US quartz mining has begun again
After being shut down by Hurricane Helene
The US IT supply chain breathed a sigh of relief as one of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely damaged by Hurricane Helene is operating again.
Apple finds getting its silicon to work on its “high-end” machines tricky
So much for the hype
Fruity cargo cult Apple has failed to get its silicon to work on its high end cheese grater MacPro workstations, and even the Tame Apple Press is starting to wonder about it.
Apple M1 SoC performance claims don't add up
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Watching Apple's MacBook silicon, M1 presentation left me astonished by the amount of information not based on facts. Without any thread of evidence, Apple's Johny Srouji, Senior Vice President, Hardware Technologies, was throwing claims that it has the fastest CPU core, fastest GPU core, best performance per watt, and throwing 2X or 3X in the equation.
Apple announces its silicon
Analysis: Takes two years to transition
Apple has finally announced the beginning of a two-year transition towards its own silicon. The first systems based on Apple silicon will be shipping later this year.
Chip market worth $409 billion this year
It's soaraway silicon!
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) body forecast that the chip market will increase 20.6 percent this year compared to 2016.
Boffins have another idea to replace silicon
Just when you thought one of the others might actually get used
Stanford University boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with yet another replacement for silicon in processes.