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Thomas Ryan
Nov 24, 2015

Working with Gigabyte’s Z97M-DS3H

The intersection of cost, size, and the Z97 platform.

Today on my desk I have the Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 24, 2015

Qualcomm is making a very different server SoC

Finally some juicy tech news about ARM servers

SemiAccurate has gotten some juicy new details about the upcoming Qualcomm server SoCs.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 18, 2015

ARM charts out the path to printed plastic chips

Techcon 2015: 6-inch M0 SoCs sans silicon

ARM showed off a unique M0 cored SoC at Techcon, it was a plastic chip.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 16, 2015

Intel talks about Scalable System Framework

Take 12 parts and put them together into one marketing name

The big news for Intel at SC15 is their overarching SSF or Scalable System Framework.
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Thomas Ryan
Nov 16, 2015

AMD Presses The Reset Button in HPC

A new driver, new compiler, and the ability to port from CUDA…

Today at Super Computing 15 (SC15) AMD is introducing an HPC focused driver, a new compiler, and a runtime to translate CUDA code to run on AMD’s hardware.
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Thomas Ryan
Nov 14, 2015

Qualcomm Shows us the Snapdragon 820

Count streams, not cores…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 is built on Samsung’s FinFET process and offers strength in every aspect of it’s hardware and software ecosystem.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 12, 2015

Samsung shows off 10nm wafers at Techcon

Techcon 2015: Test chips, pictures, and short stories

SemiAccurate spotted a Samsung 10nm wafer at Techcon 2015, the only 10nm part publicly displayed.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 11, 2015

ARM outs code names and can finally say Artemis

Techcon 2015: Almost made the 2-year mark this time

ARM is outing a whole host of CPU, GPU, and display code names and finally saying Artemis.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 11, 2015

Nvidia profits are up in a fragile way

Analysis: Direction changes for no apparent reason once again

In their Q3/FY16 analyst call, Nvidia shifted their business model significantly away from what it was.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 10, 2015

A35 is the newest 64-bit core in the ARM lineup

Techcon 2015: A5 and A7 are now 32-bit dinosaurs that sell by the billions

Not content to release only a new architecture, ARM is also announcing a new core called the Cortex A35.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 10, 2015

ARM releases v8-M, Trustzone-M, and AMBA 5 AHB5

Techcon 2015: An ISA, a security mechanism, but no core get on a bus….

Today ARM is releasing a new microcontroller architecture called v8-M, a version of Trustzone to go with it, and the AMBA 5 AHB5 to connect it all.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 9, 2015

More details about the GPU team layoffs emerge

Who, why, and how long are no longer mysteries

It looks like SemiAccurate’s singing moles are back for an encore, the GPU news is abundant today.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 9, 2015

Intel releases the X550 dual 10GbE and massive FM10000 switch

If you need anything from 2-36 ports, Intel can help

Intel is launching two new Ethernet products today, the dual 10GbE X550 and the massive FM10000 family.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 9, 2015

Intel launches 14 new Xeon-D CPUs for storage and networking

11 now, 3 later, and two already out

Intel is announcing 14 new Xeon–D CPUs today along with networking and software goodies too.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 9, 2015

Guess who just shuttered their entire mobile GPU team?

More twists than the normal knifings this time

It looks like another GPU team has been shuttered with news of a mass layoff last week.
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