Neowin News Feed for: Chipsets

Samsung Electronics gets new leadership to focus on chip innovation

Ramat Adetunji — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:48:01 +0000

Samsung announces new leadership, emphasizing its core semiconductor business of memory chips and processors. Read more...

MediaTek showcases new Dimensity 1080 chip for 5G smartphones

Hemant Saxena — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:54:01 +0000

MediaTek has unveiled a new Dimensity 1080 chip. it has an identical setup to the Dimensity 920 with one main difference - the two new and bigger cores run 100 MHz faster than their predecessors. Read more...

AMD is preparing two regular and two 'extreme' chipsets for AM5 socket

Taras Buria — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:06:01 +0000

A leaked slide has revealed details about AMD's upcoming chipsets for motherboards with the new AM5 socket. The company is preparing two regular and two "extreme" platforms with extra features. Read more...

Intel to produce chips for MediaTek under a partnership

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:16:01 +0000

Intel announced its partnership with Taiwanese chipmaker, MediaTek. It will, thus, produce chipsets using Intel Foundry Services for MediaTek's smart edge devices and provide production capacity. Read more...

TSMC is building four new 3nm semiconductor chip plants

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:34:01 +0000

TSMC has unveiled plans to build four new chip fabrication plants in Taiwan. The news comes days after Samsung unveiled plans of investing $355 billion in the chip manufacturing business. Read more...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has harsh words for Intel over chip design

John Keefer — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:34:08 +0000

Intel has been getting battered from all sides because of the Meltdown and Spectre flaws found in its chips. While other chip designs face the same Spectre issues, Torvalds chose to target Intel. Read more...

Report: Apple designing new iPhones, iPads minus Qualcomm chips

John Keefer — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:14:01 +0000

Apple's ongoing rift with Qualcomm may have finally come to a breaking point, as the Cupertino-based company is developing its next line of smartphones and tablets without help from the chip maker. Read more...

CrossFireX still a go on Intel P45 chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:25:29 +0000

Intel has received an license to support CrossFireX on its upcoming P45 chipsets, according to sources at motherboard makers. Although ATI originally said it would be open to licensing CrossFire to those who wanted to,... Read more...

Intel adds low-end member to 4 series chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:58:53 +0000

Intel is planning to add one more member to its 4 series (Eaglelake) chipsets which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at motherboard makers. In addition to its original... Read more...

Nvidia to launch IGP chipsets for AMD in November

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:01:29 +0000

Nvidia is planning to launch the AMD platform-based MCP72 IGP (integrated graphics processor) chipset at the end of November or the beginning of December this year, with mass production to start ahead in November, according... Read more...

Intel to deliver X38 chipsets in mid-September

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:20:45 +0000

Intel will officially start delivering its X38 chipsets in mid-September, enabling motherboard makers to begin volume production of X38-based motherboards by the end of this month, according to sources at the makers. The official launch... Read more...

SiS to launch new AMD-based chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:15:09 +0000

With Silicon Integrated System (SiS) planning to launch Intel-based chipsets, according to previous reports, the company also schedules to launch new chipsets for AMD platforms, according to sources familiar with SiS's plans. SiS will launch... Read more...

Intel G35 chipsets will not support DirectX 10 until 2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:56:00 +0000

Intel's IGP (integrated graphics processor) chipset G35, which is scheduled to launch in third quarter this year will not support DirectX 10 until 2008, according to sources at motherboard makers. Intel's G35 chipset was originally... Read more...

Via to Supply Processors, Chipsets to HP

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:43:20 +0000

Via Technologies, a struggling Taiwan developer of central processing units and core-logic sets, has inked a contract with HP under which the semiconductor company will supply its C7-D CPUs and supporting chipsets to HP for... Read more...

CeBIT 2007: Intel to launch Bearlake chipsets for desktops

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:21:34 +0000

Intel and its partners will kick of CeBIT 2007 with the launch of Intel's Bearlake family of chipsets for desktop PCs. The new series introduces support for DDR3 memory, front side bus speeds up to... Read more...

Intel's New Chipsets to Improve Core 2 Performance

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:08:32 +0000

Intel Corp., the world's leading supplier of core-logic sets which controls over the half of the market, plans to release new chipsets that will bring advanced functionality to end-users, but may scrap the support for... Read more...

AMD 690 series chipsets to launch in February

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:18:27 +0000

AMD will launch its 690 series chipsets by the end of this month, according the sources from Taiwan-based motherboard makers. AMD acquired chipset and graphics processing unit (GPU) company ATI in October 2006, and this... Read more...

Intel to increase shipments of 965 chipsets by 50% in 1Q

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:26:41 +0000

Before Intel will start gearing up to push its new Bearlake-series chipsets in the second quarter of 2007, the US chipmaking giant plans to increase shipments of 965-series chipsets by 50% in the first quarter... Read more...

AMD rebrands ATI CrossFire chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:22:06 +0000

AMD has formally begun renaming ATI's CrossFire 1600 and 3200 chipsets as AMD products, a month after news of the scheme first broke. As expected, the two parts will now be called, respectively, the 480X... Read more...

ASRock to up use of VIA chipsets for Intel-based motherboard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:40:55 +0000

ASRock, an Asustek Computer subsidiary focusing on entry-level motherboards, will significantly increase the adoption of integrated graphics processor (IGP) chipsets from VIA Technologies for Intel-based motherboards while lowering the proportion of motherboards with ATI chipsets,... Read more...

Nvidia revamps Opteron server, workstation chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:00:35 +0000

Nvidia today launched the nForce Pro 3000 chipset family for servers and workstations based on AMD's recently announced DDR 2 SDRAM-supporting dual-core Opteron processors. The chipsets are aimed at machines containing one to eight or... Read more...

NVIDIA Rolls Out nForce 500 Chipsets

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:12:42 +0000

NVIDIA has announced its new nForce 500 series core logic chipsets, sporting a wide array of new features and goodies for mainstream and enthusiast users alike. After appearing on roadmaps in months past as... Read more...

Alienware chooses Airgo chipsets for new laptops

Tue, 09 May 2006 13:32:44 +0000

Alienware's 19-inch Aurora mALX and 17-inch Aurora m9700 notebooks are equipped with the Airgo's Gen3 True MIMO (multiple input, multiple output), the companies are expected to announce during the E3 Expo, a massive conference in... Read more...

VIA starts shipping PCIe-enabled P4 and K8 chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:40:00 +0000

VIA Technologies has begun shipments of its PCIe-enabled integrated chipsets supporting Pentium 4 and K8 platforms this quarter, albeit in small volumes, according to company sources. The sources noted that though demand for VIA's integrated... Read more...

New Nvidia Chipsets Tweak Athlon 64 Motherboards

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:10:00 +0000

nForce chipsets slated to feature integrated GeForce DirectX 9 and Shader Model 3.0 graphics technology for AMD Athlon 64 platforms. Santa Clara-based graphics manufacturer Nvidia today announced new integrated graphics chipset offerings... Read more...

Intel 'Smithfield' chipsets said to support SATA 2

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:32:25 +0000

Intel's next-generation Pentium 4 desktop chipsets, 'Glenwood' and 'Lakeport', will support Serial ATA 2, 667MHz DDR 2 and a 1066MHz frontside bus clock frequency, it has been claimed. Glenwood and Lakeport are the successors to... Read more...

Intel's 2005 desktop chipsets will feature wireless

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:33:51 +0000

Intel's next generation of desktop-use chipsets, to be introduced in the second half of 2005, will support wireless technologies such as 802.11a/b/g, said Sunil Kumar, director of chipset and software marketing at Intel, yesterday in... Read more...

ATI already shipping PCI Express chipsets for AMD K8

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:04:48 +0000

Although ATI Technologies has not yet announced its PCIe desktop chipsets, the company has already begun shipping the products, according to statements made by David Orton, ATI's chief executive officer (CEO), during ATI's fiscal-fourth-quarter conference... Read more...

Intel Drops Wireless LAN Support by Chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:33:56 +0000

Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of silicon chips for computers, has decided to abandon the plan to incorporate wireless LAN functionality into its i915- and i925X-series desktop chipsets. The move was said to be... Read more...

Dual core Glenwood, Lakeport chipsets get Intel airing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:12:12 +0000

CHIP GIANT Intel has released some details of its dual core Glenwood and Lakeport chipset to its customers, the original equipment manufacturers (OEM). And it has also projected a series of its own Intel motherboards... Read more...

Intel resumes deliveries of 915 chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:55:04 +0000

Intel has resumed deliveries of its 915 chipsets, starting early this week, according to sources at local IT makers and channels. Sales of the new-generation Pentium 4 chipsets were suspended in late June after a... Read more...

Intel Updates Specs for Unannounced Chipsets

Sat, 15 May 2004 03:59:01 +0000

Thanks crusher. Intel announced specification change for the yet unannounced chipsets E7320, E7520, E7525. The spec modification is pretty strange, as the core-logic sets code-named Tumwater and Lindenhurst are not officially unveiled yet. ... Read more...

Intel's 915 and 925 chipsets not to support Win 98 or WinME

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:17:48 +0000

Intel's forthcoming 915 (the Grantsdale) and 925 (the Alderwood) series of chipsets, expected to hit the market in June, will not bundle drivers for either Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows ME operating systems (OS), according... Read more...

SIS preps further Rambus chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:08:06 +0000

SIS told us about its 659 Rambus chipset at last year's CeBIT and the game is far from over on this front, it appeared from a conversation we had with the firm today. The 659... Read more...

VIA aims latest P4 chipsets at HDTV generation

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:58:23 +0000

VIA today launched a pair of integrated chipsets for the Pentium 4, touting the parts' graphics performance delivered courtesy of an S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro core. The chipsets, the PM800 and PM880, offer single- and... Read more...

Intel Exec: Next Chipsets Are Biggest Leap In 10 Years

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:30:21 +0000

Intel's next generation of chipsets will mark a milestone in performance and digital convergence, combining several critical technologies to boost audio, video and image performance, a top executive of the chipmaker claimed. Speaking... Read more...

ATI's Chipsets for AMD64 with DirectX 9 Graphics Uncovered

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:23:24 +0000

ATI's Chipsets for AMD64 with DirectX 9 Graphics Uncovered Following the Wednesday's claims from ATI Technologies President and COO, Mr. Dave Orton, Advanced Micro Devices uncovered some of ATI's plans concerning chipsets for AMD's... Read more...

SIS : New driver for multiple VGA chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:22:45 +0000

SIS released a new driver for their 315/315E cards but a lot more chipsets are supported : VGA cards : SIS315/315E/all Xabre cards Integrated VGA : 740/741/760/65x series/661FX Integrated VGA (Mobile) : M741/M760/M65x... Read more...

Nvidia to make chipsets for Transmeta

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:54:33 +0000

Further extending its reach beyond graphics processors, Nvidia will produce chipsets for Transmeta's Efficeon processor, the companies said Tuesday. The Nvidia C8000 will essentially connect the processor to other components inside a computer and likely... Read more...

SIS introduces wi-fi ready Pentium M chipsets under licence

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:11:57 +0000

CHIPSET FIRM Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) said it has introduced a range of notebook chipset that include wireless LAN capabilities and support Intel's Pentium M microprocessor. The firm's integrated chipset, the SIS 648MX, supports a... Read more...