Both Intel and AMD will have their virtual news conferences on January 4th, with both companies likely to discuss a wide range of products, including high-end and mobile CPUs, as well as the newest graphics.

Publication: TechnoSports

As reported a while back, Intel is going to announce the site of its first major foundry in the EU in the coming days. With an initial investment of $20 billion and an overall inflow of $100 billion in the next ten years, this campus will serve as one of the key drivers of the chipmaker’s IDM 2.0 initiative. As per a French outlet (link at the end), Intel has chosen Germany as the key site of its European venture, with Italy and France likely to get an R&D and/or packaging plant.

Publication: Hardware Times

TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin has responded to Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger’s recent comments on the “instability” surrounding Taiwan. Gelsinger stated that the US government should focus on local chipmakers rather than offering subsidies to Asian foundries such as TSMC and Samsung.

Publication: Hardware Times

According to a report from DigiTimes, Intel is working to secure a chunk of TSMC’s N3 (3nm) supply for its next-to-next-gen Arc “Celestial/Druid” graphics cards.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD continues to rule the desktop CPU and gaming market despite the launch of Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake-S processors. Going by various reports from popular retails and statistics from Steam, AMD gained close to 1% of the CPU market in November, increasing its overall share to nearly 32%.

Publication: Hardware Times

Nvidia Corp’s dreams of acquiring British chip technology provider Arm for a hefty price of over $80 billion may not materialize, but analysts believe the chipmaker has plenty to focus on as it pushes into the metaverse.

Publication: ET Auto

The exploding growth in semiconductor demand that has helped turn Nvidia Corp. into a chip titan is expected to ease the setback facing the company if it can’t complete its acquisition of Arm Holdings, analysts said.

Publication: Mint

The Competition Commission on Friday closed a four year-old case against Intel Corporation after concluding that there was no abuse of dominant position by the chip maker.

Publication: Business Standard

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has begun pilot production of its third-generation 3-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing node. This information is provided by the Taiwanese daily Digitimes, which also states that officials from the United States’ chip giant Intel Corporation would visit Taiwan later this month to confirm orders for the 3nm process.

Publication: TechnoSports

Minister of Road Transport & Highways Government of India, Nitin Gadkari, at the second edition of Intel’s all.ai 2021 summit, talked about how he envisions amalgamating technology with road transport. Gadkari said road safety is the topmost priority of the Indian government, which is endeavouring to reduce road accidents by 50% by 2024.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

Yes, the Intel Core i9-12900K which I have spotted in multiple leaks only has been here for testing and boy I was surprised to see the performance! You are seeing a 100% jump in the number of cores and you cannot totally neglect the fact that even though they go up to 3.90 GHz max but is challenging a proper Ryzen 9 5950X with 16 performance cores.

Publication: TechnoSports

Laptops in the range of under ₹60,000 can be a big favourite among the latter lot. In case you have plans on buying one, here are some options that are popular online.

Publication: Hindustan Times

If you are trying to assemble a gaming desktop or simply want to buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X, you aren’t going to have an easy road ahead. So, we’ve decided to make a list of the top gaming laptops you can buy right now, across different budgets.

Publication: Moneycontrol

We have listed below a number of troubleshooting techniques for you to resolve speed-related issues with your new graphics card.

Publication: The Indian Express