September 4, 2025

New 3D-stacked memory tech seeks to dethrone HBM for AI inference — d-Matrix claims 3DIMC will be 10x faster and 10x more efficient

Memory startup d-Matrix is claiming its 3D stacked memory will be up to 10x faster and run at up to 10x greater speeds than HBM. d-Matrix's 3D digital in-memory compute (3DIMC) technology is the company's solution for a memory type purpose-built for AI inference.
August 18, 2025

China gets Intel Xeon 6P Granite Rapids CPUs repackaged with added security and surveillance features — Jintide C6P CPUs with up to 86 P-cores

Montage Technology, one of China's many fabless semiconductor companies, has launched the new Jintide C6P series of server processors. The C6P chips, based on Intel's Granite Rapids platform with additional security and tracking features, are designed explicitly for the Chinese market.
August 4, 2025

New Ryzen 9000X3D CPU could deliver EPYC levels of game-boosting L3 cache — rumored chip reportedly sports 16 Zen 5 cores, 192MB L3 cache, 200W TDP

AMD already sells some of the best CPUs on the retail market. However, hardware leaker chi11eddog claims that the chipmaker might capitalize on the success of the Ryzen 9000X3D series and introduce two more models to the already diverse family.
July 25, 2025

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs could finally answer AMD’s V-Cache — Nova Lake could boast massive 144MB L3

Intel is rumored to be introducing a new large L3 cache pool that will rival AMD's 3D V-Cache chips with its next-gen Core Ultra (likely Core 400, if Core 300 is a refresh of Arrow Lake) series CPUs. Leakers Haze and Raichu on X believe this new last-level L3 cache will feature a 144MB capacity.