Recent content by TCA_ChinChin

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    News China's new semiconductor rule spares Taiwan fabs, punishes Intel, GlobalFoundries & Texas Instruments

    Both wafer fabricating and chip packaging are so complex and nuanced nowadays that depending on the context, either one (or both) is legit.
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    News Trump pauses most global tariffs for 90 days but increases China tariffs to 125%

    Imagine if he started out like this with a 90 day deadline for all, except for maybe China. Also if they did a modicum more research, excluding uninhabited territories + island with a more measured percentage value instead of the weird calculations they had to justify 20%+ numbers for the...
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    News Vaio is selling Meteor Lake-powered SX-R laptops tariff-free while supplies last

    It came pre-tarrifed ;D For real though, if these are VAIO's tariff free prices then no wonder they're irrelevant.
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    News Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new laptop and industrial chips have higher core counts, better GPU

    Agreed, I assume RISC-V will be dominant in the future, especially as its not completely China exclusive.
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    News Chinese scientists create solid-state DUV laser sources for lithography equipment used in chip manufacturing

    That paper looks to be a summary/review of then current research of the subject matter. The paper by the Chinese team presents the research + testing done...
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    News Huawei reportedly acquired two million Ascend 910 AI chips from TSMC last year through shell companies

    I don't think TSMC doesn't want their business, but that they have no choice but to comply with US sanctions against Huawei. If TSMC could take Huawei's money without upsetting the US, they would gladly do so.
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    News Nvidia confirms Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin GPUs are on track for 2025 and 2026 — post-Rubin GPUs in the works

    The B200 issues are definitely a problem for Nvidia. I can see large cloud or tech companies continues to build and improve their own chips both as a hedge against Nvidia (+CUDA) and since having their own in house solutions could be more efficient. But is that a problem with CUDA or just the...
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    News Nvidia confirms Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin GPUs are on track for 2025 and 2026 — post-Rubin GPUs in the works

    I can see Nvidia introducing new architectures in the future and shifting away from CUDA eventually, I can't see Nvidia's position dominance being challenged. My point is: "Nvidia can certainly fumble like Intel has done recently but I wouldn't say CUDA is a liabilty now, just like 15 years ago...
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    News Nvidia confirms Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin GPUs are on track for 2025 and 2026 — post-Rubin GPUs in the works

    What do you mean? The current industry seems entrenched in CUDA and even if there are cases where different architectures might have advantages, I can't see CUDA moving away or even hindering Nvidia's position much in the future. The only competitors I'm aware of like ROCm and UXL aren't really...
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    News China accuses Taiwan of giving away chip industry to the US as a 'souvenir

    I don't think its hypocrisy, its just stupidity/malice.
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    News President Trump wants tighter AI chip export restrictions but may face staffing shortage and other issues

    I'd say they are competitive in many areas and still used less GPU power to train compared to western models. And after the release of DeepSeek, Alibaba followed suit with capabilities not far behind (albeit not open source).
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    News Intel ‘Value Pack’ CPUs roll out in South Korea — PC DIYers can save $7 with no-frills packaging

    Why would penny pinchers ever go with the 200$ value pack option to save 7$ if they can go through a retailer with the 183$ option? Are the 183$ options only OEM/tray options with no standard warranty? Are these retailers not seen as reputable in SK? I guess it makes sense for bulk buyers or...
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    News Apple rolls out its C1 modem six years after buying in the technology from Intel

    So Apple cut out all of the high-power features from their own modem in order to call it energy efficient? Sounds like a test for them to roll out the C2 or C3 for their main lineup next generation. Still props to them, navigating the landscape of wireless technology even with Intel's homework...
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    News Chinese-made gaming GPUs get up to 120% FPS boost — new drivers and stability fixes for MTT S80 and S70 cards

    I feel like we've seen this article like 3 or 4 times at this point. Put me under and let me know when they get to GTX-1060 level performance.