Intel and AMD Path to Zettaflop Supercomputers

In 2021, Intel talked reaching Zettascale in three phases. AMD CEO talked about getting to a Zettaflop in 2030-2035. AMD CEO indicated that an earlier Zettaflop supercomputer would need about 500 Megawatts of power. Exascale systems today consume 21MW of power. AMD and Intel have managed to roughly double the performance of their CPUs and …

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Neuromorphic AI Advantages and Recent Progress

Neuromorphic AI is developing spiking Neural Networks. Spiking neural networks can run different algorithms than neural networks. They have temporal properties and features. It requires less data and less energy than regular neural networks. Energy can drop 100 to 1000 times. Spiking neural networks thrives where it responds to real-world inputs in real time settings. …

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Samsung Targets Mass Production of 2nm by 2025 and 1.4 nm by 2027

Samsung has a new roadmap that targets mass production of 2nm process technology by 2025 and 1.4nm by 2027. TSMC is planning to start production of 2-nm chips in 2025. Intel Foundry Services (IFS) plans to offer its own GAA-based process at its 18-A node that’s equivalent to 2 nm by 2024. Samsung plans to …

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Intel’s Technology Roadmap

Intel’s updated technology roadmap from 2021 to 2025 and beyond was released. Intel goes to a sub-7 nanometer process in mid-2022. This is when Intel finally gets to EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet). Intel used to be ahead in technology but they are now trying to catch up to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor), AMD and Nvidia. In 2022, …

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Intel Loihi 2 – Neuromorphic Chip with 15X Density

Intel introduced Loihi 2, its second-generation neuromorphic research chip, and Lava, an open-source software framework for developing neuro-inspired applications. Neuromorphic computing create chips that function more like the biological brain, aspires to deliver orders of magnitude improvements in energy efficiency, speed of computation and efficiency of learning across a range of edge applications: from vision, …

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TSMC is Crushing Intel

There are claims that Intel’s full 10-nanometer process chip is equal to the TSMC 7N chip. TSMC seems to be 40% better in transistor density with its 5N plus chip and will make more improvements with a 4N chip. Even if TSMC process descriptions are just marketing, TSMC has superior transistor density, lower costs and …

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TSMC Pushing to 2 Nanometers While Intel is at 10 nm and China at 14 nm in Low Volume

TSMC evolutionary N4 process will enter risk production later in 2021 and will be used for mass production in 2022. 80% of TSMC’s $30 billion capital budget this year will be spent on expanding capacities for advanced technologies, such as 3nm, 4nm/5nm, and 6nm/7nm. N5 capacity will increase to 110,000 to 120,000 wafers per month. …

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Intel Building New Fabs to Try to Regain Relevance But TSMC Surges Ahead

Intel is trying to get back to being relevant in the Semiconductor game. Intel announced a $20 billion (USD) investment in two new manufacturing facilities (fabs) in Arizona. They will start production in 2024. CEO Pat Gelsinger said the 7nm manufacturing node from Intel is now running on schedule. The first product enabled with 7nm …

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