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IBM to use Samsung 7nm EUV for Next-Gen POWER and z CPUs
IBM has announced it has signed an agreement with Samsung Foundry to produce its next-generation processors. This includes processors for IBM Power Systems, IBM z, and LinuxONE systems, all using Samsung’s 7 nm fabrication process that uses extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). The decision comes as no surprise as GlobalFoundries, IBM’s manufacturing partner for CPUs, decided to abandon development of 7 nm and more advanced technologies. IBM and Globalfroundies manufacturing agreement, whereby fabs, IP, and $$ were given to GlobalFoundries to make IBM's CPUs, ends this month.
IBM and Samsung have collaborated for 15 years researching and developing various semiconductor production materials and technologies as part of IBM’s Research Alliance. Considering the fact that Samsung’s and GlobalFoundries’ fabrication processes rely on R&D conducted internally and as part of IBM’s Research Alliance, IBM developers know what to expect from these technologies. IBM said that under the current agreement, the two companies will expand and extend the strategic partnership, but did not elaborate whether this means development of a custom version of Samsung’s 7LPP manufacturing process for IBM. At present, the companies call the tech to be used for IBM’s chips as “7 nm EUV”.
(Score: 2) by crafoo on Tuesday December 25 2018, @05:02PM (2 children)
The Talos Power 9 dual-CPU and mainboard combo is, what, $3k? Still pretty high. Interesting system, and really nice CPUs. I'm kind of stuck in the past though. I still do HD video editing on one of those dual-CPU aluminum powermacs from ~2008. $150 from ebay. Makes a pretty decent system for other tasks too. I ended up liking Mac OS X 10 more than I thought I would.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 25 2018, @06:59PM (1 child)
Raptor has released a second, lower-cost motherboard called the Blackbird (the previous Talos Lite was a Talos II board the was either not fully populated or had defects that were deactivated, if I recall correctly) Link: https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B01/intro.html [raptorcs.com]
While still expensive, it takes it down to reasonable gaming PC build prices. Still no where near a Mac Pro, but about the same as the only other PowerPC option, the AmigaOne X5000. Link: http://amigaonthelake.com/amigaone-x5000-system/ [amigaonthelake.com]
Oh well, such is the price of operarting outside the monopoly.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 25 2018, @08:27PM
Unlike a "reasonable gaming PC," this won't run anything except through WINE. Gamers will never buy this. Which leaves paranoid-schizophrenic autistic freetards as the only target market for the low-end board.