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| Samsung debuts Exynos 2400 with Xclipse 940 GPU |
10/9/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics introduced its newest mobile application processor -- the Exynos 2400 -- which uses the Xclipse 940 graphic processing unit based on American Micro Devices' RDNA3 architecture. The next-generation AP upgrades central processing unit and AI performance, Samsung says.
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| British chipmaker Graphcore racks up losses |
10/9/2023 |
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Graphcore, a chipmaker based in the UK, is considering potential investors as a lifeline as its losses widened 11% year over year to $204.6 million. The company specializes in chips for AI and had hoped to take on rival Nvidia.
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| Samsung Electronics may up NAND flash prices by 10% |
10/6/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics is reportedly considering increasing the prices of its NAND flash devices by 10% or more, with the increase to take effect almost immediately with new contracts. The company has been trying to cope with market weakness by decreasing wafer input but now is said to see a price increase as the way to go, sources report.
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| Smartphone ODM Shipments Down Only 6% YoY in 1H23 |
10/6/2023 |
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Smartphone shipments from original design manufacturers/independent design houses (ODMs/IDHs) declined by 6% year-on-year (YoY) in the first half of the year (1H23), according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research’s latest Global Smartphone ODM Report and Tracker.
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| Intel to spin off specialized chip unit. |
10/5/2023 |
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Intel said it will treat its programmable chip unit as as a standalone business, with an aim to spin it out through an IPO in the next two to three years.
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| Intel turns over mini-PC production, sales to Taiwan's Asus |
10/4/2023 |
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Beginning in September, Asus began to take Intel's NUC orders, with production expected to begin next quarter (January 2024). The new Asus-branded NUC products, for the time being, will complement the company’s mini-PC line-up.
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| TSMC's losses seen as a wider weakness across sector |
10/4/2023 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has seen its shares drop 11% since June, and investors see chip demand down across the sector in the long term. Mizuho Securities Asia analyst Kevin Wang expects "soft end-demand" to persist into the second quarter of 2024.
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| Observers Say SMIC Well on Its Way to 5-nm Breakthrough |
10/3/2023 |
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.The production of 7-nm silicon by China’s largest chipmaker just days ago has crossed a red line set by the U.S. government to keep its rival nation stalled at the 14-nm node. SMIC’s widely reported breakthrough erodes the U.S. strategy to use export controls and blacklists to halt China’s technological progress.
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| IoT Service Hub and Winstec Jointly Launched AI Image Recognition EVB |
10/3/2023 |
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This EVB integrates the most advanced NPU AI computing engine, allowing HUB 8735 to efficiently process AI models. At the same time, HUB 8735 is also compatible with Arduino development features, and has a variety of pre-trained AI models that are already optimized on the module.
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| US earmarks $500M for smaller semiconductor suppliers |
10/2/2023 |
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The US Commerce Department will allocate $500 million in government grants to smaller semiconductor suppliers. The funding will be directed at projects costing under $300 million, aiming to reduce reliance on Asian production lines and boost domestic production of electronic components.
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