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2017
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In 2017:
- January 3: Intel introduces their mainstream processors based on Kaby Lake, including i3, i5, and i7 models.
- January 4-8: CES 2017
- January 4: NXP launched the i.MX 8M family of processors capable of full 4K UltraHD for Audio, Voice and Video Interactions
- February 2: Amkor Technology acquires NANIUM for undisclosed sum.
- February 5-9: IEEE international Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2017
- February 8: Intel announced a $7B investment in Fab 42 which will be used to manufacture chips on a 7 nm process
- February 22: AMD announces the Ryzen 7 processor family for high-end performance x86 based on Zen
- February 28: Xiaomi launches the Surge family of in-house developed ARM processors
- March 2: AMD launches the Ryzen 7 family
- March 1-3: GDC 2017 Expro
- March 13: Intel acquires Mobileye for $15.3 billion.
- March 13: TSMC Technology Symposium
- March 28: Intel Technology and Manufacturing Day
- March 28: Intel introduces their 10 nm process featuring the highest density transistor at the time
- March 28: Intel announces a new 22 nm process "22FFL" for IOT and Mobile
- April 4: Fujitsu introduces the SPARC64 XII and announces commitment to future SPARC development
- April 6: Beijing Shanhai Capital completed the acquisition of Analogix Semiconductor for $500M
- April 19-21: COOLChips XX
- April 25: ARM announces the Mali-C71 ISP
- May 4: Intel introduces the Xeon Bronze Xeon Silver, Xeon Gold, Xeon Platinum server families
- May 15-18: Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) 2017
- May 16: AMD introduces the EPYC server family
- May 29: ARM introduces the Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A75 cores, first ARMv8.2 implementations
- May 30-3: Computex Taipei 2017
- June 5-9: VLSI Symposium
- June 6: IBM announces a breakthrough in the mass manufacturing of GAA FET-based 5 nm process
- June 20: SPEC released the SPEC CPU2017 benchmark suite.
- August 22-26: Gamescom 2017
- July 11: Intel introduces Skylake SP along with the Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) with supersedes QPI
- July 17: IBM introduces the z14 microprocessor
- August 10: AMD introduces Threadripper, a family of enthusiasts-class x86 microprocessors
- August 20: Day 1: Hot Chips 29 - Hot Chips: A Symposium on High Performance Chips
- August 21:
- Day 2: HotChips 29
- Microsoft introduces Xbox One X Scorpio Engine
- AMD introduces their Vega GPU microarchitecture
- NVIDIA showcases Volta GPU microarchitecture
- SiFive introduces the industry first RISC-V chip
- Renesas showcases R-Car Gen3
- Intel introduces the Knights Mill microarchitecture for Xeon Phi
- ThinCI introduces their Graph Streaming Processor (GSP)
- Day 2: HotChips 29
- August 21: Intel introduces Kaby Lake Refresh, doubling the core count of many mainstream mobile processors.
- August 22:
- Day 3: HotChips 29
- Intel showcases the Stratix 10 FPGA
- ARM showcases the DynamIQ architecture
- IBM showcases the z14 microarchitecture
- AMD showcases EPYC server processors
- Intel showcases Xeon Scalable Family (Skylake-SP) server processors
- Qualcomm introduces the Centriq server processor family and the Falkor microarchitecture
- Day 3: HotChips 29
- August 29: Intel introduces the Xeon W family, a family of business-class workstation processors
- September 12: Apple introduces the A11 Bionic
- September 18: Oracle introduces the SPARC M8 microprocessor.
- September 21: Imagination Technologies introduces the PowerVR 9XE and 9XM GPUs and 2NX NNA (a Neural Network Accelerator)
- September 22: Imagination is acquired by China-backed Canyon Bridge for £550m in an all-cash transaction
- September 22: Imagination's US-based MIPS unit is sold to Tallwood Venture Capital for $65M
- September 24: Intel introduces Coffee Lake, including their first mainstream hexa-core processors
- September 25: Intel announces Loihi, a research neuromorphic chip
- September 18-20: Third International High Performance Computing Forum by National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou (NSCC-GZ)
- NUDT's Matrix-2000 many-core processor detailed
- October 17: Intel announced Nervana NNP will start shipping
- October 17: Google details their Pixel Visual Core coprocessor found in their Pixel 2 phones
- October 26: AMD introduces mobile Ryzen processors based on the Zen and Vega
- October 26: The PEZY-SC2 propelled the ZettaScaler-2.2 to rank 1 on the Green500 with 14.69 GFLOPS/W
- November 8: Bitmain launches the Sophon family of AI products including a custom Neural Processor
- November 8: Qualcomm launches the Centriq family of server processors based on the Falkor microarchitecture
- November 8: Qualcomm announces Saphira will succeed Falkor
- November 8: Intel announces Raja Koduri, chief architect of the Radeon Technologies Group at AMD, joins Intel as chief architect, senior vice president of a new "Core and Visual Computing Group" to compete in the high-end discrete graphics market
- November 10: IBM announces they've built a 50-qubit quantum computer. The system was capable of retaining its state for 90μs, an industry record.
- November 10: Samsung unveils the Exynos 9 Series 9810 flagship processor.
- November 13: Intel cancels Knights Hill in favor of a brand new microarchitecture for exascale computing.
- November 13: TOP500 announces their 50th list; China overtakes the US in total number of systems.
- November 20: Marvell announced they will acquire Cavium in a $6 billion deal.
- November 28-30: 7th RISC-V Workshop
- November 28: Esperanto Technologies exits stealth mode and announces their ET-Minion and ET-Maxion RISC-V IP cores
- December 2-6: IEEE IEDM 2017
- Intel detailed their 22FFL process
- GlobalFoundries presented their 7 nm process
- Intel presented their 10 nm process, comperable to foundries 7nm.
- December 11: Intel introduced Goldmont Plus (Gemini Lake) processors with Pentium processors rebranded as Pentium Silver.
- December 13: Intel proposes Total Memory Encryption, a new x86 extension for full physical memory encryption
- December 18: Intel introduces Xeon Phi processors based on the Knights Mill microarchitecture
- December 26: SPEC CPU2006 stopped accepting official results for publication
- December 28: Zhaoxin launches the KaiXian KX-5000 series of x86 processors based on the WuDaoKou microarchitecture.
- Unknown: Ampere Computing is founded.
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