Roadmaps

Arm Highlights Near-Term Roadmap

April 4, 2021April 5, 2021 David Schor 0 Comments ARM, ARMv9, Makalu, Matterhorn, Neoverse N, Neoverse V

Along with the launch of ARMv9, Arm highlighted its near-term roadmap promising strong generational performance improvements.

Architectures Roadmaps

Arm Launches ARMv9

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 David Schor 4 Comments ARM, ARMv8, ARMv9, Confidential Compute Architecture (CCA), Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), Scalable Vector Extension 2 (SVE2)

Ten years after launching ARMv8, Arm is launching the ARMv9 architecture for the next decade of compute.

Roadmaps Server Processors

Arm Updates Its Neoverse Roadmap: New BFloat16, SVE Support

September 22, 2020September 30, 2020 David Schor 3 Comments ARM, bfloat16, neoverse, Neoverse N, Neoverse V, Perseus, Poseidon, Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), Zeus

Arm updates its Neoverse roadmap with the Neoverse N2 and V1, introducing SVE support for the first time as well as bfloat16 operations. Like the Cortex-X series, the Neoverse V-series will ease its power and area constraints in favor of higher performance.

Foundries Roadmaps

TSMC To Build A 5-Nanometer Fab In Arizona; Invest $12B Over The Next 8 Years

May 14, 2020 David Schor 0 Comments 5 nm, TSMC

TSMC announces its intention to build and operate an advanced 5-nanometer fab in Arizona.

Foundries Process Technologies Roadmaps

TSMC Ramps 5nm, Discloses 3nm to Pack Over a Quarter-Billion Transistors Per Square Millimeter

April 17, 2020 David Schor 6 Comments 3 nm, 5 nm, FinFET, N3, N5, N5P, N7, N7P, TSMC

TSMC reports a flat Q1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ramps its 5nm node with good yield and discloses key 3-nanometer (N3) details. N3 will be a full node jump over N5 and is expected to offer over a quarter-billion transistors per each millimeter square of silicon.

Architectures Neural Processors Roadmaps

Intel Axes Nervana Just Two Months After Launch

February 3, 2020 David Schor 4 Comments 16nm, AI, Habana Labs, Intel, Nervana, neural processors, NNP, NNP-I, NNP-T

Intel axes Nervana in favor of Habana.

Desktop Processors Mobile Processors Roadmaps Server Processors

Zhaoxin Unveiled Next-Generation x86 SoC Plans: 32-Core Servers, Sub-7nm Client Designs

December 12, 2019 David Schor 0 Comments 16nm, 5 nm, China, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, x86, Zhaoxin

Zhaoxin unveiled plans for two new x86 SoC designs: a high-performance 16-nanometer server chip with up to 32 cores and a separate 7 nm mobile and desktop chip.