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MediaTek announces 4nm Dimensity 8300 SoC
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 21 November 2023 23:16

MediaTek announces 4nm Dimensity 8300 SoC


Significantly faster thanks to Armv9 CPU cores and Mali-G615 GPU

MediaTek has announced its newest Dimensity 8000-series SoC, the Dimensity 8300. The new SoC is both faster and much more efficient thanks to the fact it is manufactured on TMSC's 4nm manufacturing process and comes with Armv9 CPU cores and the new Mali-G615 GPU.

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:28

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC


4nm SoC with support for LPDDR5 3,200 memory and UFS 3.1 storage

Qualcomm has unveiled its latest Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC for entry-level smartphones. This one is manufactured on a 4nm manufacturing process and brings the same core configuration as its predecessor but with some improvements, including LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 storage support.

Intel orders shedloads of GPUs from TSMC
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 04 April 2023 12:07

Intel orders shedloads of GPUs from TSMC


Believes it has a future

While many people don’t hold out much hope for Intel’s involvement in the GPU market, apparently Chipzilla has ordered a stack of chips from TSMC.

AMD's Ryzen 7 7840U does very well in early benchmarks
Published in News


4nm 28W Phoenix beats 45W Ryzen 9 6900HX

AMD's 4nm Phoenix Ryzen 7040U low-power lineup has not been officially announced yet, but it already has been doing quite well in leaked benchmarks, with the Ryzen 7 7480U doing quite well against some previous heavy-hitters like the Ryzen 9 6900HX or Intel's Core i7-12800H.

TSMC will make 4nm chips in Arizona
Published in News
Thursday, 01 December 2022 10:58

TSMC will make 4nm chips in Arizona


Will be opened in 2024

TSMC has promised it will make 4nm chips at its semiconductor fab in Arizona, when it opens in 2024.

MediaTek officially unveils the 4nm Dimensity 9200 SoC
Published in Mobiles


ARM Cortex-X3 prime core and Immortalis G715 GPU with hardware ray tracing

MediaTek has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone SoC, the Dimensity 9200. Built on TSMC 4nm (N4P) manufacturing process, this is also the first SoC to feature the ARM Cortex-X3 core based on ARMv9 architecture, as well as the new Immortalis-G715 GPU with hardware-based ray tracing.

Samsung plans 4nm foundry for 2020
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 29 May 2017 11:45

Samsung plans 4nm foundry for 2020


Commercialise 8nm this year and 7nm next year


Samsung Electronics has been showing off its roadmap for introduction of high-tech 4-nano system semiconductor foundry process in 2020.