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    Imagination's new Catapult CPU is Driving RISC-V Device Adoption

    It could also potentially go into cheaper wireless routers: https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/bcm4916 https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/bcm4912...
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    Razer Introduces "The Smurfs" Custom Collection

    I bet this can improve my kill death ratio.
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    GlobalFoundries Submits Applications for U.S. CHIPS and Science Act Funding

    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771014 <-- Post-12LP+ FinFET node However, it doesn't appear on the roadmap: 12FDX so far is the only node that will appear to launch post-pivot away from FinFETs. This however has a roadmap in Europe/France: "CEA-Leti, Globalfoundries, Soitec and...
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    Criterion Games Joins EA Entertainment - Working on Rebooted Battlefield Franchise

    Oh, jeez, I hope we get Blackfield. Instead of another run-of-the-mill Battlefield. We really need Black and Bad Company combined. To get a really awesome Battlefield experience.
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    MINISFORUM Launches World's First Mini PC Based on AMD Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix"

    "Minisforum will be releasing the next upcoming Mercury Series models soon- a new generation of 1/4-liter ultra-mini PC with AMD Ryzen 7 7840U variants options." <-- in regards to this new images of EM780: EM680 with 6800U = Plastic Shell EM780/760 with 7840U/7640U = Aluminum Shell
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    GlobalFoundries and STMicroelectronics Finalize Agreement for 300mm Semiconductor Fab in France

    It is going to be the 22FDX node; of which it will have a capacity of 30,000 wafers per month by 2026: Also, it has an official designation that is GF12/Fab12: STM-side will be supporting 18FDS and 8FDS*. (*guessed name for 10nm node given: 28FDS -> 18FDS -> 8FDS) Which will have a...
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    SK hynix Begins Mass Production of Industry's Highest 238-Layer 4D NAND

    4D is this => https://news.skhynix.com/evolution-of-4d-nand-flash-opens-the-era-of-terabyte-smartphones/
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    EarFun's New Air Pro 3 is World's 1st LE-Audio ANC Wireless Earbuds

    My OCD is triggering: "will cap latency below 55s" will cap latency below 55ms image1(TPU): image2(EarFun):
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    Intel Marks Grand Opening of $3B Factory Expansion in Oregon

    NA = Numerical Aperture, not Neon Argon.
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    Crytek confirms a new Crysis game is in development - Crysis 4?

    But, can you run Crysis 1 in Crysis 4?
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    AMD and GlobalFoundries Renew Wafer Supply Agreement

    In context, the Fab8 government deal is actually based off the 45nm SOI node: https://gf.com/press-release/us-department-defense-partners-globalfoundries-manufacture-secure-chips-fab-8-upstate Which extends to...
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    AMD and GlobalFoundries Renew Wafer Supply Agreement

    GlobalFoundries for 2018+ only had 15,000 wafers that had an asking price of $4 billion. 2020+ needed a second fab(and third for 5LP/3LP) which was >$15 billion(>$20 billion). Net income for AMD(millions): 2020 $2,490 2019 $341 2018 $337 2017 $-33 2016 $-498 2015 $-660 2014 $-403...
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    AMD and GlobalFoundries Renew Wafer Supply Agreement

    GlobalFoundries 7LP was fine, however GlobalFoundries didn't have investors nor any income to support volume ramp of 7LP. Initial capacity was 15,000 wspm for both 7LP and 7LP+EUV. To get more capacity the second phase of Malta needed to be built. They did spend money on making 7nm. However...
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    Intel Core 12th Gen Alder Lake Preview

    Doesn't Gracemont have the load balancer? So, this is only needed for Tremont cores in Lakefield, Elkhart Lake, Jasper Lake, Jacobsville & Snow Ridge. "As the clustering algorithm is dependent on the ability to predict taken branches within the branch predictor, very long assembly sequences...
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    AMD and GlobalFoundries Wafer Supply Agreement Now Non-Exclusive, Paves Way for 7nm sIOD

    GlobalFoundries has a UMC-like problem; Other than AMD/IBM, GlobalFoundries has a normal amount of zero customers on 14nm/12nm. No customers to support a push to 7nm, means no 7nm and lower nodes. AMD/IBM ditched GlobalFoundries when they would have had to give $3B to get 7LP to 12,000 wpm...
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