All the best to everyone in 2024! A number of interesting things happened in HPC-AI last week, here’s a brief (5:18) run-down: Gelsinger’s updated Intel view on Moore’s Law; TSMC’s 1nm chip plans, Arizona fab labor dispute; Huawei’s improved financials,; DARPA’s “utility scale” quantum….
HPC News Bytes 20240103: Gelsinger on Moore’s Law, TSMC 1nm Plans, Huawei Financials, DARPA’s Quantum Project
January 3, 2024 by
TSMC November 2023 Revenue Down 7.5% YoY
December 8, 2023 by
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Dec. 8, 2023 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for November 2023: On a consolidated basis, revenue for November 2023 was approximately NT$206.03 billion, a decrease of 15.3 percent from October 2023 and a decrease of 7.5 percent from November 2022. Revenue for January through November […]
HPC News Bytes 20231204: The New Yorker on NVIDIA, the Open Benchmark Council, Intel and TSMC, Digital Twins for Hydropower
December 4, 2023 by
Here’s a sprint (5:16) through the latest HPC -AI news, including: NVIDIA’s big feature story in The New Yorker, the Open Benchmark Council’s TOP100 lists, Intel and TSMC’s high-end 3 nanometer fab, digital twins for hydropower at ORNL and PNNL.
HPC News Bytes 20231113: SC23 and TOP500 Kickoff, DAOS Storage, Sandia and DDN, TSMC and SMIC Financials
November 13, 2023 by
As the SC23 conference heats up, we hurry ( 5:20) through the latest news from the world of HPC-AI, including: SC23 and TOP500 kickoff today; storage at scale, DAOS and the Aurora supercomputer; Sandia National Lab and DDN’s new ….
TSMC Reports Q3 YoY Earnings Decline of 25%
October 19, 2023 by
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Oct. 19, 2023 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$546.73 billion, net income of NT$211.00 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$8.14 (US$1.29 per ADR unit) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Year-over-year, third quarter revenue decreased 10.8% while net income and diluted EPS […]
HPC News Bytes 20231016: China and 300eFLOPS, Samsung’s 3nm Order, Exascale Day, Women and Coding, the Coming GPU Battle
October 16, 2023 by
A happy mid-October morning to you! Today’s HPC News Bytes podcast offers a rapid (5:08) romp through recent HPC developments, including: China’s goal of 300 exaflops in 2025; Samsung’s 3nm chip win; Exascale Day; fewer women computer scientists since 1984; the GPU competition between NVIDIA, AMD and Intel….
Report: Samsung Secures Order for 3nm Server Chips for US Company ‘Involved in HPC’
October 11, 2023 by
A news story in the Korean news publication Pulse reported today that Samsung electronics has confirmed “a new order for 3-nanometer high performance server chips.” The Pulse story stated that semiconductor designer ADTechnology Co., a Korea-based design solution partner of Samsung and member of the AADP (Arm Approved….
TSMC September Net Revenue Down 13% YoY
October 6, 2023 by
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Oct. 6, 2023 – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for September 2023: On a consolidated basis, revenue for the month was approximately NT$180.43 billion, a decrease of 4.4 percent from August 2023 and a decrease of 13.4 percent from September 2022. TSMC revenue […]
TSMC Moves Its Renewable Energy Target Forward to 2040
September 15, 2023 by
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Sep. 15, 2023 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced an acceleration of its RE100 sustainability timetable, moving its target for 100 percent renewable energy consumption for all global operations forward to 2040 from 2050. TSMC also raised its 2030 target for company-wide renewable energy consumption to 60 percent from 40 […]
HPC News Bytes 20230911: NVIDIA LLM Inferencing; Honeywell and Quantinuum; TSMC in Silicon Photonics; Microsoft Copilot AI Indemnification
September 11, 2023 by
As we reflect on the events of 9/11/2001 (it’s still living hell no matter how long ago it happened), let’s quickly (4:52) review last week’s HPC news highlights, including: NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM for faster AI inferencing; Honeywell integrates quantum-hardened encryption keys from Quantinuum; TSMC enters the silicon photonics arena; Microsoft to defend Copilot AI customers; Hyperion Research hosts HPC User Forum
