HW News - AMD Hacked & Blackmailed, DDR5 Mass Production in 2021
7,118AMD publicly addressed the hacking of some of its GPU Verilog source code for Big Navi and Xbox Series X hardware, currently being held ransom for $100M. DDR5 coming 2021.
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Our show topics this week include:
- GN Modmat delay due to mask production requiring our factory's full attention
- Stolen AMD graphics IP being held at ransom for $100M
- F@H Crosses ExaFLOP Threshold
- Intel to donate 1 million face masks and PPE to global health workers
- Samsung EUV-based DDR5 enters volume production in 2021
- Amazon slowing PC part and other non-essential shipments
- Windows dealing with new zero-day active exploit, pausing non-essential updates
- Computex rescheduled, slimmed down to significantly lower size
- Errata: Sony PS5 correction from last week
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Host, Editorial: Steve Burke
Editorial: Eric Hamilton
Video: Keegan Gallick