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Semiconductors, foundries, advanced packaging and the global silicon supply chain, covered by The Silicon Ledger.
Patches to AMD's open-source Linux kernel driver reveal support for GDDR7 memory and new graphics IP blocks, suggesting the company is preparing software for its upcoming discrete graphics processors.
Beijing launched nine satellites including Supercomputing-1, designed to process Earth imagery in orbit rather than transmitting raw data to ground stations, signaling a shift toward distributed computing infrastructure beyond Earth.
The MSI Spatium M461 2TB is selling for $299.99 after a promo code at Newegg, making it one of the cheapest name-brand PCIe 4.0 SSDs available at roughly 10 cents per gigabyte.
The enterprise SSD maker has unveiled a firmware approach that dedicates a portion of QLC NAND to pseudo-SLC operation, achieving seven times faster random writes at the cost of 6 to 20 percent of total capacity.
The Chinese chipmaker has started manufacturing memory using its fifth-generation process, which employs quadruple-patterning to achieve a 50% boost in die capacity.
Both AI leaders are racing to lease smaller facilities with 20-30 MW capacity to handle near-term demand, even as they pour billions into sprawling infrastructure projects that remain years away from operation.
Apple's shift to QLC NAND storage in the iPhone 18 Pro Max enables higher capacities but introduces significant performance penalties under sustained writes, according to benchmark testing by Homolab.
Researchers at China's Institute of Microelectronics have successfully fabricated working gate-all-around transistors using only DUV lithography, sidestepping the need for Western EUV tools, though a commercially viable 3nm process is still distant.
