… Consider the impact of defects that cumulatively increase CPU TDP by 50%. A 50W-75W desktop chip now has a TDP of 75W-112W -- well within the cooling capabilities of a modern tower. A 17W laptop chip at +50% TDP can fit into any chassis capable of handling a 25W TDP. …
AMD is reportedly planning to launch a new Zen 4 CPU with eight cores and a 3D V-cache chip. …
… Samsung's Austin facility accounts for approximately 5 percent of global 300mm wafer production on a monthly basis. The facility focuses on building chips built on Samsung's 14nm process, with iterations of that node available in the same plant down to 11nm. …
… That's a significant move by Intel, because most of the fixes that have been pushed out for Meltdown and Spectre have at least a small impact on performance in some scenarios. In some cases, particularly with older chips and in certain workloads, the performance penalty can be 10 percent or more. …
… Intel's 28nm modems are built by TSMC and that foundry handled some of the company's SoFIA chips and manufacturing for the related Rockchip deal some of the SoFIA tablet and smartphone processors never went into production, but the Rockchip processors supposedly did . …
… As the shortage continues to grip countless industries, Canon has struggled to source materials to support its DRM efforts, forcing the brand to reevaluate its priorities in regards to production and sales. To be clear, these chips don’t impact the cartridge’s ability to supply ink to the printer. …
… When you account for the negative impacts of the pandemic on chip production, it's not hard to see why we're in this mess. Most analysts expect the chip shortage to last through this year, but Intel has stated that it's planning for semiconductors to be in short supply through 2023. …
… The decision to organize Epyc as a set of 7nm chiplets that connect to a common I/O die is going to impact core-to-core communication. …
… We would not expect this to impact Cinebench results -- that test is quite core-centric and is minimally impacted by the memory subsystem -- but performance in other benchmarks could absolutely be impacted. …
… Any device will destabilize if it exceeds its safe operating temperature, and the bottom RAM chip on the PS5 is close enough to its safe operating range that it's conceivable for room configuration to create a problem, particularly once we start considering the long-term impact of dust. …