Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake processors will include AVX10.1 and AVX10.2 vector extensions alongside Advanced Performance Extensions. This marks a significant unification of Intel’s vector instruction architecture, with support confirmed for both desktop and mobile variants launching next year.
The automotive industry’s chip shortage crisis is entering a dangerous new phase. Internal conflicts between Nexperia’s European and Chinese operations have halted critical wafer shipments, leaving carmakers with just weeks of supply remaining.
AMD’s latest roadmap confirms Zen 6 will launch next year using TSMC’s 2nm process, while Zen 7 is scheduled for 2027-2028. Both architectures emphasize AI capabilities with new data formats and pipelines. The roadmap also hints at significant core count increases for future processors.
Intel is losing a key data center AI executive to rival AMD. Saurabh Kulkarni, who led Intel’s Gaudi accelerator efforts, departs as AMD gains momentum with OpenAI and other major customers.
Samsung’s massive Taylor, Texas chipmaking facility is preparing to begin mass production of advanced 2nm GAA chips within months. The plant represents one of Samsung’s largest investments outside South Korea and marks a significant step in US semiconductor manufacturing ambitions.
The AI chip market is splitting into two visions. Qualcomm is betting big on cloud inferencing, while Arm sees the future moving to edge devices. Both companies posted strong quarterly results despite their different strategies.
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 5 7500X3D has surfaced in Geekbench results, revealing a 6-core processor with 96MB of L3 cache. The chip shows performance about 8% slower than its bigger sibling, the 7600X3D. This could become AMD’s most affordable X3D gaming processor yet.
AMD is scrambling to fix a serious vulnerability in its Zen 5 processors that affects random number generation used for cryptographic keys. The bug allows attackers with local access to potentially decrypt data or access credentials. While workarounds exist, full microcode patches won’t arrive until
AMD just posted a massive 36% year-over-year revenue jump to $9.2 billion in Q3 2025. CEO Lisa Su confirmed their next-gen 2nm EPYC Venice “Zen 6” CPUs and Instinct MI400 AI accelerators are on track for 2026 launch, with multiple cloud partners already testing platforms.
Broadcom could rally another 32% as hyperscaler demand accelerates, according to Jefferies. The bank sees massive revenue upside from Google, Meta, and OpenAI’s custom AI chips driving growth through 2027.
