Microsoft is working on in-house processor designs for use in server computers that run the company’s cloud services, adding to an industrywide effort to reduce reliance on Intel’s chip technology. The world’s largest software maker is using Arm designs to produce a processor that will be used in its data centers, according to people familiar with … Read more
Apple is planning a series of new Mac processors for introduction as early as 2021 that are aimed at outperforming Intel’s fastest. Chip engineers at the Cupertino, California-based technology giant are working on several successors to the M1 custom chip, Apple’s first Mac main processor that debuted in November. If they live up to expectations, they … Read more
Amazon’s cloud unit on Tuesday offered a new supercomputing service based on its self-designed processors, a further sign of how chips based on Arm’s technology are encroaching on Intel and Advanced Micro Devices turf. Amazon Web Services, or AWS, sells its computing services based on the customer’s choice of an underlying central processor chip. Software developers have … Read more
AMD Radeon RX 6800 is now available via online and offline retail channels in India. AMD announced the Radeon RX 6000 series late last month. It comprises three new graphics cards – AMD Radeon RX 6800, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, and the top-end AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. While AMD hasn’t revealed the pricing … Read more