Governments sometimes restrict where advanced chips and chipmaking tools can be shipped. Here is how export controls work in general and why they target semiconductors.
Making a chip involves many companies across many countries. This overview walks through each stage of the semiconductor supply chain in order.
A fast AI chip is only useful if developers can program it easily. Here is what a software stack is and why ecosystems shape the hardware...
AI models are often described by how many parameters they have. Here is what a parameter is, why the count matters for hardware and where size...
FLOPS figures headline nearly every AI chip announcement. Here is what the number counts, why it can mislead and how to read it with care.
Moore's Law is quoted constantly and often misunderstood. Here is the original observation, how it changed and what it means for AI hardware today.
Instead of one giant slab of silicon, many advanced processors are now assembled from several smaller dies. Here is why the chiplet approach caught on.
The company whose name is on a chip is often not the company that manufactured it. Here is how the foundry and fabless models divide the...
Lithography is the step that draws a chip's pattern onto silicon. Here is how it works, why it is so hard, and why it sits at...
"Accelerator" is one of the most common words in AI hardware coverage and one of the least explained. Here is what it means and how one...
Four kinds of processors show up in almost every conversation about AI hardware. Here is what each one is built to do, and why the differences...
PUE is only one lens on a data center's footprint. Here is how carbon, water and heat reuse metrics fill in the rest of the picture.
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