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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 11, 2014
3

Intel castrates Broadwell gutting performance

A day late and now a dollar short too

Yesterday SemiAccurate told you about Intel’s problems with Broadwell and a little clue as to why.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 9, 2014
5

Intel delays Broadwell again but technically is on time

More details on splitting a hair into 14nm slices

VR-Zone has printed some roadmaps that begin to tell the story about the woes of Intel’s 14nm Broadwell line.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 8, 2014
8

What is Nvidia replacing Denver with in Erista?

A tale of two Tegras and a lot of transparent misstatements

Three months ago SemiAccurate not only told you Nvidia’s Denver was dead, but technically why it was a goner.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 7, 2014
12

IBM’s foundries have been sold

A done deal according to several sources

SemiAccurate’s sources are all saying IBM has sold their foundry business, it is a done deal.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 2, 2014
6

Qualcomm buys Wilocity and releases 60GHz radios

If you want a Snapdragon 810 with 802.11ad and MU-MIMO, it is here

Qualcomm has just purchased 60GHz 802.11ad technology company Wilocity and also announced a 3-band chipset.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 1, 2014
17

Nvidia updates GM204 Maxwell roadmap again

Big ones, shrunk ones, but only one like we said.

It looks like Nvidia has reworked their GM204 roadmaps again with big Maxwells and shrinks now listed.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 1, 2014

Synaptics shows off inflatable screens an long range touch

Computex 2014: Vermecelli, Tactus, Orzo, and other advances

Synaptics was showing SemiAccurate three new demos at Computex called Tactus, Orzo, and Vermicelli.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 30, 2014

Pretec takes a step from flash to car batteries

Computex 2014: No we aren’t joking, they have an innovative car battery

You might recall Pretec from their past flash drive creations, this year at Computex they were showing off car batteries too.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 26, 2014

Asmedia shows off 10Gbps USB3.1 silicon

Computex 2014: Twice as fast, twice the form factors, and almost ready

Asmedia was showing off functional 10Gb USB3.1 silicon in two packages during Computex.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 25, 2014

Antec Lifecard is a business card sized battery

Computex 2014: Keep a recharge in your wallet

One cute little device from Computex was Antec’s Lifecard, a tiny 2000mAh cell phone battery.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 25, 2014

AppliedMicro shows off production OEM X-Gene servers

ARM servers are finally here for real

There was only one real question about ARM based servers remaining and AppliedMicro just answered it, “When can you buy them?”
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 24, 2014
1

Intel wastes time and oxygen talking about Knights Landing

Possibly a new low in worthless briefings but unquestionably bad

Intel is once again wasting electrons and oxygen with a new low in briefings, this time ostensibly about the Knights Landing Xeon Phi.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 23, 2014

Gamestar confirms SemiAccurate’s exclusive about Crytek

Big problems but not new problems as we previously said

It looks like SemiAccurate’s story from last March about Crytek’s problems are finally making it into the public eye.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 23, 2014
4

Intel to “converge” some of their cores

Any guesses which and when?

Intel is going to “converge” their cores, but what does that mean and when will it happen?
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 20, 2014

Intel’s FPGA announcement is simply palpable desperation

Vapor backed by audience ignorance is the new norm

Intel’s palpable desperation in the datacenter manifested itself in a knee-jerk reaction to Microsoft’s FPGA announcement at ISCA 2014.
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