Chipzilla still chasing TSMC with 18A foundry push
Intel bangs the drum on 18A node
Troubled Chipzilla is still flogging its foundry turnaround plan, this time at its annual Direct Connect bash, where CEO Lip-Bu Tan and his top brass tried to convince the world that Intel Foundry Services is back on track.
AI threats and zero-trust mandates are driving a $26bn boom
Beancounters working for the Dell’Oro Group have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that while everyone is banking on about hardware cybersecurity, particularly of the cloudy sort, is where the cash is.
Infineon and Typhoon HIL team up on xEV development
TriBoard plug-in cuts time, cost and hassle for carmakers
Infineon has signed up with Typhoon HIL to make the lives of xEV powertrain developers a bit less miserable. The pair are promising a real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation setup that plugs straight into Infineon’s AURIX TC3x and TC4x microcontrollers.
Dally says US rules handed China a tech talent pipeline
Nvidia chief scientist Bill Dally [pictured] has suggested that the US export control ban on AI gear to China has helped Huawei and its mates in the Middle Kingdom rather than holding them back.
Coracer slaps graphene thermal pad on AMD AM5 chips
Claims 130 W/m·K conductivity miracle
A mysterious outfit calling itself Coracer has chucked a new graphene thermal pad into the AM5 processor ring, claiming it’s a better option than thermal paste or liquid metal.