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Wednesday 17 July 2024
Nvidia plans new China-specific AI and gaming GPUs
Nvidia continues to introduce downgraded versions of its AI and gaming GPUs for the Chinese market, which remains important to the US chip vendor, according to industry sources. New...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
ASML-backed university caught in middle of US-China chips war
A top Dutch technical university that is a key feeder for ASML Holding NV talent has been caught in the crosshairs of the US-China chip war as Washington seeks to limit Beijing's...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Granted one more chance by SoftBank, focus is now on Graphcore's future operational strategy
With the current boom of generative AI, British AI chip unicorn Graphcore should've enjoyed the dividends from AI. Instead, it found itself struggling.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Samsung spearheads NAND recovery as QLC, AI drive market shift
Samsung Electronics has nearly doubled its NAND Flash production in the second quarter of 2024 after hitting a low point in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Affordable 5G smartphone shipment increase driving market share growth for MediaTek's chipsets
The latest survey shows that in the first quarter of 2024, shipments of 5G smartphones equipped with MediaTek's systems reached 53 million units, a significant 53% year-on-year inc...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Samsung and SK Hynix stack LPDDR DRAMs to cut AI power consumption
South Korean memory giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, in addition to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), will also start the competition in smartphone LPDDR DRAM stacking.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
SK Hynix reportedly partners with Amkor in supplying interposers
Amid the competition among SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics regarding HBMs, SK Hynix reportedly plans to team with Amkor to enter the interposer market to alleviate the interposer...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
TEL unveils open-source GenAI SSA at Semicon West 2024
Semicon West 2024 was held on July 9-11 in San Francisco, and Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), the Japanese semiconductor equipment supplier, unveiled the world's first open-source generative...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Huawei completes construction of largest R&D hub in Shanghai, set to house 35,000 engineers
Huawei Technologies has completed the construction of its largest research and development (R&D) center, the Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center, in Shanghai's Qingpu District.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Samsung subsidiary Semes eyes HBM market with advanced TCB amid competition
As the market for Thermo Compression Bonding (TCB) equipment diversifies, Semes, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics and South Korea's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer,...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Memory prices to rise at slower pace in 3Q24
DRAM and NAND flash memory prices will continue to rise in the third quarter, albeit at a slower rate than in the first half of this year, as market circumstances improve more, according...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Moment Semiconductor eyes 50% brand memory business growth in 2024 with AI PC momentum and SEA market entry
Taiwan's memory module vendor Moment Semiconductor expects shipments for consumer devices to improve in the second half of 2024, driven by new applications like AI PCs.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
India-based Cyient sets up subsidiary focusing on ASICs
According to Business Standard and Financial Express, India-based Cyient is expanding its semiconductor business by creating a new subsidiary. This subsidiary will...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Server HBM, DDR5 demand to stay high until 2025, says distributor Supreme Electronics
Demand for High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and DDR5 RAM for servers has steadily risen as Cloud Service Providers (CSP) in North America continue building data centers, with IC distributor...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Smartphone replacement, automotive applications to boost CIS demand in 2H24
Anticipating a wave of smartphone replacements and growing demand for automotive applications, Taiwan-based backend houses are optimistic about the CMOS image sensor (CIS) sector...