Tag Archives: 7nm

Today Intel has revealed its roadmap of process and packaging improvements, which will power the next several generations of Intel CPUs leading up to 2025 and beyond. This includes Intel's first new transistor architecture in more than a decade.

AMD's upcoming Navi 23 GPU, also known as ‘Dimgrey Cavefish', has leaked, with new details about the GPU and an image of the GPU die. This upcoming Navi GPU should be destined for mid-range GPUs, such as the Radeon RX 6600 and its XT variant.  As per U/T1beriu's Reddit post, …

In its efforts to increase the number of fabs across the globe, Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger is coming to Europe to discuss with officials and customers the construction of a new factory within the European Union. In related news, the Leixlip Intel fab upgrade taking place in Ireland has been …

How good is the RX 6700 XT when given the Sapphire Nitro+ treatment?

Intel confirmed that its first 7nm client processor architecture will be named “Meteor Lake”. Intel has seemingly solved the issues it had with its 7nm process node, allowing it to tape in Meteor Lake by the end of Q2 2021 and release the first processors in 2023. The news came …

Chinese semiconductor company, Tianshu Zhixin, has launched the ‘Big Island' GPGPU. This is China's first domestically-developed 7nm GPGPU for the data centre and cloud market. The Big Island GPGPU has been designed for AI training, high-performance computing (HPC), and other industries, including education, Internet, finance, among many others.  According to Tianshu Zhixin (via …

AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X is here - how does it stack up against the competition?

Just how good is AMD's new 16-core 5950X CPU?

This week, TSMC announced a very significant milestone – the semiconductor officially shipped one billion 7nm chips as of July 2020. That number doesn't include any chips that had to be thrown out due to defects, it is a cool one billion, functional and defect-free 7nm chips.  According to TSMC, …

It is going to take a bit longer for Intel to catch up to 7nm.

AMD 3600XT can overclock to 4.6GHz on all cores, but is it worth buying?

How good are AMD's new quad-core Ryzen 3 CPUs?

It has been about six weeks since Nvidia began reworking its plans for this year's Graphics Technology Conference. While we thought we were going to be missing out on a keynote address from Jensen Huang, plans have changed a bit, with the GTC 2020 keynote now set to be live …

As the Human Malware spreads around Planet Earth, Leo is doing his best to remain chirpy. Thankfully we can turn to news from AMD for a healthy portion of sunshine and happiness that will keep us all sane in these dark times.

AMD has shared more details on its upcoming Ryzen 4000 Mobile 'Renoir' APUs with 7nm Zen 2 and Vega cores. Offering up to eight cores and sixteen threads from the Zen 2-based CPU cores in 15W and 45W form, will AMD be able to compete against Intel's dominance in the mobile market? And how will AMD's strict focus on high performance graphics capability compare to Intel's competition?

Intel’s CFO George Davis has stated that the company's 10nm process node will be ‘less productive' than its predecessors, but it is targeting a “better profile of performance” for its “7nm period”. Additionally, Intel's road to 5nm will be shorter thanks to the company's investments in this technology. During a …

The first review of a laptop using a Ryzen 4000 series CPU has been published online. A Ukrainian website reviewed the upcoming Acer Swift 3 SF314-42, which houses the mid-tier Ryzen 5 4500U. With this being our first look at a Ryzen 4000 series laptop processor in action, we had a peek at the …

Following on from AMD's Q4 2019 results, some interesting news has been shared, detailing AMD's gains in the x86 CPU market over the last year.

A couple of weeks ago ASRock dropped specifications on its website of AMD’s new RX 5600 XT graphics cards a little earlier than expected. The company has now officially announced its Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU range which includes new Phantom Gaming and Challenger series cards. ASRock has unveiled its …

AMD had the jump on the 7nm generation, pushing out several 7nm-based GPUs and CPUs. In 2020, AMD is expected to push its 7nm product line further, with expectations that the company will become TSMC's biggest 7nm customer for the year, edging out the likes of Apple, Qualcomm and Nvidia.  …

AMD’s timely launch of its new Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics cards means manufacturers got the chance to roll out custom versions of the new GPU perfectly in time for Christmas shoppers. MSI has announced its full lineup of RX 5500 XT cards with eight SKUs available now. MSI’s range …

Just a few weeks ago, AMD launched its brand-new professional GPU, the Radeon Pro W5700 series is now set for a performance boost with a 16GB W5700X version being made available as a configuration option in Apple’s latest Mac Pro. The recently launched Radeon Pro W5700 is based on AMD's …

If you're looking for ultimate high core-count performance, Threadripper 3000 is where you should look

Those of you waiting for AMD’s next big GPU reveal will be happy to hear that the company has announced a new graphics card is launching this year. However, this will not be the high-end consumer desktop card previously referred to as the ‘Nvidia Killer' but a GPU for the …

Gigabyte previously gave AMD's RX 580 the Aorus treatment but for one reason or another, Vega was skipped over. Now, with AMD's RX 5700 series out in the wild and finding success, Aorus is back on the menu, with the AORUS RX 5700 XT set to launch within the next …

Could this mark a real push to see Intel's 10nm chips on the desktop platform?

Last month, we learned that TSMC might be struggling to meet demand for 7nm chip production, which could have raised production lead times from two months to as high as six months. This would be a major bottleneck in the supply chain but fortunately, TSMC is already prepared to invest …

With Ryzen 3900X CPUs appearing to be extremely thin on the ground recently, retailers who have stock are hiking prices up daily. With both UK and US markets showing price increases, it may not be good news for potential buyers. AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900X CPU remains very difficult to get …

AMD fans looking to save a bit of cash on their 12 core 24 thread upgrades may not have to wait much longer, as a new leak has shown what looks like the specification of AMD’s yet to be announced Ryzen 9 3900 CPU. While we are still awaiting official …

A lot of major tech companies are making the jump to 7nm chips and TSMC has a lot of major clients vying for production lines. According to sources this week, TSMC might be struggling to meet this demand for 7nm chips, which could see production times jump. TSMC makes chips …