#Chip_Manufacturing

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But only server ones Despite the fact that there is still quite a bit of information on the Internet about the AMD Zen 5 architecture and products based on it, today we have received quite detailed data about CPUs based on Zen 6. [caption id="attachment_85418" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The information concerns mainly server CPUs, but it is still important, because some things can be implemented in consumer ones. [caption id="attachment_85419" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The author of the Moore's Law Is Dead channel obtained data on Epyc-E server processors, which are intended for telecommunications and peripheral systems. Such CPUs will only have up to 64 cores, but the “larger” Epyc will, of course, have more cores. AMD will pack 32 processor cores into one chiplet. [caption id="attachment_85420" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] In this case, what interests us most is that Epyc-E will have one chiplet with 32 cores! Let us remember that in almost all AMD processors the chiplet contains eight cores, and only Epyc Bergamo with small Zen 4C cores has chiplets with 16 cores. As you can see, by the time Zen 6 is released, AMD will be able to pack 32 cores per chiplet. This obviously won’t affect consumer Ryzen, but perhaps by that time they will switch to a package of 16 cores per chiplet. Additionally, the 32-chip configuration could allow AMD to easily build 256-core processors. This could already be CPU Venice in SP7 version. https://youtu.be/qpzTmKjaIMU Also, a large number of cores in one chiplet allows AMD to place additional chiplets in the processor without any processor cores at all. FPGAs or other specialized chiplets can be implemented in this way.

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These are specialized solutions for network infrastructure In just a few weeks, Intel will release Meteor Lake processors, which, among other things, will be the company’s first-born, produced using the Intel 4 technical process. However, another company beat Intel itself and was the first to present its chips created using the same technical process. They were Ericsson RAN Compute. [caption id="attachment_84939" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel 4 process[/caption] Ericsson announced new RAN Compute These, of course, are not classic CPUs, but specialized solutions for network infrastructure, but the very fact that Ericsson has surpassed Intel is quite interesting. However, for Intel’s IDM 2.0 strategy, within which the processor giant also wants to become a semiconductor manufacturing giant, this is rather a plus. It doesn’t make much sense to say anything about RAN Compute chips from a technical point of view, but it’s still worth noting that, according to the company itself, the high-performance RAN Processor 6672 and Radio Processor 6372 processors provide four times greater performance compared to the previous generation and can support up to six 4G and 5G modes in one device. In addition, the new chips consume 30–60% less energy, which is likely due in large part to the new technical process.

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Gelsinger isn't shy about criticizing his company. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke about three big mistakes and failures of the company. [caption id="attachment_79812" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Intel[/caption] The head of Intel called processors for smartphones the first such failure. Recall that Intel has been releasing Atom platforms for Android smartphones for some time, and these platforms have generally been quite competitive. They never became widespread, but there were even flagships based on Atom. True, the story did not last long. The first smartphone with such a SoC was released in 2012, and the direction was closed in 2016. These are three huge mistakes and failures of Intel. Gelsinger also believes that Intel was wrong to abandon plans to create graphics processors focused on computing. More precisely, we are initially talking about the Larrabee line, which was canceled just after Gelsinger left Intel in 2010. The project later became Xeon Phi, but with much less ambition. Soon it was closed too. Gelsinger notes that Intel would not have had to subsequently buy five different AI companies if the Larrabee project had continued to be developed. The third point concerns the semiconductor business. Now Intel is actively developing it, trying to become a major market player together with TSMC and Samsung, and also promising that it will master five technical processes in four years, but the head of the company believes that it was necessary to start much earlier. However, in this case the company is at least actively working in this direction.

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In total, growth is promised in 17 games Intel has released another graphics driver for its Arc video cards, which once again significantly increased performance in a number of games. The increase, depending on the game, can be a modest 6%, or even 53%, as in the case of Returnal and Guild Wars 2. [caption id="attachment_79575" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel[/caption] Miracles of optimization from Intel. But that's nothing compared to the results for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Intel says that when running DirectX 11 mode in Full HD resolution, performance increases by 750%! This once again shows the importance of optimization for modern video cards. In total, driver 31.0.101.4952 improves performance in 17 games, and in only two the increase is less than 10%.

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And not only in Counter Strike 2 AMD had to disable its latest Anti-Lag+ feature in all games. The latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.10.2 driver comes out just a week after the previous one, where Anti-Lag+ received support for Counter-Strike 2.  [caption id="attachment_70272" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] Let us remind you that it turned out that Valve Anti-Cheat security software automatically blocks players who have the Anti-Lag+ function enabled. The problem affects not only Counter-Strike 2 but also several other competitive online shooters.   AMD has disabled the new Anti-Lag+ feature, which caused gamers to be blocked in Counter-Strike 2 The thing is that the method by which Anti-Lag+ works in games through the driver is identified by anti-cheat programs as one of the ways to bypass the game’s protection. Anti-Lag+ does not require developers to integrate it into a particular game but instead modifies game DLLs.  It is unclear what AMD will do next with its development. Perhaps it will simply block its activation in those games where this may be a problem, leaving the function active for everyone else. Let us remind you that the Anti-Lag+ function itself is designed to reduce delays.  

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These are almost complete copies of the RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT AMD today introduced the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 10GB and Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12GB video cards. Unlike the RX 7900 GRE, which is an independent model, these two new products are almost complete copies of the RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT. But at the same time, the new products are much cheaper, and because of this, they create competition for the same RX 7600. You can verify this by looking at the tests that have already been published by Chinese resources.  [caption id="attachment_70259" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] As you can see, the youngest of the new products is slightly ahead of the RX 7600, while the older one is much faster and almost identical to the RX 6750 XT. At the same time, let us remind you that AMD’s new products are very cheap. Initially, only prices for China were known, but there are also retail prices for the US, which is strange considering that in the US and Europe, these adapters will reportedly only be available as part of pre-built PCs.  One way or another, for the US we are talking about $270 and $290 for the younger and older versions, respectively. The difference is surprisingly negligible, and the older card looks much more advantageous: it has more memory, a wider bus, and more stream processors.  AMD is selling for $290 while the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti sells for $400-$500. [caption id="attachment_70260" align="aligncenter" width="556"] AMD[/caption] [caption id="attachment_70261" align="aligncenter" width="563"] AMD[/caption] At the same time, the price of the RX 7600 is just $270, that is, we can say that both new products compete with this adapter and the older of the new products looks more profitable.   As for competing with Nvidia, the RX 6750 GRE 12GB is almost identical to the RTX 4060 Ti. Moreover, the latter costs $400.

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On average, there is almost no difference between the new and old generations Yesterday, Intel introduced the Core i9-14900K/KF, Core i7-14700K/KF, and Core i5-14600K/KF processors of the Raptor Lake Refresh generation. Today their reviews appear on the Internet. [caption id="attachment_70245" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel[/caption] Let us remember that only Core i7 models received more cores than their predecessors, while all other new products are content with only increasing frequencies.  Because of this, which is logical, the performance increase for all new models, except for the Core i7, is not particularly large.   If we talk about the Core i5-14600K, on ​​average, according to TechPowerUp tests, in various applications this CPU is only 2-3% faster than the Core i5-13600K, and this difference can be neglected. In games, as expected, the situation is the same. Interestingly, the consumption of the new product is slightly lower than that of its predecessor: 93 W versus 105 W. This is an average based on data from 47 applications.  The Core i9-14900K is the same amount faster than the Core i9-13900K, which makes the new product identical to the Core i9-13900KS model. The latter was simply renamed Core i9-14900K since even the frequencies of these CPUs are the same.   The Core i7-14700K can be called the most interesting among the new products, especially considering the unchanged price. However, this is only on paper. In reality, the increase is also very modest. The new CPU is on average faster than the Core i7-13700K by about 5%.  Of course, as always, when it comes to modern multi-core processors, you need to look at those tests that are important to a particular user. Because, for example, in Blender Core i7-14700K is no longer 5%, but 14% faster than its predecessor. And in several other applications that actively use all cores, the situation is approximately the same, since after all, the new CPU has four more small cores.   Overall, however, the new generation is, as expected, only a very slight acceleration of the previous generation. Intel needs new CPUs to fill the gap before the release of Arrow Lake, which is not expected until the end of 2024.

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Because of this, GPD is unable to supply its set-top boxes to customers. GPD, known for its portable laptop-game console hybrids, is experiencing supply problems with its new Win Max 2 model. And AMD is to blame for this, according to GPD.  [caption id="attachment_70240" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] GPD accuses AMD of missing delivery dates for Ryzen 7000 hybrid processors GPD says AMD is unable to supply the pre-agreed number of Ryzen 7000 APUs on which the new console is based. More precisely, we are talking about the Ryzen 7 7840U. GPD received the first batch of these APUs, but they still haven’t received the second, although they should have received it a long time ago. As a result, GPD accused AMD of violating the terms of the contract, but it is not yet clear whether this is all formalized in legal form.  It is also unknown what volumes of Ryzen APUs we are talking about. However, you need to understand that AMD does not produce its own CPUs and GPUs. The company's modern solutions are produced by TSMC.  

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The basic version with 10 GB of memory costs this much, but there is also an option with 12 GB of memory. Today, AMD officially unveiled the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 3D card. It has two options that don't differ much in price ($305 and $325) but are very different in terms of features. [caption id="attachment_70227" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The base Radeon RX 6750 GRE with 10GB of GDDR6 memory has 36 compute units, a 160-bit memory bus, and 80MB of fast Infinity Cache memory. GPU frequency - 2189–2450 MHz, consumption - 170 W. This is how AMD describes the latest Radeon RX 6750 GRE graphics card for $305 [caption id="attachment_70228" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The Radeon RX 6750 GRE version with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory received a GPU with 40 computing units and a frequency of 2439–2581 MHz. The memory bus width was 192 bits, the Infinity Cache volume was 96 MB, and the consumption was much higher - 230 W. Both versions will be offered in China by AMD partners and major PC builders as pre-configured systems.

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Next will be Core and Core Ultra Intel has unveiled its new 14th-generation Core processors, and now the company has confirmed that these will be the last Core I CPUs.   We already knew that the upcoming Meteor Lake would switch to the Core Ultra brand. In addition, there will be just Core models. But there will be no more Core i models.  It is worth understanding that the 14th generation Core will also include mobile processors that will be released later. They will still be named Core i.   Intel says goodbye to the Core i brand. [caption id="attachment_70101" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel[/caption] Let us remember that the first Core processors appeared in 2006, but these were the Core Duo and Core Solo models. The first Core I came out in 2009. 

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So far tested on a CPU with a consumption of more than 800 W Intel seems to be hinting to us that in the future processors may well be able to consume more than 1 kW of power. Together with Submer, the processor giant announced what participants say is a revolutionary development in the field of single-phase immersion cooling technology, providing heat dissipation from processors with power up to 1000 W.  [caption id="attachment_69912" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel[/caption] The system is designed to “revolutionize data center cooling by reducing the number and cost of components required to comprehensively capture and dissipate heat in chips with a TDP of over 1,000 watts.”  Intel is preparing the market for processors that consume more than 1 kW of power. For testing, Intel used an unnamed processor that consumed more than 800 W. It is quite possible that this was a modern representative of the Sapphire Rapids line.  [caption id="attachment_69913" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel[/caption] The companies note that the new development will reduce customer costs, it is universal and can compete with systems based on direct liquid cooling. The companies also note the simplicity of the design and the ability to use 3D printing to create elements of this design. The development will be officially presented at the OCP Global Summit event, which will be held from October 17 to 19.  

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The bandwidth of the new interface is huge Intel yesterday introduced the Thunderbolt 5 interface with a gigantic throughput of 120 Gbps. By comparison, USB4 is only capable of transferring 20 Gbps, while Thunderbolt 3 and 4 are limited to 40 Gbps. Such a huge increase in throughput provides great opportunities. Intel itself believes that the emergence of Thunderbolt 5 will lead to a revival of the external video card market. [caption id="attachment_56020" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel[/caption] We've also seen external graphics connected via Thunderbolt over the years, and I think with the new version doubling the bandwidth we'll see a resurgence in this category Intel believes Thunderbolt 5 will revive the external graphics The company also believes that Thunderbolt 5 can make it so that not only external video cards will appear, but also external AI accelerators. I think in the next few years we may start to see some external AI accelerator products because of the desire for AI in the client space. Let us remind you that Thunderbolt 5 allows you to connect up to three 4K screens with a frequency of up to 144 Hz and transmit up to 240 W of power. The first laptops with Thunderbolt 5 are expected after the release of Meteor Lake processors, but probably as early as next year.

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Based on Zen 6 AMD processors based on the Zen 5 architecture are expected only next year, and the first details about CPUs based on Zen 6 have already appeared on the Internet. [caption id="attachment_54074" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD processors[/caption] We are talking about Epyc server processors of the Venice generation, which will be based on the Zen 6 architecture and have the SP7 version. Future AMD processors will have a 16-channel memory controller. Such processors should only be expected in 2025, so much is still unknown. However, it is reported that such CPUs will receive a 12-channel and 16-channel memory controller, depending on the version. In comparison, the current generation Epyc based on the Zen 4 architecture has a 12-channel memory controller. There is no other data, although there were previously rumors that the Venice generation would feature processors with 384 cores. Insider YuuKi_AnS, who shared the data, was the first to publish a photo of the Sapphire Rapids processor without a cover two years ago, and recently he was the first to reveal the characteristics of the Xeon CPU Max line.

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Exploring Intel's Chip Packaging Factory in Malaysia Silicon giant Intel grants a rare glimpse into its chip design, validation, and packaging processes, shedding light on the intricacies of chip production. Decoding the Complexity of Chip Manufacturing Ever wondered why the tiny chip at the heart of your computer is often the most valuable component? The journey of chip design and development is a meticulous, time-consuming process that demands extensive human resources and cutting-edge machinery. [caption id="attachment_51085" align="aligncenter" width="2309"] inside Intel’s chip packaging[/caption] Unlocking the Intel Experience It's not an everyday occurrence for a tech titan like Intel to open its doors to outsiders, offering an inside look into the fascinating world of chip production. Recently, I embarked on a journey to explore Intel's chip validation and manufacturing facility in Malaysia, courtesy of the Intel Tech Tour. This exceptional opportunity provided invaluable insights into the entire chip-making process. FAQs About Intel's Chip Packaging Factory Q1: What is the significance of chip packaging in the tech industry? Chip packaging is a crucial step in chip production, as it protects and connects the delicate silicon chip, ensuring its functionality. Q2: What are some key stages involved in chip manufacturing at Intel's facility in Malaysia? The process typically includes chip design, validation, and packaging, each of which plays a vital role in creating functional chips. Q3: Why is chip manufacturing a time-intensive process? Chip manufacturing requires precision and extensive testing to ensure the highest quality and performance standards, which can take months or even years. Q4: What role does Intel Tech Tour play in providing insights into chip production? The Intel Tech Tour offers a unique opportunity for individuals to gain a firsthand understanding of Intel's chip manufacturing processes.

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Will take place on December 14 Intel has already announced that it will introduce Meteor Lake processors on December 14, but only now has it announced the corresponding event.  [caption id="attachment_77679" align="alignnone" width="780"] Core i. Intel[/caption] On this day, Core Ultra will replace Core i. Intel announced the AI ​​Everywhere event It's called AI Everywhere, and the name tells us that Intel will place a lot of emphasis on AI when announcing new CPUs. Let us remind you that Meteor Lake will be the first Intel consumer processor with a hardware unit to accelerate AI. Some mobile Ryzen 7040 APUs already have a similar solution, but so far for most users this is a meaningless part of the CPU. However, according to multiple leaks, a big emphasis on AI will be placed in Windows 12, so perhaps then all these processors will reveal a new side.  At the agreed event, Intel will also present Xeon Scalable processors of the Emerald Rapids generation.  

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It's unclear exactly which CPUs Naver uses Over the past year, Nvidia has become the undisputed leader in the artificial intelligence accelerator market. However, it is not the only one present in this market. Naver has reportedly replaced Nvidia accelerators with similar Intel solutions. [caption id="attachment_77655" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Intel started to move Nvidia[/caption] Naver previously used an Nvidia GPU-based server but has now replaced it with an Intel-based server. Naver is the largest Internet portal and the most popular search engine in South Korea. In this case, we are talking about a server that is responsible for the AI ​​for the Naver Place mapping service. Has Intel started to move Nvidia into the AI ​​market? Global information technology companies are reportedly becoming increasingly frustrated with rising prices for Nvidia GPUs and a global shortage of such GPUs. Analysts say the deal between Naver and Intel will likely reduce Nvidia's influence in the artificial intelligence processor market. Before putting the new server into operation, Naver tested it for about a month to understand whether, in general, Intel CPUs could compete with Nvidia GPUs in the tasks the company needed. Of course, there are no details about this, but since the deal was concluded, it means Naver was satisfied with the results. Additionally, the company says it will likely continue to use Intel's next-generation processors, such as Sapphire Rapids, to upgrade its system.