Recent #CPU news in the semiconductor industry

7 months ago
➀ Intel acknowledges the underperformance of the Core Ultra 200S series, including the Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, in gaming benchmarks; ➁ Intel plans to release updates by the end of November or early December to address the performance issues; ➂ Intel identifies multifactor issues at the OS and BIOS levels and will release a comprehensive update.
BIOSCPUCore Ultra 200SGaming PerformanceIntelWindowsupdate
7 months ago
➀ The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU has been leaked in a gaming benchmark for the game Factorio, confirming its existence and testing phase. ➁ However, the benchmark results are unreliable due to inconsistencies and unknown variables, such as potential overclocking. ➂ The Ryzen 9950X3D is likely to be inbound soon, if it's getting to the point where prerelease samples are showing up in benchmarks.
3D V-cacheAMDCPUFactorioRyzen 9 9950X3Dbenchmarkgaming
7 months ago
➀ ASUS has released a BIOS update for select AMD AM5 motherboards, introducing 'Turbo Game Mode' to optimize gaming performance for X3D processors; ➁ This feature disables one of the CPU's chiplets and Simultaneous Multi-Threading to enhance single-threaded performance, reducing latency and improving efficiency in games; ➂ The feature will allow users and gamers to tweak the game-focused performance, and multi-threaded setups for different workloads easily.
AMDBIOSCPUPerformanceX3Dgamingmotherboard
7 months ago
➀ The RISC-V and open-source functional verification challenge highlights the differences in verification processes between RISC-V and ARM cores. ➁ The importance of selecting a reliable IP vendor and the impact of software support on verification is discussed. ➂ The role of RISC-V profiles in simplifying verification and enabling software compatibility is emphasized.
AIArmCPUEDAHPCSEMICONDUCTORSoCgamingmemorysoftwareverification
7 months ago
➀ Google is rumored to switch to TSMC's N3E process for Tensor G5; ➁ The report also clarifies that Google has chosen not to use 2nm technology for Tensor G6; ➂ The move could impact the competition in the AI and smartphone chip markets.
2nm3D IC3nmAIAI PCAI chipAMDASUSArmCPUChipletDRAMDellEDAGDDRGPUGaNHBMHPCInfineonLinuxNPUNVIDIAPCIePrivacyRaspberry PiSEMICONDUCTORSK hynixSSDSwitchTITSMCautomotivecoolingcybersecuritygamingiOSlaptopmemorymicrochipmonitorsoftware