
Intel boss under fire for China ties as company sinks further
Lip-Bu Tan faces scrutiny over Cadence scandal and Beijing links
Intel is facing serious questions from US lawmakers about its new boss's ties to China and a criminal case that started before he arrived.

MediaTek gets chummy with Nvidia on NVLink Fusion
Custom AI ASICs set to hit hyperscale workloads
MediaTek has buddied up with Nvidia in what it claims is a groundbreaking partnership to build tailor-made AI silicon that plugs neatly into the NVLink Fusion ecosystem.

Cadence close to releasing DDR4 and LPDDR4 products
Made using TSMC's 16nm FinFET Plus
Cadence Design Systems says its DDR4 and LPDDR4 IP using TSMC's 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) process have completed TSMC9000 Silicon Assessment.

Intel and Cadence come up with 14nm library
More collaboration
Cadence Design and Intel announced that the two companies have hammered out a 14nm (nanometer) library characterization reference flow for customers of Intel Custom Foundry.