A new security shortcoming discovered in Apple M-series chips could be exploited to extract secret keys used during cryptographic operations. Dubbed GoFetch, the vulnerability relates to a microarchitectural… Continue reading
Tag: Chips
Intel is asking for an additional $10 billion from CHIPS act subsidies because the chip giant feels it deserves more cash for investing in US developments
Poor Intel. Last year was pretty rough for the 55-year-old semiconductor firm, as it accrued just $54.2 billion in revenue, 14% less than the year before. After paying… Continue reading
We all love a good architecture or two in the PCG hardware office and we especially like AMD’s current Zen 4 and 4c designs. They’re super efficient, clock… Continue reading
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Splatoon 3: Side Order, the long-awaited single-player DLC for Splatoon 3, is just nine days away, and Nintendo has dropped an in-depth… Continue reading
The quality of USB drives is getting worse thanks to re-used and often defective NAND chips including some from known brands
Hands up anyone that’s used a USB stick in the past couple of years and found it to be a bit rubbish, or defective right out of the… Continue reading
Hot GPU rumour time: Intel may follow AMD in just focusing on the mainstream market with its next-gen Battlemage chips
We’re barely two weeks into 2024 but the latest rumours surrounding the next generation of GPUs are already in full swing. And the claim this time is that… Continue reading
Intel rounds out the Raptor Lake Refresh CPU lineup with a few cheaper chips though some are still basically Alder Lake
Intel just announced the rest of the Raptor Lake Refresh lineup. In addition to the K-series processors launched last year, the 14th Gen now includes the Core i5… Continue reading
Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI back AMD’s monstrous new 153 billion-transistor alternative to Nvidia’s AI chips
AMD’s launch event for its new MI300X AI platform was backed by some of the biggest names in the industry, including Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and many more. Those… Continue reading
The chips we know and love are made with some of the most advanced manufacturing methods on the planet. The smallest nodes require billions of dollars in capital… Continue reading
After a year of cheap SSDs, Samsung aims to slap 20% onto the price of its NAND flash chips over the next two quarters
With solid state drives being more popular than ever, the wholesale prices of the chips they use (NAND flash) have been slowly rising since the middle of summer…. Continue reading