Apple Chip Supplier TSMC Celebrates Arizona Factory Nearing Completion

Apple chip supplier TSMC recently hosted a topping-out ceremony for its new fabrication plant in Phoenix, Arizona, DigiTimes reports. TSMC’s topping-out ceremony in Arizona The $12 billion factory will be the first of its kind to mass-produce 5nm chips in the United States. All of Apple’s latest chips, dating back to the A14 Bionic and…

Intel is working on a new type of processor you’ve never heard of

Intel has let slip the existence of a new type of processor – the “versatile processing unit” (VPU) – built to accelerate AI inference workloads. Although no formal announcement has been made, Intel recently published a new Linux driver complete with written materials that refer explicitly to the specialist chip.  According to the documentation, the…