SemiAccurate
{{Short description|Technology news website}}
{{Infobox website
| name = SemiAccurate
| logo =
| screenshot =
| caption =
| url = [http://www.semiaccurate.com/ SemiAccurate.com]
| commercial = Yes
| type = Blog
| language = English
| registration = Yes
| owner = Stone Arch Networking Services, Inc.
| creator = Charlie Demerjian
| launch_date = 2009
| current_status = Active
| revenue = Unknown
}}
SemiAccurate (S|A in short) is a U.S.-based technology-news and -opinion web site, founded in 2009 by Charlie Demerjian after his departure from The Inquirer. The site lists as its contributors: Charlie Demerjian (the site's founder), Thomas Ryan and Leo Yim.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
{{As of | 2017}} the site operates under a partial paywall model, making the majority of its content publicly available at no cost to readers - but subscribers to the "Student-" and "Professional-"level tiers receive access to special analysis articles and reports on industry trends similar to white papers.
Notable stories
In February 2010, SemiAccurate ran a story on the yet to be released, "Fermi", microprocessor from Nvidia, which called the chip, "Hot, Slow, Late and Unmanufacturable."{{Cite web|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/02/17/nvidias-fermigtx480-broken-and-unfixable/|title=Nvidia's Fermi GTX480 is broken and unfixable|date=February 17, 2010|website=SemiAccurate}}
In August 2010, a tip off from a reader helped SemiAccurate to cover Sony admitting to defective graphics chips in some of its laptops.{{Cite web|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/08/10/sony-admits-14-defective-nvidia-notebooks/|title=Sony admits to 14 defective Nvidia notebooks|date=August 10, 2009|website=SemiAccurate}} News organization IDG credited SemiAccurate for first reporting the story.{{cite web | title=Sony warns of laptops with faulty Nvidia chips | website=Smarter News, Analysis & Research Communities | date=2009-08-12 | url=https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-sony-warns-laptops-with-faulty-nvidia-chips-/2009/08/12/4321296.htm | access-date=2024-03-02}}
In May 2011, SemiAccurate published a story on Apple dropping Intel from its laptop line within a few years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2011/05/05/apple-dumps-intel-from-laptop-lines/|title=Apple dumps Intel from laptop lines|date=May 5, 2011|website=SemiAccurate}} This story was covered by a large number of U.S.-based as well as international news organizations. ZDNet and Barron's both weighed in on the validity of the story.{{cite web | last=Dignan | first=Larry | title=Apple dumping Intel for ARM? Pros, cons and a lot of questions | website=ZDNET | date=2011-05-06 | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-dumping-intel-for-arm-pros-cons-and-a-lot-of-questions/ | access-date=2024-03-02}}[http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/05/06/intel-sags-arm-jumps-on-rumor-apple-may-switch/ Barrons blog on the article], retrieved August 26, 2011.
In June 2011, SemiAccurate published a story detailing the scandal that led AMD, Nvidia, and VIA to leave Intel as the lone semiconductor design company in the BAPCo consortium.{{cite web | title=Nvidia, AMD, and VIA quit BAPCO over SYSmark 2012 | website=SemiAccurate | date=2011-06-20 | url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2011/06/20/nvidia-amd-and-via-quit-bapco-over-sysmark-2012/ | access-date=2024-03-02}} In response, Nigel Dessau, Chief Marketing Officer of AMD, published a blog titled "Voting for Openness" shortly after this story went up, and explained AMD's side of the story.[http://blogs.amd.com/nigel-dessau/2011/06/21/1006/ Voting for Openness - AMD Blogs], retrieved August 25, 2011.
In August 2011, SemiAccurate published two stories, one covering the specifications of Nvidia's unreleased mobile graphics line up,{{Cite web|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2011/08/23/nvidias-28nm-mobile-lineup-leaked/|title=Nvidia's 28nm mobile lineup leaked|date=August 23, 2011|website=SemiAccurate}} and another covering the specifications of AMD's (one of Nvidia's direct competitors) unreleased mobile graphics line up.{{Cite web|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2011/08/24/amds-28nm-mobile-lineup-leaked-too/|title=AMD's 28nm mobile lineup leaked too|date=August 24, 2011|website=SemiAccurate}} Softpedia,{{Cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/Leak-Reveals-Full-NVIDIA-28nm-GPU-Lineup-218292.shtml|title=Leak Reveals Upcoming NVIDIA 28nm GPU Lineup|first=Sebastian|last=Pop|date=August 24, 2011|website=softpedia}} VR-Zone,{{Cite web|url=http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-s-28nm-mobile-line-up-revealed/13376.html|title=VR-Zone Mobile Graphics Story}} TweakTown,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tweaktown.com/news/20587/details_on_nvidia_s_upcoming_28nm_mobile_lineup_leaked/index.html|title=Details on NVIDIA's upcoming 28nm mobile lineup leaked|date=August 24, 2011|website=TweakTown}} and the Tom's Hardware Forum all credited SemiAccurate for leaking these specifications.{{Cite web|url=https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/news-nvidia%E2%80%99s-28nm-mobile-lineup-leaked.769888/|title=News : Nvidia's 28nm mobile lineup leaked|date=August 24, 2011|website=Tom's Hardware Forum}}
Reader supported
On December 4, 2012, SemiAccurate moved from an ad revenue supported business model to a paywall business model.{{cite web |url=http://www.semiaccurate.com/2012/12/04/semiaccurate-changes/ |title=SemiAccurate is now reader supported {{!}} SemiAccurate |website=semiaccurate.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206040343/http://www.semiaccurate.com/2012/12/04/semiaccurate-changes/ |archive-date=2012-12-06}} This paywall model had three tiers, Curious (free), Member ($200 per year), and Professional ($1000 per year).
On May 5, 2013, SemiAccurate amended this model to reduce the number of subscription tiers from three, down to two.{{cite web |url=http://www.semiaccurate.com/forums/showpost.php?p=182270&postcount=274 |title=SemiAccurate Forums - View Single Post - Semiaccurate goes partly subscription based |website=semiaccurate.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214303/http://www.semiaccurate.com/forums/showpost.php?p=182270&postcount=274 |archive-date=2016-03-04}} Under the revised pay wall model the Curious and Member levels were replaced by the Student level membership ($100 per year), while the Professional level membership remained at the same.
References
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External links
- [http://www.semiaccurate.com Official homepage]
- [http://www.semiaccurate.com/forums/ Official forums]
- [http://www.semiaccurate.com/subscribe/ Subscription page]