9 micron is a lot. The pink sheet below is 3 micron 🫥

Imagine it's 2026 and you are looking to build a new PC. Let's see... AM4 - check. DDR4 - check. 5800X3D - check. RTX 3060 - check. And some say time travel is impossible🤔

In the Windows Task Manager, under "details", you can see if apps are running natively (Arm64) or with a wrapper (x86/x64). Interestingly, the only non-native apps are "MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe", "OfficeClickToRun.exe" and "AsusOLEDShifter.exe".

Due to popular demand: Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme vs Ryzen AI Max+ 395. At least in the naming department they both get the same result: “horrible”

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (front) vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D (back). The difference is crazy. And it’s laptop vs desktop too.

The A19 Pro is hidden in a secret compartment on the iPhone Air logic board. But with ac lot of convincing I was able to get to it. Will this chip power the MacBook Neo 2?

Taking apart newer iPhone logic boards requires you to heat up the PCB, because RF and SoC boards are a sandwich fused together with solder. It takes >150C and some patience. But the results are great 😍

I’ve taken apart so many iPhones with cheap tools, I thought I deserved an upgrade. Let’s see what this can do!

Working on some amazing die-shots from @fritzchensfritz.bsky.social. Crazy high-res too (as expected)!

A truly generational leap: iPhone 3GS logic board on the left vs iPhone 4 logic board on the right.

The new Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is surprisingly good, with great gaming & productivity performance and efficiency. Increasing the Foveros d2d clk really helped a lot. ARL is actually good now. If only it wasn't the last gen for Socket 1851... (benchmarks by @computerbase.de)

A18 Pro & MacBook Neo Deep-dive t.co/YeMGMGffbq

This is what peak productivity looks like 🚀

At what point is the #MacBookNeo too powerful? Would a A19 Pro with 12GB be too close to the Air? Or do you think premium features (Force Touch trackpad, backlight keyboard, better screen, MagSafe, etc.) are enough differentiation?

New @semianalysis.bsky.social video on new AI Hardware in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9p5...

The new Apple coaster arrived. Great product!

The new Apple MacBook Neo is powered by the A18 Pro, a mobile chip that is packaged using TSMC InFO-PoP. The DRAM sits on top of the SoC, it's a single, closed package. That's why the MBN comes with the same amount of 8GB DRAM as the iPhone 16 Pro. Same chip, same package.

What’s in the box?? #AMD

Microsoft's new Maia 200 is a massive chip with ~825mm² die size, that's close to the reticle limit! N3P is a guess, but I doubt Microsoft is using N3E in 2026. My initial analysis👇

Question: what chip is that? Hint: you might get sued if you say it ;)

Updated NVIDIA RTX 50 Super line-up leaked 🚨 - RTX 5090 Super 16GB - RTX 5080 Super 8GB - RTX 5070 Super 6GB - RTX 5060 Super 4GB

The Memory Crisis Explained youtu.be/6TwMAoM0seQ

Some initial assumptions about AMD's upcoming Zen 6 Venice server CPU👇

So apparently Intel added my 18A/PTL/CWF video to the official "resource guide". I promise, I'm not a paid shill😅 PS: you can watch it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3xp...

New video with SemiAnalysis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9e...

Prost from the Hofbräuhaus 🍻

My best investment the entire year so far

New video: youtu.be/g3xpRXD0I30

Next-gen Intel microchips are almost build like lego. I love the modular tile-based design of Panther Lake & Clearwater Forest. Video coming soonTM.

Next-gen ASML wafers are smaller, but very yummy.

The one and only OG 🍏

🍏 I did it, and it wasn’t even planned. Upgraded from a SE2 to a 17 Pro 👇

New Apple 🍏 toys, this time M3 & M4. Now only M5 is missing in the collection. If someone already dropped their new M5 iPad Pro or MBP, let me know 🫣

I counted the Intel 18A FOUPs per second (FPS) and calculated the yield. It’s definitely playable ;) #Inteltechtour

New video: How AMD is re-thinking Chiplet Design youtu.be/maH6KZ0YkXU

Apple A19 SoC chip analysis based on images by ChipWise: 2 P-cores with 8MB shared L2$, 4 E-cores with 4MB shared L2$, a 8-core NPU (Apple calls it 16-cores), 2x 6MB System Level Cache (SLC) and a 5-core GPU. All on TSMCs N3P and smaller than the previous A18.

MediaTek claims their new 3nm Dimensity 9500 SoC has the worlds 1st "compute-in-memory" NPU. If that's actually real CIM, this is a breakthrough.

Rubin CPX looks very similar to GB202, at least in the image Nvidia released. Could be very well a full GPU, with raster engines, PCI-Expess and display outputs. While unlikely, it might be how the RTX 6090 will look like.

Over 600K views in seven days is crazy and a new high score for me 🚀 Thanks for the support and to everyone who is watching!

My autocorrect switches “table” to “TSMC”. I think I might be too deep in the hole…

New video collab with SemiAnalysis youtu.be/dhqoTku-HAA

I’ve got exciting news! From now on you’ll see regular collabs between HighYield and SemiAnalysis to bring you more content & deeper insights into everything silicon. No worries, High Yield won’t change, still running my own show. There will be plenty of general semiconductor content like always.

New video: Intel Lunar Lake Close-Up youtu.be/pMhHBbKtWkE

Something is cooking 🍎

My last video just crossed 150k views, 75 of which came from YouTube notifications. Just a FYI why subscriber count doesn't mean anything anymore.

What a nice "birthday" present 🙌

New video: The most important company you've never heard of youtu.be/hDo5P578wJI

New setup - next video coming soon! Sorry for the long wait, I moved to a new city. PS: ignore the strange bald dude

ASML's High-NA EUV scanner might be the most complex machine in the world.

TSMC is building a new chip design center here in Munich! It's supposed to open in Q3, so quiet soon. If anyone has a contact at TSMC, I'd be happy to visit! #TSMC