Chinese designers throttle chips to escape US controls
Chips do not have to be that advanced
Chinese chip makers have worked out that while chip specs have improved over the last ten years, they have not changed that much to make a difference to products.
Sapphire Rapids gets a launch date
10 January 2023
Intel's Xeon Scalable processors, previously code-named Sapphire Rapids, have a launch date of 10 January 2023.
Boffins create plastic which can conduct electricity
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University of Chicago boffins have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal.
AMD 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X spotted
Alongside the Ryzen 3 7300X
A fresh leak from the Geekbench database has revealed two new upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, the 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X and the 4-core/8-thread Ryzen 3 7300X.
US chip restrictions on chip inevitable
Intel sees no way out
Intel Chief Executive [kicking] Pat Gelsinger (pictured) said that recently imposed US restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China.