Category: Technology

GlobalFoundries Will Have a 7nm Process After All. In the EU

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Chip foundry GlobalFoundries, successor company to AMD’s fabs, withdrew from the race for advanced manufacturing processes in 2018 by opting to not put its in-house 7nm EUV process into production. A pity, since this was just a few years before the later chip demand boom. The company may nevertheless offer a more modern process after all. It is now promising a new manufacturing technology that is meant to enable “7nm-class” chips. Read more “GlobalFoundries Will Have a 7nm Process After All. In the EU” »

Intel Adds High-NA Tech to 1.8nm, Already Using it in Production

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Last week, at the SPIE Photomask Technology + Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography conference, Intel and ASML announced a surprising development. In cooperation with ASML, Intel has already manufactured one million silicon wafers using High-NA, which is a technology representing the next major leap in advanced chip manufacturing after EUV litography. Prior to this, High-NA was expected to be deployed only several years from now. Read more “Intel Adds High-NA Tech to 1.8nm, Already Using it in Production” »

DLSS 5 v demu od Nvidie (Zdroj: Nvidia)

DLSS 5: First Game Out, Inner Workings and Performance Cost

Graphics, News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

The files of the AI game image enhancement technology DLSS 5 have leaked last week, and modders added the filter to the first games—unofficially. However, the official launch was not far behind. Nvidia has announced that it is now officially launching in the first game, NBA2K27, which is also the title from which the files previously leaked. Starting tomorrow, you will be able to try out what it looks like and what its costs are. Read more “DLSS 5: First Game Out, Inner Workings and Performance Cost” »

Procesor IBM Z Series s podporou instrukční sady Arm (schéma)

IBM’s Processor Supports Two Instruction Sets at Once: Z and Arm

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

We wrote that AMD has once again canceled its plans to produce Arm processors. However, the industry veteran IBM is now moving in the opposite direction, actually adopting the Arm instruction set. But it is doing so in an interesting way—it is not replacing its existing architecture (or at least not yet), but is introducing a processor that features its own instruction set while also being fully compatible with the Arm architecture. Read more “IBM’s Processor Supports Two Instruction Sets at Once: Z and Arm” »

Instinct MI455X and the Helios Rack: Can AMD beat Nvidia in AI?

Graphics, News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

AMD unveiled Zen 6-based server processors at the Advancing AI 2026 event, dubbing them the best generation it has ever released. The company is focusing on complete solutions including its own Helios server racks, though, which incorporate a new generation of GPUs: the Instinct MI455X, the first GPU based on an architecture derived from the RDNA gaming GPU family and a product that is intended to take AMD to a new level in the AI market. Read more “Instinct MI455X and the Helios Rack: Can AMD beat Nvidia in AI?” »

China Getting Their Own Chipmaking Machines—But No EUV Yet

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Technology sanctions—like those imposed on China—are often criticised as something that compels affected states to develop self-reliant alternatives, boosting their economy. It is not that simple, but China now appears to be making progress in its efforts to make its technology industry self-sufficient and capable of manufacturing everything domestically: not only locally fabbed chips, but also machines for making them. Read more “China Getting Their Own Chipmaking Machines—But No EUV Yet” »

Intel resumes investing in EU. Ireland will get a 3nm node Fab

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Under Patrick Gelsinger, Intel planned to build its first semiconductor fab in continental Europe, in Magdeburg, Germany to expand the company’s manufacturing capacity and turn Intel into a foundry rivalling TSMC. The project was also intended to help develop semiconductor manufacturing within the EU. Intel’s financial difficulties and cutting costs was the end of the project, but it seems Europe investments are back on the table now. Read more “Intel resumes investing in EU. Ireland will get a 3nm node Fab” »

Intel Core Ultra 300 Panther Lake pro notebooky (Autor: Intel)

Intel reportedly solves the yield issues of its 1.8nm process

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Intel’s chip technology has been plagued by problems over the past decade. The infamous 10nm node only became viable after years of delays and while the successor 7nm node was ultimately successful, it still came late. Since then, the company has never fully succeeded with the 4nm, 3nm, 2nm, nor with the1.8nm process which was supposed to mark a turning point. But latest reports suggest that Intel has finally managed a breakthrough. Read more “Intel reportedly solves the yield issues of its 1.8nm process” »

Wafer s 0,7nm čipem IBM

IBM Boasts First Chip Made Using 0.7 nm Technology

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Although IBM no longer operates its own fabs, it remains active in semiconductor research. The company announced experimentally produced 2nm chips all the way back in 2021, albeit not manufactured in commercial volume production (which has only now begun at TSMC). IBM is still active in research and has now announced the first chips made on a sub-1 nm node—designated 7A, or 7 angstroms (0.7 nm)—using a new type of transistor. Read more “IBM Boasts First Chip Made Using 0.7 nm Technology” »

Advanced Yet Cheap Chips? Intel and UMC Developing a 3nm Node

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

As is well known, Intel is trying to pivot to a foundry business fabbing chips for external customers like TSMC or Samsung. Compared to those, however, it currently lacks a portfolio of older, lower-cost technologies. For those, Intel has paired up with Taiwan’s UMC some time ago, aiming to develop an inexpensive easy-to-use 12nm process. But it now appears that this collaboration could later also produce an affordable 3nm process. Read more “Advanced Yet Cheap Chips? Intel and UMC Developing a 3nm Node” »

Intel confirms work underway on 1.0nm and 0.7nm process nodes

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan initially seemed to doubt efforts to turn around the company’s own fabs and warned that Intel’s 1.4nm process could be the last one, but the company’s stock is now ironically rising thanks to hopes placed in the fabs rather than the products, in part due to investor hopes for contracts with Elon Musk and Apple. And it now appears that Intel’s manufacturing process technology once again have a future. Read more “Intel confirms work underway on 1.0nm and 0.7nm process nodes” »

Future Apple Silicon processors will be fabbed by Intel Foundry

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

For a while, we’ve been seeing reports that Apple could become one of the key major customers Intel signed up for chip production in its Foundry fabs—a critical factor in Intel’s long-term effort to turn the fab division around. At first, this may have been little more than Intel shareholder’s wishful thinking, but it appears the contract may indeed happen, with Intel set to manufacture Apple chips—for laptops as well as mobile phones. Read more “Future Apple Silicon processors will be fabbed by Intel Foundry” »

AV2 video for everyone: Dav2d decoder will play it even on older PCs

News, Software, Technology | | Jan Olšan

The problem with new video formats is their performance requirements as that they generally assume playback via dedicated hardware. The catch is that it often takes years before such decoders appear in GPUs and processors, leaving all devices purchased before then without support. Fortunately, the new AV2 format should remain accessible even on older devices thanks to the work of open-source developers behind the VLC media player. Read more “AV2 video for everyone: Dav2d decoder will play it even on older PCs” »

Next-gen chips: TSMC announced 1.3 nm and 1.2 nm processes

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

A year ago TSMC introduced 1.6 nm and 1.4 nm chip technologies, which represent—or better said will represent—the most advanced manufacturing nodes for silicon logic circuits that power all modern electronics. Now TSMC has revealed the next milestone: 1.3 nm and 1.2 nm nodes, pushing capabilities even further. Practically all chipmakers and the innovations we’ll see from them in the coming decade depend on TSMC’s technology. Read more “Next-gen chips: TSMC announced 1.3 nm and 1.2 nm processes” »

Demo technologií Nvidia (únor 2026) (Autor: Jozef Dudáš)

Our visit at Nvidia: AI game assistants and G-Sync Pulsar LCDs

Analysis, Graphics, Monitors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Yesterday, Nvidia hosted a Central European media briefing where they showcased its latest technological developments live. Unsurprisingly, the spotlight was on innovations unveiled or launched last month at CES 2026—namely the G-Sync Pulsar technology for monitors and DLSS 4.5, both of which we have already covered in separate articles—as well as a demo of the ACE technology, which aims to bring AI-driven assistants into games. Read more “Our visit at Nvidia: AI game assistants and G-Sync Pulsar LCDs” »

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