920 news items tagged AMD
FC packaging demand for HPC chips rising
Friday 16 April 2021Demand for flip-chip (FC) packaging particularly FC-BGA will be rising significantly driven by the HPC device market boom this year, and backend houses in Taiwan and China have seen...
Server industry sees component supply growing tighter in 2Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Server components including ICs, passive components, cables and chassis have seen supply growing tighter in the second quarter, according to sources from the server supply chain.
Dell develops technology to detect leakage in liquid cooling solutions
Tuesday 6 April 2021Dell, eyeing the potential of liquid cooling for servers, has developed a technology to detect leakage of liquid cooling modules, according to Eric Leung, director of Enterprise Solution...
TSMC to volume produce 4nm chips ahead of schedule
Tuesday 30 March 2021TSMC will move N4 (namely 4nm process) to volume production in the fourth quarter of 2021, ahead of the 2022 timeframe set previously, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
TSMC 2Q21 capacity filled by orders for 5G, HPC and auto chips
Tuesday 16 March 2021TSMC has seen its production capacity during the second quarter filled by a strong pull-in of orders for 5G, HPC and automotive electronics chips, according to industry sources.
IC vendors grab extra TSMC 5/7nm capacity for 2Q21
Friday 12 March 2021Part of TSMC's 5nm and 7nm process capacity for Apple has been released as the US vendor is transitioning from old to new offerings, with the foundry capacity soon shared out by other...
IC testing service providers benefit from surging demand for cryptocurrencies
Tuesday 23 February 2021Surging prices of Ethereum has boosted demand for graphics cards used to mine the cryptocurrecny, which is benefiting Taiwan-based IC testing services providers, according to sources...
Server supply from North America disrupted by cold weather
Monday 22 February 2021Server supply from Mexico, a major production hub for Taiwanese ODMs, is expected to be undermined by the recent frigid weather hitting the northern part of the country and the US...
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2020
Friday 5 February 2021Global notebook shipments, excluding detachable models, surged over 10% sequentially to hit a fresh high of 60 million units in fourth-quarter 2020, mainly driven by robust demand...
Highlights of the day: AMD unlikely to change foundry partners for advanced nodes
Thursday 4 February 2021There has been speculation suggesting that AMD may turn to Samsung for making its 5nm and 3nm chips in as its currernt foundry partner TSMC has been unable to provide sufficient capacity...
Copper foil makers Co-Tech, Nan Ya keen on capacity expansions
Thursday 4 February 2021As demand has outgrown supply for copper foil needed to support booming 5G infrastructure, automotive and consumer electronics applications, Taiwan's makers including Co-Tech Development...
AMD unlikely to transfer orders away from TSMC
Thursday 4 February 2021AMD is unlikely to transfer its 5nm or 3nm chip orders from TSMC to Samsung Electronics, and its ongoing tight supply of processors is due mainly to ABF substrate shortages rather...
Kinsus swings to profit in 2020 on robust BT, ABF substrates sales
Tuesday 2 February 2021IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology swung to net profit of NT$541 million (US$19.3 million) in 2020 from loss of NT$2.025 billion a year earlier, mainly driven by...
Global server shipments to fall 1.8% sequentially in 1Q21
Tuesday 2 February 2021Global server shipments are expected to increase 5% on year and see a slight sequential fall of only 1.8% in first-quarter 2021 thanks mainly to a ramp-up in demand from datacenter...
Global server market – 4Q 2020
Monday 1 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 global server shipments amounted to 3.84 million units, down 9.6% quarter-over-quarter but up 12.6% year-over-year.
Backend partners see clear order visibility for AMD chips till 3Q21
Friday 29 January 2021Backend houses including Taiwan's ASE Technology and China's Tongfu Microelectronics have seen the visibility of orders for packaging AMD's processors extended to mid third-quarter...
Global server shipments estimated to surge 5.2% in 2021
Thursday 28 January 2021Global server shipments are estimated to have surged 7.9% on year to around 16 million units in 2020 and may further rise 5.2% to more than 17 million units in 2021, driven by the...
AMD sees record revenues in 4Q20 and 2020
Wednesday 27 January 2021AMD has announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2020 of US$3.24 billion, operating income of US$570 million, net income of US$1.78 billion and diluted earnings per share of US...
DDR5 ready for consumer electronics products as early as 2H21
Wednesday 27 January 2021Next-generation DDR5 memory is expected to be employed in consumer electronics devices starting as early as the second half of 2021, despite its still-early stage of deployment, according...
Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-gen servers to boost ASPs
Wednesday 27 January 2021Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-generation servers based on Intel's 10nm Ice Lake processors to push up their product ASPs.
ABF substrate suppliers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate providers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen the visibility of orders for ABF substrates extend to second-half...
ODMs see notebook order visibility extending in 2H21
Monday 25 January 2021Thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, notebook shipments are expected to stay robust in 2021, with ODMs see stable orders for the first half of the...
Strong notebook sales having limited impact on PC DIY demand
Tuesday 19 January 2021Strong demand for notebooks driven by the stay-at-home economy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak has undermined shipments of conventional desktops, but sales in the PC DIY market...
Notebook brands promoting new models powered by AMD chips
Thursday 14 January 2021Brand vendors, such as Acer, have more of their new-generation notebooks powered by AMD processors, according to industry sources.
Customized 5G private networks: Q&A with Quanta Cloud Technology president Mike Yang
Tuesday 12 January 2021Following years of deployments in 5G-based ORAN (open radio access network), Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a subsidiary of Quanta Computer, has set sail on a new journey to help...
- AMD processor usage share maintains upward trajectory in Steam survey (Mar 15) - Notebook Check
- AMD might solve GPU stock woes by outsourcing some production to Samsung (Feb 2) - Techradar
- Intel's new desktop GPUs won't work in AMD systems (Jan 27) - The Verge
- AMD smashes earnings records, chip shortages to last until second half of 2021 (Jan 26) - Tom's Hardware Guide
- China debuts first 7nm data center GPU to rival Nvidia, AMD (Jan 19) - Tom's Hardware Guide
- Samsung's next Exynos SoC will have an AMD GPU (Jan 14) - Ars Technica
- Samsung's next flagship Exynos chip will have an AMD GPU (Jan 12) - engadget
- AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su: Interview on 2021 demand, supply, tariffs, Xilinx, and EPYC (Jan 12) - Anandtech
- Nvidia and AMD address the great GPU shortage (Jan 12) - The Verge
- Lenovo's new IdeaPad 5 Pro includes AMD Ryzen mobile processors (Jan 7) - The Verge