Contract fab GlobalFoundries has announced a commitment to spend $16 billion on plant expansion and advanced packaging research. The move comes with no expected spending date.
The media in Taiwan have highlighted the lucrative compensation packages being used to tempt engineers to fill key roles and fuel Nvidia’s ambitious expansion plans.
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs for desktops are expected to use Xe3 (Celestial) for the integrated graphics, while media and display move to Xe4 (Druid).
A hardware modder has strapped a CPU cooler to a GTX 960 using a 3D-printed bracket. The results? It runs 10 degrees cooler than stock and broke a 3DMark record.
TSMC is preparing to begin 2nm chip production with wafer prices reportedly reaching $30,000 and potentially $45,000 for more advanced nodes like A16, driven by the complexity of backside power delivery.
On Monday, Finalwire added 'preliminary support for next-generation AMD desktop, server and mobile processors' to AIDA64 Extreme, indicating readiness for Ryzen 10000 series chips.