DRAM inventor logs off
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Monday, 20 May 2024 11:22

DRAM inventor logs off


Dennard was 91

Robert Heath Dennard, the trailblazing electrical and computer engineer who invented DRAM, has died at the age of 91.

AI will prop up Moore’s Law
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Monday, 19 June 2023 11:42

AI will prop up Moore’s Law


Cringely prediction

Tech pundit Robert X. Cringely has been consulting his Tarot cards and rattled his crystal balls and reached the conclusion that Generative Artificial Intelligence will keep Moore's Law in force.

Chipzilla founder Gordon Moore dies
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Monday, 27 March 2023 10:04

Chipzilla founder Gordon Moore dies


Moore’s Law continues

The bloke who famously observed that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubled about every two years, Gordon Moore has died, he was 94.

ARM claims that performance per watt is the new Moore’s Law
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ARM claims what is watt

A new article on the ARM Blueprint blog claims that Moore’s Law is rather old hat and the new black will be the performance per watt.

Never mind Moore's Law it is all Huang's Law now
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Performance based on AI calculations

The Wall Street Journal has been becoming rather enthused about Huang's Law, named after Nvidia chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang.

Intel sued by shareholders over 7nm delays
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:53

Intel sued by shareholders over 7nm delays


Making promises that could not be kept

Chipzilla is in trouble with its shareholders over its delayed 7nm moves.

TSMC jumps in to save Moore’s Law
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Thursday, 15 August 2019 22:37

TSMC jumps in to save Moore’s Law


2500 mm2 interposer and 5nm N5P EUV to the rescue

Usually, it is Intel which talks about Moore’s Law, but this time our long-time industry friend Godfrey Cheng at TSMC talked about potential and the future of the world’s finest manufacturing facility.

Aussie boffins might have propped up Moore's Law
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Metal-based field emission air channel transistors on the sheep dip

Boffins at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have come up with a metal-based field emission air channel transistor (ACT) which they think could maintain transistor doubling for another 20 years.

Intel: X86 not sexy, oily data is
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Friday, 08 June 2018 12:26

Intel: X86 not sexy, oily data is


Submerge yourself in a deep data lake

The CEO of chip giant Intel has looked into his crystal ball, read some tea leaves and shuffled his Tarot cards and predicted that Big Data will have the same impact on human existence as oil.

Intel nears the big 50
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Friday, 18 May 2018 11:49

Intel nears the big 50


Middle age approaches

Chip giant Intel will be 50 on July the 18th, and like many a middle aged soul, its mind is turning to events in the past.