Howdy, Guest.    Become a subscriber ▶
Subscriber log in:

Semiaccurate

On Target Technology News

  • Hot Article AMD to differentiate cores

  • Hot Article Intel foundry customer bails out

  • Hot Article Coffee Lake is going to impact Intel’s margins

  • Hot Article SemiAccurate digs up Intel Coffee Lake specs

  • About Us
  • Terms of Service
  • Subscribe
  • Feed
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 13, 2012

Supermicro has a new FatTwin

IDF 2012: Flexible, modular, and not a sibling

Supermicro has a new chassis out called the F617R2-F, also known as the FatTwin 2.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Supermicro packs nearly 1500 cores into a rack
  • SuperMicro shows off two servers and a workstation
  • Supermicro puts 2880 cores in a rack
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 13, 2012
23

Toshiba puts a 22:16 panel in a laptop

IDF 2012: Real cinema aspect ratios in a consumer device

Just when you thought laptop monitors were nearing their quality bottom, Toshiba comes up with a really interesting panel.
Read more ▶

Related
  • AUO shows off 16,000:1 contrast ratio AMVA displays
  • Toshiba launches 14-inch USB powered monitor
  • Albatron gets all touchy-feely
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 12, 2012
51

Microsoft brings not-Metro touch UI to servers to stop the bleeding

IDF 2012: Dumbest idea of the year

If you were thinking that Microsoft could not make their server line less palatable, Windows Server 2012 Essentials will prove you wrong.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Microsoft’s problems: Another data point
  • Microsoft admits their image is a net consumer negative
  • Qualcomm and Microsoft team up for ARM servers
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 12, 2012
7

SeaMicro adds two CPU cards and storage arrays

IDF 2012: SM15000 gets Piledriver, Ivy Bridge, and 5PB of disks

The best tech shown at IDF so far was the new SeaMicro box from AMD, say hi to the SM15000.
Read more ▶

Related
  • AMD shows off SeaMicro Opteron
  • SeaMicro ups core count to 768 per server
  • Fusion based SeaMicro box to tip up really soon
Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 10, 2012
34

Crystalwell is very wide memory for Haswell GT3

Mid-range GPU bandwidths come to miserable integrated GPUs

Intel – logoWe know about Haswell’s massive shader count, and we know why it has them, but what is Crystalwell exactly?
Read more ▶

Related
  • Haswell’s GPU prowess is due to Crystalwell
  • Haswell GT3 uses shaders to save power
  • Haswell graphics for GT1 and GT2 revealed
Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 7, 2012
46

Haswell GT3 uses shaders to save power

More is less in a parallel universe

Haswell may have the shaders to be a graphics monster, but it isn’t going to use them that way.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Haswell graphics for GT1 and GT2 revealed
  • Haswell’s GPU prowess is due to Crystalwell
  • Haswell is a graphics monster
Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 7, 2012
57

Intel to do away with DRAM in PCs

No we are not joking, it works now

Semiaccurate has learned that Intel intends to do away with DIMMs, DRAM, and any other sort of user addable memory.
Read more ▶

Related
  • DDR4 not expected until 2015
  • Crystalwell is very wide memory for Haswell GT3
  • Albatron gets into high end memory
AMD - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 6, 2012
112

A brief look at AMD’s Steamroller core

Hot Chips 24: Big numbers, plausible but vague details

At Hot Chips 24, AMD’s Mark Papermaster gave a keynote speech that had a few technical tidbits in it.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Kaveri Versus Richland: A Performance Per Clock Comparison
  • AMD kills off big cores, Kaveri, Steamroller, and Excavator
  • AMD’s Bulldozer core compared with Piledriver
Xilinx logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 6, 2012
6

Die stacking has promise and problems

Hot Chips 2012: Problems reign at the moment, promise comes later

The three most pressing problems of modern silicon design, power, I/O pins, and yields can all be addressed by chip stacking.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Hot Chips talks all about chip stacking, good and bad
  • A look at how Xilinx uses stacking on the Virtex-7 HT
  • Xilinx sets new FPGA record
Intel - logo
Thomas Ryan
Sep 5, 2012
20

Intel and HP Team up to Breed Warm Water Xeons

These little fish know how to stay cool…

A new HPC data center is going in at the National Renewable Energy Lab featuring two types of Xeons and warm water cooling courtesy of HP.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Corsair launches the Hydro Series H70
  • Intel’s E7 series of Xeon processors look impressive
  • Kingston unleashes water cooled HyperX H2O memory modules
Thomas Ryan
Sep 5, 2012
16

AMD is Catching Up in the Wireless Display Game

AWD, stands for AMD Wireless Display in this case…

It seems that AMD is having a little bit of a me-too moment in the wireless display category.
Read more ▶

Related
  • AMD shows off ViVu wireless display technology
  • AMD’s Wireless Display is the Real Deal
  • ActionTec’s “MyWirelessTV” released
Xilinx logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 5, 2012
7

Hot Chips talks all about chip stacking, good and bad

Hot Chips 2012: 2.5D, 3D, and 3D+ are all not quite here yet

Hot Chips 24 had their usual tutorials on the first day, and this year the second topic, chip stacking, was of particular interest to SemiAccurate.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Die stacking has promise and problems
  • A look at how Xilinx uses stacking on the Virtex-7 HT
  • Xilinx sets new FPGA record
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 4, 2012
48

Microsoft XBox Next delay rumors abound

Some truth, some problems, and a whole lot of bull

Will foundries bite the release schedule of the XBox Next, or will Microsoft keep the dates they have told those in the know?
Read more ▶

Related
  • XBox Next/720 silicon production day arrives
  • Exclusive: XBox Next/Xbox 720 chips in production
  • Confused about XBox Next and PS4 code names?
Thomas Ryan
Sep 4, 2012
35

The Magic of AMD’s Lightning Bolt

A little bit of thunder and a whole lot of flash….

Last year Intel introduced the first products based off of its proprietary Thunderbolt interface.
Read more ▶

Related
  • VESA Adopts AMD’s DockPort as part of the DisplayPort standard
  • MSI’s R6970 Lightning and N580GTX Lightning sneak peek
  • AMD finally puts Dock Port on a device
HSA Foundation Logo
Thomas Ryan
Aug 31, 2012
13

Samsung Joins The HSA Foundation

Things are looking up for AMD’s “Vision”…

This morning AMD announced that Samsung has officially joined the HSA Foundation as founding member of the consortium.
Read more ▶

Related
  • Qualcomm is the last big SoC vendor to join the HSA foundation
  • HSA foundation releases v1.0 of their namesake spec
  • Codeplay joins the RISC-V foundation
◀ Forward in time
Back in time ▶
  • Thank you, Subscribers!

    Thank you to our Subscribers, past and present. You are appreciated. You are what keeps SemiAccurate going, what allows us to maintain our journalism, what keeps us ad-free, what allows us to tell it like it is, it is still just you. You, the reader and subscriber, we thank you.

    If you want to know more about subscriptions, both free and paid, the information can be found here.

    For more on our track record of leading edge journalism see Fully Accurate.

  • Our Writers

    Charlie Demerjian is the founder of Stone Arch Networking Services and S|A. SemiAccurate.com is a technology news site; addressing hardware design, software selection, customization, security and maintenance, with over one million views per month. He is a technologist and analyst specializing in semiconductors, system and network architecture.

    As head writer of SemiAccurate.com, he regularly advises writers, analysts, and industry executives on technical matters and long lead industry trends. Charlie is also available through Guidepoint and Mosaic.

    Thomas Ryan is a GIS Programmer and freelance technology writer from Seattle, WA. You can find his work on SemiAccurate and PCWorld.

  • Archives

    • February 2026
    • January 2026
    • December 2025
    • November 2025
    • October 2025
    • September 2025
    • August 2025
    • July 2025
    • June 2025
    • May 2025
    • April 2025
    • March 2025
    • February 2025
    • January 2025
    • December 2024
    • November 2024
    • October 2024
    • September 2024
    • August 2024
    • July 2024
    • June 2024
    • May 2024
    • April 2024
    • March 2024
    • February 2024
    • January 2024
    • December 2023
    • November 2023
    • October 2023
    • September 2023
    • August 2023
    • July 2023
    • June 2023
    • May 2023
    • April 2023
    • March 2023
    • February 2023
    • January 2023
    • December 2022
    • November 2022
    • October 2022
    • September 2022
    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • April 2021
    • March 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • August 2017
    • July 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • January 2017
    • December 2016
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • August 2016
    • July 2016
    • June 2016
    • May 2016
    • April 2016
    • March 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • October 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • July 2014
    • June 2014
    • May 2014
    • April 2014
    • March 2014
    • February 2014
    • January 2014
    • December 2013
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • June 2013
    • May 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • August 2012
    • July 2012
    • June 2012
    • May 2012
    • April 2012
    • March 2012
    • February 2012
    • January 2012
    • December 2011
    • November 2011
    • October 2011
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
    • June 2011
    • May 2011
    • April 2011
    • March 2011
    • February 2011
    • January 2011
    • December 2010
    • November 2010
    • October 2010
    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • July 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009
    • September 2009
    • August 2009
    • July 2009
    • June 2009
    • May 2009

Featured Posts

Intel’s Core i9-7900X: A Review

Skylake Gets 10 Cores Deep…

Although Intel has announced new high-end parts that are slated to launch later this year the i9-7900X is still Intel’s fastest desktop CPU to date.
Read more ▶

AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 64: A Review

A return to Fiji?

In this article we’ll look at the air cooled version of AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 64.
Read more ▶

AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 56: A Review

Vega 10 is finally here with HBM2 in tow…

Today we’ll be looking at AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU.
Read more ▶

AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 1920X: A Review

AMD Ryzen Logo

The Ryzen 1600X times 2…

In this review we’ll be looking at AMD’s other Ryzen Threadripper chip the 1920X.
Read more ▶

  • About Us
  • Terms of Service
  • Subscribe
  • Feed

SemiAccurate is a division of Stone Arch Networking Services, Inc. Copyright © 2026 Stone Arch Networking Services, Inc, all rights reserved.