AI Steps In as Moore's Law Slows Down
With transistor miniaturization nearing its limits, chip designers are turning to AI to handle growing design complexity.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Cortex A55 Shows Why Arm's 5-Series Cores Prioritize Efficiency
Arm's Cortex A55 is built for tasks where power and area efficiency matter more than performance.
AI Infrastructure Spending Forecasts Face Reality Check
A new analysis questions whether bullish AI infrastructure spending projections match actual market conditions and demand.
QuiX Carina System Pushes Photonic Quantum Computing Forward
The Carina system marks a notable step ahead for light-based quantum computing, according to The Next Platform.
AMD Instinct MI455X: Deep Dive into L2 and Die-to-Die Bandwidth
Chips and Cheese analysis highlights AMD's MI455X architecture, focusing on L2 cache behavior and die-to-die interface bandwidth.
Google's Axion CPUs and Their Cloud Benefits
A single partner-content article outlines how Google's Axion CPUs are positioned to benefit cloud workloads.
Salience Labs Takes Aim at AI Scaling With Silicon Photonics
A silicon photonics optical switch could help AI systems scale beyond electrical interconnect limits, The Next Platform reports.
RosaicLabs, Atom RTL, and a 32-Tile AMX: Piecing Together an x86 Puzzle
A Chips and Cheese analysis examines the clues behind RosaicLabs' x86 plans, including Atom RTL and a 32-tile AMX unit.
GenAI Hardware Spending Outruns Model and Platform Revenue
An analysis from The Next Platform finds that investment in generative AI systems has surged far beyond the revenue those systems generate so far.
Microsoft Taps AMD for At-Scale AI CPU and GPU Clusters
Microsoft is adopting AMD processors and accelerators for large-scale AI infrastructure, a notable shift in its hardware strategy.
Intel's Data Center CPUs Get a Reprieve from AI Hosts and Sandboxes
A new analysis credits AI hosting services and sandboxed environments with propping up Intel's datacenter CPU sales.
SREs Tell AI Agents: Prove It Before Production
Site reliability engineers are increasingly demanding that AI agents pass strict validation before being trusted with production systems.
AI Chips Now About a Third of TSMC Revenue
The Next Platform reports that AI processors account for roughly one-third of TSMC's total revenue, underscoring the foundry's growing reliance on AI demand.
GFX1251 Differences Probed via LLVM Changes
A new analysis reads AMD's LLVM compiler patches to infer how the GFX1251 GPU target differs from the GFX1250.
HPE and Dell Push Toward Hybrid Quantum-Classical HPC Datacenters
The Next Platform examines how HPE and Dell are positioning conventional HPC infrastructure for the eventual arrival of quantum systems.
Marvell Teralynx T100 Leads With Radix, Low Latency, and Bandwidth
A single report from The Next Platform highlights the Teralynx T100's focus on radix, low latency, and bandwidth.
AI-Ready Data, Not Raw Compute, Is the Real Edge
A new analysis argues that the competitive advantage in AI comes from preparing data, not just adding hardware.
QuiX Quantum Photonic Architecture Targets HPC Datacenters
A single report says QuiX Quantum is pushing photonic compute into the datacenter.