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Wednesday 19 June 2024
Megawin gearing up for production of ultra-low-power MCUs
Microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier Megawin Technology is working with its foundry partner to develop Ultra-Low-Power (ULP) MCUs, with production slated to kick off in 2025.
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Concerns over possible hostile takeover threat to parent company of SK Hynix growing
SK Group, the parent company of SK Hynix, has had its chairman, Chey Tae-won, face a historic divorce ruling. This circumstance raises concerns about potential hostile acquisitions...
Wednesday 19 June 2024
EDA-SDA integration is vital in AI, says Cadence exec
The integration of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Software-Defined Appliances (SDA) has become critical in the AI era, according to Tom Beckley, SVP and GM of the custom IC...
Wednesday 19 June 2024
South Korean AI startup DeepX places orders to TSMC's 3nm process; maintains partnership with Samsung
South Korean AI semiconductor startup DeepX is reportedly set to become a new customer of AsicLand, an IC design company that partners with TSMC.
Wednesday 19 June 2024
GlobalWafers receives EUR103 million subsidy for Italian fab
GlobalWafers announced on June 18 that, following the European Commission's Directorate-General (DG) approval of GlobalWafers' Italian subsidiary MEMC Electronic Materials' plant...
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Huawei ramping up Kirin chip output for smart wearables
After bearing the brunt of multiple rounds of sanctions in recent years, Huawei is now eyeing a resurgence thanks to the Kirin chips produced by its subsidiary HiSilicon.
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Qualcomm to benefit most from slow Samsung 3nm development
Qualcomm is expected to benefit the most from bottlenecks that Samsung Electronics' foundry has been experiencing in its 3nm process yield, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 June 2024
AI memory chip war heats up: SK Hynix allegedly uses NPE in proxy patent lawsuit against Micron
With the intensifying competition in the AI memory chip market, leading memory vendors like SK Hynix, Micron Technology, and Samsung Electronics are gearing up for proxy patent battles...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
London Tech Week 2024 snapshots: AI, semiconductor, deep tech, start-up and international collaboration across the pond
London Tech Week (LTW) 2024 held from June 10 to June 14 at the Olympia venue has come to a close, with the number of attendees tallied to be around 45,000, up from 30,000 last year...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Taiwan IC design houses accelerate preparation of new AI-related chip products for 2H24
Taiwan's IC design houses are gearing up to prepare new AI-related chip products for the second half of the year, in response to positive feedback from both enterprise and consumer...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
GDDR7 in growing demand for AI-powered notebooks, memory vendors ready for mass production in 2H24
As AI applications expand to portable devices such as notebooks, demand for the latest generation of graphics memory, GDDR7, is gaining momentum, especially after AI chip leader Nvidia...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
SK Hynix reportedly to complete DRAM fab construction ahead of schedule
SK Hynix's M15X DRAM plant in Chungbuk-Cheongju, which is under construction, is expected to be completed ahead of schedule.
Tuesday 18 June 2024
US and India announce initiatives to boost cooperation in semiconductors and AI, aiming to reduce reliance on China
The US and India announced fresh initiatives to enhance cooperation in semiconductors, AI, critical minerals, advanced telecommunications, and defense space, as the US is leading...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Nvidia and AMD are winners of the 4 million units per year high-end GPU chip business
Nvidia dominates the market for AI chips for training and deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) and its pricing power is reflected in gross margins as high as 78%, compared to competitors...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
FitTech faces challenges, seeks opportunities with TSMC's advanced packaging
The Mini LED demand in the LED industry has shown a lack of new momentum, leading to a halt in expansion plans, and impacting equipment supplier FitTech's operations.