Intel sells 51 percent of Altera
Tan's first big move
Intel Corporation's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's first big move was to sell 51 percent of Altera to SilverLake at an $8.75 billion valuation. The company still retains 49 percent. Intel acquired Altera in 2015 for approximately $16.7 billion.
AMD Venice 2nm TSMC taped out
EPYC 5th Gen 3nm manufacturing in TSMC Arizona
AMD has made an important announcement regarding its EPYC data center CPUs. The company confirmed the successful tape-out of its CPU codenamed "Venice," which is part of the EPYC line.
GPU-Z updated to version v2.65.1
Two versions released, bringing support for new NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Moore Threads GPUs
TechPowerUp has released the newest version of its GPU-Z, a comprehensive graphics sub-system information, diagnostic, and monitoring utility. The newest version, v2.65.0, adds support for new NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and Moore Threads GPUs. as well as fixes a single issue, with the
AMD revs up Dragon Range
New CPUs promise desktop-class punch and RDNA 2 graphics on the go
AMD’s Dragon Range is breathing fire again. The chipmaker has just unleashed its Ryzen 8000HX mobility CPUs — a refresh of the 7000HX lineup — aimed squarely at high-end gaming laptops and mobile workstations.
Based on high-speed 64GB DDR5-8000 modules
G.Skill, a well-known when it comes to memory modules, has announced new high capacity 128GB kits that hit DDR5-8000 speeds. These will be a part of G.Skill's Trident Z5 and Trident Z5 Royal NEO series and are based on new 64GB DDR5 modules. In addition, G.Skill is bringing new DDR5-9000 64GB (2x32GB) memory kits