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SK hynix and TSMC announced early on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing the next-generation HBM4 memory and advanced packaging technology. The initiative is designed to speed up the adoption of HBM4 memory and solidify SK hynix's and TSMC's leading positions in high-bandwidth memory and advanced processor applications. The primary focus of SK hynix's and TSMC's initial efforts will be to enhance the performance of the HBM4 stack's base die, which (if we put it very simply) acts like an ultra-wide interface between memory devices and host processors. With HBM4, SK hynix plans to use one of TSMC's advanced logic process technologies to build base dies to pack additional features and I/O pins within the confines of existing...
Nehalem - Everything You Need to Know about Intel's New Architecture
It's called the Core i7, but we knew it as Nehalem. We go through the entire micro-architecture and explain the new developments from IDF.
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/3/2008
The Dark Knight: Intel's Core i7
Intel reinvented itself with Conroe two years ago, could the sequel possibly live up to expectations? Later this month Intel's Core i7 processors will be shipping and you'll...
74 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on 11/3/2008
The Business of Tech: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - AMD Goes Fabless
In the most dire of cash crunches, AMD has confirmed the rumors and parted ways with its fabrication arm. What does this mean for AMD and its new spin off?
39 by Ryan Smith on 10/7/2008
AMD Fusion for Gaming Utility: Automatic AMD Platform Overclocking With a Twist
The beta version of the AMD Fusion for Gaming utility has been released. It overclocks both CPU and GPU and only runs on AMD hardware. But its that little...
39 by Derek Wilson on 9/18/2008
AMD 790GX - The Introduction
We provide an overview of the new 790GX chipset while we complete our benchmark testing.
42 by Gary Key on 8/6/2008
Intel's SoC Update: 1B Transistors Embedded in 5 Years
Intel revealed a bit about its upcoming embedded and SoC plans. Aside from Larrabee, these are brand new areas for Intel's x86 architectures. Intel has 15 chip...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/24/2008
AMD's SB750: Enabling Higher Phenom Overclocks?
Rumor has it that AMD's new South Bridge will allow Phenom processors to clock higher. Believe it or not, it works. We try and figure out why...
51 by Gary Key on 7/23/2008
AMD's Phenom X4 9950, 9350e and 9150e: Lower Prices, Voltage Tricks and Strange Behavior
AMD is introducing three new quad-core Phenom processors today: a 2.6GHz 9950 Black Edition, a 2.0GHz 9350e and a 1.8GHz 9150e. AMD has also dropped its prices, making...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on 7/1/2008
The Nehalem Preview: Intel Does It Again
Two years ago we previewed Intel's Conroe core and to our surprise it blew away its closest competitor by 20 - 30% easily. Today, Intel is without competition...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2008
Intel Launches Low-Power 65nm 4 Series Chipsets for the Desktop
With the release of their X48 Express performance chipset just a few short months back, many are asking why Intel is releasing another round of new chipsets so soon...
15 by Kris Boughton on 6/5/2008
AMD Announces GAME!: Raising the Bar for Mainstream Gaming PCs
There's been one successful platform logo in recent history: Centrino. Today AMD announces its own logo program but for mainstream gaming PCs. The program is called AMD...
58 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/19/2008
NVIDIA 780a: Integrated Graphics and SLI in One
We provide our first look at NVIDIA’s latest chipset that provides integrated graphics functionality free, well almost; you do need to buy the motherboard.
39 by Gary Key on 5/6/2008
AMD's Phenom X3 8000 Series: Fighting Two Cores with Three?
AMD is introducing the first triple-core x86 processors as a part of its quick and dirty strategy to remain competitive with Intel's dual-core CPUs. Despite having more cores...
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/23/2008
IGP Power Consumption - 780G, GF8200, and G35
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greenest of them all? The answer may surprise you.
44 by Gary Key on 4/18/2008
Intel's Atom Architecture: The Journey Begins
When we reviewed the first Centrino CPU we claimed that it would revolutionize the mobile world, and it has. Intel's Atom processor has even more ambitious goals and...
47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/2/2008
Higher Clock Speeds, No TLB Issues and Better Pricing: The New Phenom
Last year Phenom brought AMD a terrible end to a terrible year. While AMD continues to try to resurrect itself we find ourselves in the midst of a...
65 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/27/2008
NVIDIA's 790i Arrives: SLI Rides Again
Users looking to run the latest DDR3 memory technology with multi-GPU graphics from NVIDIA finally have the answer they've been waiting for. We examine exactly what makes the nForce...
20 by Kris Boughton on 3/18/2008
Opening the Kimono: Intel Details Nehalem and Tempts with Larrabee
Intel gave us a few morsels of information on its future microprocessor plans, including details on the architectural enhancements to its first desktop CPU with an integrated memory controller...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/17/2008
AMD's B3 Stepping Phenom Previewed, TLB Hardware Fix Tested
We scored a B3 stepping Phenom with the hardware level fix for the TLB bug. Let's find out if Phenom take-two is any better than the original.
30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/12/2008
AMD 780G: Preview of the Best Current IGP Solution
We take an initial look at HD playback quality against the GeForce 8200 and G35.
50 by Gary Key on 3/10/2008
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