Over 250 billion Arm chips have shipped since the first ARM1 processor launched 40 years ago
The first Arm processor was created in Cambridge in 1985. From humble origins and with limited resources, the ARM1 was designed to power the new Acorn Archimedes computer systems. The ARM1 featured 6,000 gates, while modern Arm processors feature more than 100 million. Similarly, the popularity of the “exceptionally power-efficient”
AMD teases its first 2nm chip, EPYC ‘Venice’ fabbed on TSMC N2 node — also announces USA production of current-gen chips
In a rather unexpected turn of events, AMD announced late on Monday that it had obtained its first 2nm-class silicon, a core complex die (CCD) for its 6th Generation EPYC ‘Venice’ processor, which is expected to launch next year. The Venice CCD is the industry’s first HPC CPU design to be
Nvidia reportedly sources GDDR7 chips from SK hynix for RTX 50-series GPUs
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 series (codenamed Blackwell) is known for being among the best graphics cards on the market, utilizing Samsung’s GDDR7 memory chips. However, reliable hardware leaker MEGAsizeGPU reports that Nvidia has allegedly begun sourcing GDDR7 from SK hynix as an alternative supplier. As per information from the leaker,
EU preps Chips Act 2.0 to stregthen semiconductor industry after original program reportedly flopped
A group of European countries led by the Netherlands is setting the groundwork for the European Chips Act 2.0 after the original one failed to achieve its goal of strengthening the European semiconductor industry, reports Reuters. The group aims to deliver concrete proposals by summer to work closely with the
Nvidia to spend hundreds of billions on U.S.-made chips, confirms Blackwell system production in the U.S.
Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, confirmed at GTC 2025 that the company plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on chips made in the U.S. over the next four years, reports the Financial Times. This decision comes as the company works to lessen its reliance on Asian manufacturing
Qualcomm debuts new Snapdragon G handheld gaming PC chips to compete with Intel and AMD
Qualcomm expanded its Snapdragon G series with three new gaming chips targeting handheld devices. The trio, consisting of the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2, will power the next generation of offerings from OEMs, including Ayaneo, OneXPlayer, and Retroid Pocket. The Snapdragon G3
Trump wants to kill the CHIPS Act — says chipmakers are coming to the USA to avoid tariffs
During President Trump’s first address to the joint session of Congress since taking office in January 2025, he said to the present senators and representatives, “You should get rid of the CHIPS Act, and whatever is left over, Mr. Speaker, you should use it reduce debt or any other reason
Trump purge hits Chips Act office, two-fifths of staff to be terminated: Report
Two-fifths of the staff of the U.S. Chips Program Office, responsible for managing the Chips and Science Act, have been laid off by the Trump administration. 60 total employees will be cut by the end of today. According to Bloomberg, 20 employees previously accepted resignations last week, with the other
Lenovo is updating its ThinkPad lineup with new chips and form factors at MWC 2025
Lenovo is showing business laptops lovers some attention by announcing several new ThinkPads at Mobile World Congress 2025, including a new form factor for the T-series line, and updated internals across the business laptop lineup. The ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 is by far the most interesting of the bunch, with a
Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chips for PCs to boost core count from 12 to 18, says report
Significant new details of a next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processor for Windows PCs have been shared Germany’s WinFuture (machine translation). The big news is that the new X2 chips may come to the PC market with up to 18 Oryon V3 cores, that’s 50% more than the current generation Qualcomm
