AI
The GPU shortage is over. The power shortage is just starting
Accelerators are finally available. The grid connections to run them are not.
Lena Hoffmann 1 min read
Chips
Every story we’ve tagged Chips.
AI
Edge inference chips are getting weird, and that is the point
Analog compute, in-memory arrays and spiking designs are all shipping in volume this year.
Daniel Okafor 1 min read
Hardware
RISC-V laptops are real, and they are almost usable
The first consumer notebooks on the open instruction set ship with working Linux and a long list of caveats.
Lena Hoffmann 1 min read
Hardware
Chiplets turned the industry into a Lego set
Mixing dies from different vendors on one package is now routine, and it is changing who gets to design a processor.
Priya Natarajan 1 min read
Hardware
Photonic interconnects leave the lab
Optical links between chips are shipping in production accelerators, cutting power and freeing designers from copper limits.
Daniel Okafor 1 min read
Hardware
Why memory prices doubled this year
Demand from accelerators ate the supply, and the fabs that could help are years from opening.
Lena Hoffmann 1 min read
Hardware
Inside a modern chip fab: 24 hours in the cleanest room on Earth
A rare tour of a leading-edge facility, from wafer intake to the robots that never stop.
Lena Hoffmann 1 min read
Hardware
Server CPUs with 256 cores change the maths of consolidation
One socket now replaces a rack from five years ago. Software licensing has not caught up.
Lena Hoffmann 1 min read
Policy & Privacy
Chip export controls expand to the tools that make the tools
New restrictions cover lithography components, inspection equipment and the software that designs chips.
Daniel Okafor 1 min read
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