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Monday 3 June 2024
Weekly news roundup: Russia to begin production of 350nm chips using self-developed EUV lithography machines in 2024
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of May 27 – May 31.
Monday 3 June 2024
Nvidia dominates AI-driven data center processor market, Google rises to third place with custom TPUs
Driven by the generative AI boom, Nvidia has solidified its dominance, capturing over half of the data center processor market. Its market share sits between 58% and 70%, depending...
Monday 3 June 2024
Nvidia's Jensen Huang discloses next-gen Rubin platform and physical AI vision at NTU keynote
Doing a keynote before the Computex starts and during the evening at Taiwan's top university stadium is something nobody had ever tried before. However, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is...
Friday 31 May 2024
STMicro to build EUR5 billion plant in Italy with EU Chips Act aid
STMicroelectronics NV said it plans to spend €5 billion ($5.4 billion) on a manufacturing plant for chips and packaging in Catania, Italy in a multi-year project that's being...
Friday 31 May 2024
South Korea's chip stockpiles shrink at fastest pace in 10 years
South Korea's semiconductor inventories dwindled by the most since 2014, underscoring the pace at which demand is outstripping supply as customers rev up their purchases of devices...
Friday 31 May 2024
Taiwan M&A deals and transactions expected to hit new high in 2024, according to MAPECT
As Taiwan M&A and Private Equity Council (MAPECT) commemorates its 10-year anniversary with the release of the 2024 Taiwan M&A Whitepaper on May 29.
Friday 31 May 2024
Skymizer unveils 'EdgeThought' AI ASIC chip IP, enabling Llama3 and Mistral models at the edge
Skymizer, a prominent Taiwan-based AI system software provider known for its compiler optimization solutions, has announced the release of EdgeThought, its new software-hardware co-design...
Friday 31 May 2024
Nvidia CEO engages significant Taiwanese CEOs to promote local AI supply chain
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed two months ago, at a dinner party for Taiwanese partners in Silicon Valley, that he considers himself Taiwan's ambassador. Taiwan is positioned as...
Friday 31 May 2024
With Nvidia taking lion's share of market profits, Intel's finances have struggled amidst AI boom
NVIDIA's latest financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (February to April 2024) revealed record-breaking revenue for its data center division. Following a record-setting...
Friday 31 May 2024
IC distributor Supreme upbeat about 2Q24
Supreme Electronics, which mostly sells memory chips, is optimistic about its operations in the second quarter of 2024, noting a seasonal increase in demand for handsets and PCs,...
Friday 31 May 2024
Chinese CIS suppliers expand presence in high-end smartphone market
The Chinese semiconductor industry, including the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) segment, is finding more room for development in the domestic market with the sudden rise of the Chinese...
Friday 31 May 2024
New MediaTek flagship chipset to use Arm 3nm processor architecture
MediaTek has confirmed it will use Arm's all-new 3nm flagship Cortex-X925 CPU and Immortalis G925 GPU on its new Dimensity 9400 platform in the second half of 2024.
Friday 31 May 2024
Taiwan IC design firms may face pressure to attract talent
Taiwanese IC design houses may face talent poaching pressure from international tech firms that are expanding their R&D teams in Taiwan.
Thursday 30 May 2024
Skymizer enters chip IP market with ET2 LPU and LLM system platform
AI compilers service provider, Skymizer has announced a strategic pivot by launching the ET2 LPU chip hardware IP and the Skymizer LLM System platform, entering the chip IP solutions...
Thursday 30 May 2024
Himax announces strategic investment in Obsidian Sensors
Himax Technologies has made a strategic investment in Obsidian Sensors, a thermal imaging sensor maker based in San Diego, according to the Taiwan-based IC design house.
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research