Intel Foundry has welcomed its newest member, Shawn Han, from Samsung Foundry, as the company continues to build its A-Team in the semiconductor business. Shawn Han of Samsung Foundry Joins Intel Foundry, Bringing Years of Semiconductor Experience The announcement was made by Intel Executive Vice President, Naga Chandrasekaran, on LinkedIn, and shared by the Intel Foundry handle on X. In the post, Naga announced that Shawn Han has joined Intel & will serve in a leadership position as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Foundry Services. Shawn begins his role from May this year, and the important part […]

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TSMC, in its Q1 2026 earnings call, talked a bit about Intel as a competitor in the foundry business while stating the benefits of its A14 process node. TSMC Posts Record Revenues But Acknowledges Its Competitors & Their Respective Technologies Good For The Industry For Q1 FY26, TSMC is reporting a revenue of $35.9 billion, up 6.4% Q-Q. During the earnings call, TSMC's Chairman and CEO, C.C. Wei, highlighted the company's current foundry ventures, updates on upcoming nodes, and also stated what he thinks about the competition & the situation regarding the current supply chain. Starting first with Intel, and […]

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As the AI industry enters the maturity phase, traditional terms have become outdated, which is why NVIDIA suggests that the new ways to think about AI TCO should be evaluated based on "Cost Per Token". NVIDIA Wants Everyone To Rethink AI TCO With "Cost Per Tokens" Metric Tokens are the single most important metric for AI. While yesterday's data centers were evaluated on their raw computing power, today's AI factories are evaluated on their token output. But it's not important for who does the most tokens, efficiency and cost are still the values that matter the most. That is why […]

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NVIDIA CEO has stated that even if AI didn't exist, his company would've still been huge, but says that he is happy for the fact that AI is a reality. NVIDIA CEO Talks AI, Competition, China, & Supply Chain Moat In Podcast, Says Accelerated Computing Has Been Their Secret Sauce In a podcast with Dwarkesh Patel, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang talked about several aspects of the company. He emphasized NVIDIA's strategy in becoming a global AI superpower, while also talking about the various aspects, such as the tightening competition from ASICs, the role of China, and the supply chain moat. […]

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Intel's Xe3P graphics architecture will focus on Crescent Island discrete GPUs for AI & Workstation, while missing out on the Arc gaming family. Intel Xe3P Goes Pro & AI With Crescent Island Discrete GPUs, Arc Gaming Lineup Missing In Action Intel's Xe3 GPU architecture has been phenomenal for Panther Lake CPUs, and as the blue team continues to develop its graphics architectures, there's some good news and bad news for the next-gen discrete GPU family. According to Jaykihn, Intel's Xe3P, the successor to Xe3, will feature discrete GPU options. These graphics series will be branded under the Crescent Island lineup. […]

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NVIDIA has introduced Ising, its newest OpenAI models designed to make Quantum Computers useful and faster with brand new capabilities. NVIDIA Ising AI Models For Quantum Computers Bring Up To 3x Performance Boost Quantum Computing has been cited as the next frontier of computing for decades. Several companies have been trying to perfect quantum computing for years now, and only now have a few started to break the code. NVIDIA already offers an open-source development platform for quantum computing called CUDA-Q. The platform is "qubit-agnostic" and works seamlessly with QPUs and Qubit Modalities. Today, NVIDIA is announcing its first family […]

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Meta will fulfill its massive AI demands by co-developing multiple next-gen AI Silicon "XPUs" with Broadcom. Meta & Broadcom Partner To Develop A Multi-Gigawatt AI Ecosystem Powered by Custom AI Silicon "XPUs" Last month, Meta announced four AI chips featuring a custom design for its AI tasks. These XPUs (chips with multiple IPs) were branded under the MTIA AI lineup & each chip is optimized for a specific workload that spans GenAI inference, General-Purpose, and Training tasks. The four chips are listed below with their specs: Metric MTIA 300 MTIA 400 MTIA 450 MTIA 500 Workload Focus R&R Training General […]

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The failure rate of NVIDIA's 16-Pin connector GPUs should be the primary reason why the company's warranty claims have increased by 1000%. With A Share of Over 90% In The Discrete GPU Segment, NVIDIA Witnesses A Massive Surge In Warranty Claims That Could Be Linked To Its New 16-Pin Connector Products NVIDIA's warranty expenses have seen a drastic rise over the past three years, as Warranty Week reports an unusual rise in the company's warranty claims and accrual rates. It is reported that NVIDIA's warranty claims increased ninefold, whereas AMD's warranty claim rates increased by two-thirds during the 2024-2025 period. […]

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As the United States continues to hammer down trade restrictions on China, YMTC has decided to uplift the chipmaking capacity by building new fabs. China & US Trade Wars Continue, In the Midst, YMTC Decides To Double Its Production Capacity With Two Brand New Chipmaking Factories The semiconductor industry is currently facing a trade war between two giants. On one hand, there's the United States, and on the other, there's China. From export restrictions to the banning of necessary tools that are required for making chips, the United States is trying to ensure that China doesn't get bleeding-edge materials and […]

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ASUS has prepared a new Mini-ITX AM5 motherboard, the TUF Gaming B850I WIFI NEO, for budget-tier Ryzen PC builds. ASUS's TUF Gaming B850I WIFI NEO Motherboard Is Catered Towards Budget Mini-ITX Ryzen Builders Motherboard makers have been making some really impressive, cost-effective motherboards based on the AM5 socket for budget-tier Ryzen PC builders. We have seen and tested a lot of these designs over the past few months, and it looks like ASUS has a new product for SFF PC builders. The company has just introduced its latest addition, the ASUS TUF Gaming B850I WIFI NEO, which is a Mini-ITX […]

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MSI entered the PSU market in 2020, and since then, it has offered some really good designs, featuring the latest standards and exclusive features. The manufacturer offers its line in three segments: the entry-level MAG, the mid-tier MPG, and the enthusiast-grade MEG series. We previously got a taste of the MEG Ai1600T, MEG Ai1300P, and the MPG A1000G PSU, but this year, MSI unleashed its high-end MPG Ai1600TS series, which goes all-in on the ATX 3.1 standard with premium components and ratings ranging from 1300W up to 1600W. MSI MPG Ai1600TS 80+ Titanium PSU Specifications The MSI MPG Power Supplies […]

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Intel Nova Lake CPUs will feature Xe3 graphics and not Xe4 as previously expected, but will offer Xe3P Media & Display engines. Intel Nova Lake CPUs Combine Xe3 & Xe3P Graphics Capabilities, Not Going Xe4 Last year, it was reported that Intel's Nova Lake CPUs would leverage a hybrid GPU architecture approach, combining Xe3 with Xe4, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. As per the latest update by Jaykihn, it looks like Intel will rely on its Xe3 and Xe3P graphics architectures for Nova Lake CPUs. The two architectures are different, but they are also used for […]

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Intel Serpent Lake CPUs are expected to be the first to utilize an NVIDIA RTX GPU tile, while Copper Shark is revealed as a next-gen P-Core architecture. Intel Serpent Lake CPUs To Combine Blue Team's x86 Prowess With NVIDIA's RTX GPUs Recently, it was revealed that Razer Lake-AX will be the first generation of SoCs from Intel that will tackle AMD's Halo lineup. Razer Lake is expected to be the successor to Nova Lake, so it will launch sometime in 2027-2028, but it looks like the first SoC from Intel to utilize an NVIDIA GPU tile will come way later […]

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Rumors regarding Intel Nova Lake's performance and clocks have started roaming the web, with the IPC being mentioned as higher than AMD Zen 6. Nova Lake vs Zen 6 Rumors: Intel Leads In IPC While AMD Leads In Clock Speeds The latest rumor comes from HXL (@9550pro), who has posted rumored information regarding the IPC and clock speeds of upcoming CPU architectures such as Intel's Coyote Cove and AMD's Zen 6. Intel Coyote Cove P-Core architecture will be featured on the next-gen Nova Lake CPUs alongside the Arctic Wolf E-Cores. Meanwhile, AMD will leverage its Zen 6 architecture for next-gen […]

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AMD has rolled out official support for Google's Gemma 4 across its full range of GPUs & CPUs, offering support for the compact AI model. AMD Radeon GPUs & Ryzen AI CPUs Fully Support Google's Gemma 4 AI Model Google rolled out its latest family of open-weights AI models, called Gemma 4, which span a range of sizes, from 2B to 31B. With this announcement, AMD is rolling out support across its entire Radeon GPU, and Ryzen AI CPU family. Press Release: AMD is proud to provide Day Zero support for the full set of Gemma 4 models across our portfolio of AI-enabled […]

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Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-S CPUs will feature a 44-core "Dual Compute Tile" CPU config instead of a 42-core configuration. Intel Nova Lake-S 42-Core Desktop CPU Spec Upgraded To 44 Cores, Retains Dual Compute Tile Config With bLLC A few months back, we reported that Intel was working on a range of Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs that will come in 52, 42, 28, and 24 core configurations, all featuring bLLC cache. It looks like one of these SKUs will be getting a spec upgrade. As per Jaykihn, the 42-core spec has now been upgraded to 44 cores, featuring 16 P-Cores (2x8) and […]

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Intel's Arc Pro GPU journey began with the first generation Alchemist A-series products, and last year, the company introduced its Battlemage B-Series products. The first generation of products was aimed at the budget segment, offering good perf/$, and while the positioning continues with the Battlemage lineup, it looks like Intel is slightly moving towards a higher-end segment with its Arc Pro B60, B65, and B70 series. This move comes at a time when AI is the talk of the town, and local AI agents are becoming more and more popular. Also, Intel's recent workstation lineup, the Xeon 600 series, makes […]

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Intel's next-gen laptop CPUs will feature massive upgrades with Nova Lake-HX packing as many as 28 cores in enthusiast configurations. Intel Readies Nova Lake-HX CPUs For Enthusiast Laptops, Packing Up To 28 Cores Details of Intel's next-gen enthusiast-grade laptop CPU platform have leaked out, and it looks like laptops are going to see a major bump in performance. The new details come from Jaykihn, who has posted the core configurations of two SKUs that will be used to power the next-gen laptop family. Both SKUs are part of the Nova Lake-HX family, which is expected to launch by CES next […]

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Intel has just published its latest MLPerf Inference v6.0 benchmarks, showcasing strong performance with the Arc Pro B70 & Arc Pro B60 GPUs. Intel's Continuous AI Optimizations Deliver A 18% Boost for Existing Arc Pro GPUs, While Arc Pro B70 Offers A 80% Uplift Over Arc Pro B60. MLCommons has just published its latest benchmarks in MLPerf Inference v6.0, which showcase the AI inference performance of various GPUs and CPUs. Today's results are special for Intel since they are the first showcase of their latest Arc Pro GPUs, the Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65, which were recently unveiled, […]

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