Semiconductors

We are not shy of playing guessing games here at The Next Platform, as you all well know. And Intel and Cray have left us with a few big ones with regard

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Innovium is showcasing their TERALYNX-based high performance switches SC19 this week. These switches deliver the industry’s highest performance, lowest […]

Source: Innovium High Performance Networking Solutions Move Big Data at SC19

Carbon nanotubes are becoming a serious competitor to silicon in almost all areas of microelectronics.

Source: Carbon Nanotube FETs Exceed 100GHz for RF Applications

As the traditional ASIC business disappears before our eyes with the recent divestitures and acquisitions, I have been asking questions amongst the fabless semiconductor ecosystem and am getting few answers. Who or what is going to step in to enable start-ups and new to silicon systems companies with application specific chips?

Source: Where has the ASIC Business Gone?

Source: It’s a Cascade of 14nm CPUs: AnandTech’s Intel Core i9-10980XE Review

The startup expects to see its new chips run databases and other heavy workloads in hyperscale cloud platforms.

Source: Ampere Gears Up to Launch 7nm, 80-Core Arm Chip for Cloud Data Centers

Today, Intel published a supply update letter to customers here . Although Intel is working hard to regain supply-demand balance, it remains a challenge. Separately, Intel is reaffirming our previous guidance for the fourth quarter, issued in our earnings release dated Oct. 24, 2019.

Source: Intel Supply Update

Image Removed As a professional semiconductor event attendee I can pretty much tell if an event will be successful by looking at the agenda. What I look for is simple, customer presentations. Not company presentations or partner presentations but actual customer case studies presented by name brand companies.

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Source: Intel Q3 2019 Fab Update: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm On Track

Intel has published a letter confirming its own supply issues in Q3 of this year, while simultaneously affirming its overall guidance for Q4. The letter, from Michelle Johnston Holthaus, GM of the Sales, Marketing, and Communications Group at Intel, acknowledges and apologizes for the yearlong PC supply shortage that Intel’s OEM customers have been grappling with.

Source: Intel Apologizes for Supply Issues, Confirms Q4 Guidance