Samsung is raising chip fabrication prices to finance new foundries
It's hard to blame them
Intel will make chips for Qualcomm as it looks to challenge TSMC and Samsung by 2025
"IFS is off to the races."
TSMC is evaluating Germany as possible location for an European arm
The Taiwanese company is looking to build its first chip plant in Europe
Samsung's upcoming Exynos 2200 SoC may bring "Voyager" Radeon graphics to mobile
RDNA2 in phones inches closer
Samsung Exynos chips with RDNA 2 graphics are set for release later this year
Next-gen Exynos chip will support ray tracing and variable rate shading
CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: May 2021
Here's our monthly update looking into the current state of the CPU and graphics card markets. The good news is that one of the two is looking quite healthy, while the other is looking perhaps even worse than it was a month ago.
IBM's new 2nm design can pack over 50 billion transistors onto a chip the size of a fingernail
Pushing the envelope of semiconductor manufacturing
Top 5 Best CPUs: Intel Core vs. AMD Ryzen
With readers constantly inquiring about which CPU they should buy, and after all the extensive testing you're familiar with, the TechSpot CPU buying guide narrows things down to a handful of recommendations you can trust.
CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: April 2021
As stock shortages of CPUs and graphics cards continues, it's time for an update on the market to see what the current situation is looking like, and whether there will be any relief for buyers in the coming weeks.
If you haven't been paying attention, Nvidia is no longer a gaming company
Nvidia steps up enterprise and automotive efforts with GTC announcements
Intel 2.0's customer dilemma: the foundry move
Can Intel's manufacturing powerhouse be redesigned to share?
Foxconn's profit disappoints, but the big manufacturer has set its sights on electric vehicles
Apple and its largest supplier both want a piece of the EV pie
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger doubles down on manufacturing, opens up foundry, shifts on strategy
Reinvigorated manufacturing strategy goes IDM 2.0
CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: March 2021
CPU and graphics card pricing and availability are still a mess, but is the situation improving? Can we expect to get back to PC building any time soon? Let's take a look at what is happening in the market right now.
Today's automotive supply chains are enormously complex, and semiconductors have an important role to play there
GlobalFoundries and Bosch emphasize shift in automotive SoCs
Chip shortages expected to worsen as Texas fabs struggle to restart production
Potential price hikes incoming
TSMC reportedly auctioning off excess wafer capacity, despite backlog of orders
Someone just paid a 15%-20% premium
Amid semiconductor trade war, Europe is seeking "strategic autonomy"
Ain't no rest for the wicked, chips don't grow on trees
Qualcomm, Google, and Microsoft aren't happy about Nvidia buying Arm
Tech giants are worried about Nvidia gatekeeping Arm's tech
Every second 842 Arm chips were built at the end of 2020
In Q4 alone, there were almost as many chips built as there are people in the world
Intel's new CEO: we have to deliver better products than certain "lifestyle company" in Cupertino
Team Blue is going back to the drawing board
Qualcomm acquires chip startup Nuvia for $1.4 billion
The silicon giant aims for compute dominance
Intel discontinues 300-series chipset motherboards
On the eve of the 500-series chipset announcement
Microsoft rumored to be developing its own custom Arm chips for servers and Surface PCs
Microsoft may be the latest company to kick x86 to the curb
Nvidia Ampere vs. AMD RDNA 2: Battle of the Architectures
For GPU enthusiasts, it's been a long two year wait. But now that Nvidia's Ampere RTX 3000 GPUs are out, as are AMD's Radeon RX 6000 series, it's time to take a deep look at how these chips work. Is one of them fundamentally better than the other?
