping up at 10nm


2x A73, 4X A53 and 4X A35

MediaTek has started making rather unique chips and its strategy was even followed by some of its competition. Helio X20 / X25 was the world’s first deca-core SoC that did a decent job, but Helio X30 again packs deca-core with an impressive alignment. 

Nvidia Volta gets 16nm FinFET treatment
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 14 July 2016 13:26

Nvidia Volta gets 16nm FinFET treatment


While Vega sticks with 14nm

A little birdie told us that Nvidia is giving its Volta the 16nm FinFET treatment. This product uses stacked DRAM too so it looks like the whole thing will be pretty bleeding edge.

Kaby Lake conjures up two overclocking tricks
Published in PC Hardware


BCLK aware V/F curve and AVX negative ratio offset

Kaby Lake will be a better overclocker. At least this is what Intel is telling its partners right now. The successor to Skylake architecture will have two overclocking enhancements the BCLK aware V/F curve and AVX negative ratio offset.

Intel describes Kaby Lake as a "2017 Platform"
Published in PC Hardware


Early 2017 launch

A lot of people have said that  Intel’s third generation 14nm CPU might launch in early 2017 and even Intel calls the Kaby Lake a 2017 platform, in typically elliptic Chipzilla talk.

Prey reboot coming in 2017 from Arkane Studios
Published in Gaming


Developers replacing 2011 sequel with a "re-imagined" game


During its E3 press conference in Los Angeles, Bethesda announced that a reboot of the original Prey (2006) first-person shooter game will be releasing sometime in 2017 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The science-fiction action game shares little similarities with its predecessor and can be described more as a “re-imagining” of the original from the ground up, with cover art very reminiscent of the movie Prometheus.