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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 25, 2024
1

Qualcomm is planning a lot of Nuvia/X-Elite announcements

For convenience, here are most of them!

One of the up sides to companies not briefing you is that there are no embargoes to bind you.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 12, 2024
1

Why is there an Altera FPGA on QTS Birch Stream boards?

MWC 2024: No conspiracies, just timing in this case

In a past article SemiAccurate mentioned the Altera Max 10 FPGA seen on Intel Birch Stream boards.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 11, 2024
1

Doogee (Almost) makes the phone we always wanted

MWC 2024: Big battery, thermal camera, and semi-ruggedized

It looks like Doogee finally made something really close to the phone SemiAccurate always wanted.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 6, 2024
1

Intel Birch Stream Boards Speak From The SIde

MWC 2024: Not a pretty viewpoint but really informative

When SemiAccurate saw the Birch Stream boards at MWC, there was something we noticed.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 5, 2024
2

QTS Shows Off Birch Stream boards at MWC

MWC 2024: Updated – Both -SP and -AP OCP boards on full display

It looks like someone was showing off the Birch Stream boards early at MWC 2024.
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Charlie Demerjian
Feb 9, 2024

Who is the first big customer for Intel’s foundry efforts?

Update: Name, node, product, timing, and a little bit of history

The question on everyone’s mind is what company is Intel’s marquee foundry customer?
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Charlie Demerjian
Jan 2, 2024

Qualcomm’s XPAN tech is pretty interesting

Summit 2023: Well hidden in their new sound chips

At their Hawaii Summit in October, Qualcomm announced a new line of wireless audio chips
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Charlie Demerjian
Dec 28, 2023

Intel’s 20A PowerVia has a very interesting detail

Innovation 2023: Slides tell all if you know what you are looking at

Intel gave a bit more away about their 20A process at Innovation, specifically a crucial detail about PowerVia.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 9, 2023

AMD launches six new ‘old’ Milan CPUs

It seems price matters a lot to some customers

Earlier this week AMD launched a few new 3rd Gen ‘Milan’ Epyc CPUs.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 2, 2023

How big is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoC?

Strangely enough calipers aren’t as useful as you migh think

So how big is the new Qualcomm/Nuvia Snapdragon X Elite CPU?
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 1, 2023

Microsoft to introduce “AI PC” branding

How to arm twist EOMs with plausible deniability

It looks like Microsoft is introducing a new ‘brand’ for PCs, the AI PC.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 1, 2023

A look at AMD’s new Threadripper 7000 line

Workstations have a new king and HEDT returns

AMD just took over the workstation market with the new Genoa based Threadrippers.
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 18, 2023

AMD fights Meteors with paper at Ryzen 8000 launch

Truly pathetic marketing maneuvers on this one

It looks like AMD is fighting paper with paper for the launch of the new Ryzen 8000 series.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 26, 2023
35

What’s going on with Qualcomm’s Oryon SoC?

A flaming mess of their own creation

How did Qualcomm snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with their Oryon/Houma SoC?
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 19, 2023

What is the code name for the next Qualcomm laptop SoC?

Cities in Louisiana represent!

So what is the code name for Qualcomm’s Oryon/Houma25?
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