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Thursday 31 August 2017
China startup Cambricon reveals ambitious AI chip shipment plan
China-based AI (artificial intelligence) chip startup Cambricon Technologies expects to roll out hundreds of millions of AI SoCs needed for smart terminal devices and servers in...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Intel unveils neural compute engine in Movidius Myriad X VPU for AI
Intel has introduced its new Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU), advancing Intel's end-to-end portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to deliver more autonomous...
Thursday 24 August 2017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip powers Samsung Galaxy Note8
Qualcomm has announced that its premium mobile platform is powering Samsung's latest flagship smartphone for select regions. The Samsung Galaxy Note8 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon...
Friday 18 August 2017
China market: IoT chip demand promising, says ARM CEO
Shipments of ARM-based mobile chips from China-based chipmakers have been rising rapidly along with the country's fast-growing IC design industry over the past 10 years, according...
Friday 18 August 2017
Dialog looking to extend partnership with Spreadtrum
Dialog Semiconductor is looking to extend its partnership with Spreadtrum Communication, and does not rule out forming a joint venture with the China-based mobile SoC provider, said...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Nvidia overtakes MediaTek as 3rd largest IC design company
Nvidia overtook MediaTek as the world's third-largest IC design company in terms of revenues in the second quarter of 2017, according to research firm Topology Research Institute...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
HiSilicon among top-5 customers of TSMC
With volume production for its Kirin 970-series chips kicking off, HiSilicon Technologies has become one of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) top-5 customers, according...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Synopsys launches complete HBM2 IP solution offering
EDA vendor Synopsys has introduced its complete DesignWare high bandwidth memory-2 (known as HBM2) IP solution consisting of controller, PHY and verification IP, enabling designers...
Friday 4 August 2017
Taiwan fabless firms expect short lead-time orders to buoy 4Q17 revenues
Taiwan-based fabless IC firms expects to receive an influx of short lead-time orders from their China-based clients prior to the country's National Day holidays in October followed...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Novatek expects 2-5% revenue growth in 3Q17
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronic expects to post revenues of between NT$12 billion (US$396.9 million) and NT$12.4 billion for the third quarter of 2017 representing...
Friday 28 July 2017
TSMC to enter mass production for new 10nm HiSilicon chips in September, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly begun mass production of 10nm chips in the third quarter by fulfilling orders for Apple's A11 chips, as well as HiSilicon's...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
AMD reports net loss of US$16 million for 2Q17
AMD has announced second-quarter 2017 revenues of US$1.22 billion, operating income of US$25 million, and net loss of US$16 million, or negative US$0.02 per share. On a non-GAAP basis,...
Thursday 20 July 2017
IDM model no longer viable for Japan semiconductor industry: Q&A with Socionext CEO Yasuo Nishiguchi
Though still a global bellwether in many areas of semiconductor technologies, Japan's semiconductor industry is significantly losing ground in world markets, as most Japanese players,...
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Upcoming Meizu Pro 7 series reportedly to utilize MediaTek chips
Meizu is scheduled to introduce its new Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus smartphone series on July 26. The Pro 7 model is expected to feature MediaTek's 16nm Helio P25 SoC chip while the Pro...
Wednesday 19 July 2017
IC vendors ramping up solutions for voice assistants
A number of China- and Taiwan-based IC design houses are ramping up their production of speaker solutions, MEMS microphones and other chips to meet increasing demand for voice assistant...
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