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| Keysight Technologies to get into EV battery testing |
11/22/2021 |
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Automotive manufacturers, suppliers and test facilities need to increase the driving range of an EV, its performance and safety, while reducing costs. When developing and testing high-voltage EV batteries, time becomes critical in a competitive market.
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| TSMC collected $3.8 billions prepayment for orders at the new fab. |
11/19/2021 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest foundry, disclosed in a filing that it received temporary receipts of around $3.825 billion (NT$106,33 billion) from customers as of September 30, 2021. Temporary receipts from TSMC's customers are payments received to retain its capacity.
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| India inaugurated an advanced 650-teraflop supercomputing facility |
11/19/2021 |
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India has inaugurated an advanced 650-teraflop supercomputing facility at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) at Mohali, which will act as a facilitator for start-ups working in areas like telemedicine, digital health, mHealth with big data, AI, blockchain, and other technologies.
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| Tektronix crowned Best in Test and Measurements |
11/18/2021 |
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The company is best known for its test and measurement devices such as oscilloscopes and signal generators since 1946. By breaking down the walls of complexity for engineers with its test and measurement solutions, Tektronix is enabling innovators to do more, accelerating global innovation.
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| Lattice Semiconductor acquired Mirametrix for software and AI capability |
11/17/2021 |
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Mirametrix software has been successfully deployed in more than 20 million end user systems worldwide. Combining Mirametrix’s expertise with Lattice’s innovative hardware and software solution stacks creates an end-to-end AI and computer vision solution that spans from the hardware to the application layer.
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| Smartphone camera resolution continue to improve |
11/17/2021 |
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According to the latest research from Counterpoint Smartphone Camera Tracker, smartphones featuring rear main cameras powered by 48MP and above megapixels accounted for 43% of total sales in Q2 2021, rising significantly from 38.7% in Q1 2021. The share of 64MP alone increased 3.5% QoQ to 14% in Q2 2021.
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| Cadence Design System enhanced Samsung foundry process |
11/17/2021 |
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The unified Cadence library characterization system provided a powerful combination of characterization and library validation, enabling Samsung to reduce turnaround time and improve productivity versus previous nodes.
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| Intel launched the first commercially available microprocessor 50 years ago |
11/16/2021 |
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The Intel 4004. Our industry can trace itself back to this seminal event, and it’s amazing the progress the industry has made in 50 years. Intel has created a site dedicated to the anniversary that will have links to videos by the early designers and a wealth of information on the development of the chip.
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| Hailo advanced to the next level in Autonomous Driving |
11/16/2021 |
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The Hailo-8 AI Processor for Edge Devices—which the company claims as the world’s most powerful and efficient edge AI processor—is now in production and in the hands of dozens of customers from various application fields ranging from automotive through smart cities, retail, access control, and industrial automation, to name a few.
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| In making the robotaxis business |
11/15/2021 |
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Emerging mobility services will cost less per mile than current conventional taxis and rail-hailing services. The wild card, the market tracker notes, is whether robotaxis will replace car ownership.
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| Several board-level members resigned at China SMIC |
11/15/2021 |
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The company is no stranger to top-level shakeups in recent years. In December 2020, the Shanghai-based chip maker appointed Chiang to the same positions from which eleven months later he has resigned — executive director, vice chairman and member of the strategic committee. SMIC indicated last December that co-CEO Liang might resign.
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| Broadcom Software Group beats estimate |
11/12/2021 |
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Broadcom Software has more than 3,200 patents, and about 80% of its workforce is dedicated to R&D efforts. The company invests about 14% of its revenue into R&D.
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| DRAM prices to pull back after 8 months of increase |
11/12/2021 |
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PC and server manufacturers purchased large quantities of DRAM in the first half of 2021 to help alleviate potential manufacturing and shipping delays later in the year. They are expected to curtail their high level of DRAM purchases in 4Q21 in order to burn through existing inventory. PC and server DRAM prices are expected to slip 0-5% in 4Q21.
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