Chips

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple's M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations — Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance. — A newly discovered vulnerability baked … Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple's M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during…

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use Nvidia's GPU IP in its chips — MediaTek this week has introduced a new lineup of Dimensity Auto Cockpit system-on-chips, covering the entire market spectrum from entry-level to premium. Anton Shilov / AnandTech: MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use…

NVIDIA has emerged as the leading supplier of AI semiconductor solutions across the globe. There's incredible demand for its products as companies jump on the AI bandwagon with new solutions and services. AI semiconductors require advanced memory chips and Samsung finds itself in a good position to cash in on this boom. It has a competitive portfolio of advanced memory chips and NVIDIA is finding them very suitable for its AI semiconductors. NVIDIA working to integrate Samsung's HBM3E memory chips NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang…

Brian Westover / PCMag: Lenovo updates its $1,239+ ThinkPad X13, available as a laptop or 2-in-1, and $1,199+ ThinkPad L-series, adding a 16" model, available with Intel or AMD chips — The Lenovo ThinkPad family grows with new X- and L-series laptops, this time built around AI-enabled silicon from both AMD and Intel. Brian Westover / PCMag: Lenovo updates its $1,239+ ThinkPad X13, available as a laptop or 2-in-1, and $1,199+ ThinkPad L-series, adding a 16" model, available with Intel or AMD…

Financial Times: The US awards Intel $8.5B in CHIPS Act funding and $11B in loans to expand in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon; Intel plans to spend $100B over five years — Preliminary agreement under US Chips Act also includes $11bn loan as company expands capacity in Arizona and other states Financial Times: The US awards Intel $8.5B in CHIPS Act funding and $11B in loans to expand in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon; Intel plans to spend $100B over five years — …

Intel is getting a huge boost from the US government under the CHIPS and Science Act. The company could get up to $8.5 billion in direct funding from the government, according to the preliminary agreement it has reached with the Department of Commerce. That money will go towards the chipmaker's efforts to expand its manufacturing facilities in the United States, particularly plants designed to make leading-edge semiconductor chips meant for use in AI and other advanced applications.The government's investment is expected…

AI roundup: In a big move, NVIDIA announces its new Project GR00T which is a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots. These robots will be powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the machine could copy human actions based on just observation. In other news, Samsung is stepping up its game in the semiconductor space by introducing a research lab for AI chip development. Know more about such AI-linked news today, March 19, 2024. NVIDIA announces project GR00T for AI-based humanoid robots NVIDIA is stepping…

NVIDIA’s H100 chips are used by nearly every AI company in the world to train large language models hooked into services like ChatGPT. It’s been great for business. Now, the company is ready to make those chips look terrible, announcing a next-generation platform called Blackwell.Named for David Harold Blackwell, a mathematician who specialized in game theory and statistics, NVIDIA claims Blackwell is the world’s most powerful chip, reaching speeds of 20 petaflops compared to just 4 petaflops the H100 provided. Yeah,…

Infinix Note 40 series prices, availabilityThe Infinix Note 40 Pro+ 5G is priced at $309 (around Rs 25,700), the Infinix Note 40 Pro 5G begins at $289 (approx Rs 24,000), the Infinix Note 40 Pro 4G model costs $259 (around Rs 21,500) and lastly, the Note 40 4G phone is priced at $199 (approx Rs 16,500). The phones will be available in global markets starting today i.e. March 19th. They are expected to launch in India as well considering the company had already teased them. Infinix and DesignWorks, which is a BMW group…

Artificial intelligence semiconductor powerhouse Nvidia kicked off its annual developer conference on Monday, with investors focused on new chip announcements from Chief Executive Jensen Huang in an afternoon keynote address.Nvidia's new chip and software announcements at GTC 2024 will help determine whether Nvidia can maintain its leadership position as the dominant seller of the tools needed to fuel the past year's frenzy around AI. Nvidia dominates the data center AI chip market, capturing roughly an 80% share last…