The Techstrong Semi-Brief

- July 28, 2026

"Intel to restore hyper-threading in future Xeon chips."

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TLDR THIS WEEK

Intel to Restore Hyper-Threading in Future Xeon Chips
Moore's Law Didn't End. It Changed Direction
AMD Signs AI Chip and Investment Deal with Anthropic Worth Tens of Billions

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Intel to Restore Hyper-Threading in Future Xeon Chips

By Andy Patrizio • 2026-07-27

Intel is reversing course on one of its most significant recent processor design decisions, bringing back Hyper-Threading to future versions of the Xeon processor. Hyper-Threading is a technology that allows a processor core to execute two threads at once, sort of.

Moore's Law Didn't End. It Changed Direction

By Alan Shimel • 2026-07-24

IBM's "0.7nm chip" is part marketing sleight of hand and part genuine semiconductor breakthrough. Ignore the decimal point. Nanostack—and the decision to build silicon upward—is the real story.

AMD Signs AI Chip and Investment Deal with Anthropic Worth Tens of Billions

By James Maguire • 2026-07-22

AMD struck a multibillion-dollar AI deal with Anthropic, which will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD infrastructure while AMD invests as much as $5 billion. The pact deepens AMD's push against NVIDIA and secures more compute for Anthropic as demand for Claude grows.

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