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Samsung and Apple has allegedly shown interest in acquiring Intel. Acquiring Intel would not only give them access to the company’s intellectual property but also its factories and related know-how. This would be especially useful for Samsung, which is struggling… Read more ›

Samsung has announced the Exynos 1580 processor for mid-range phones. Samsung  is manufacturing the latest chipset on its third-generation 4nm EUV FinFET process. Samsung has embedded the new ARMv9 CPU cores and doubled the GPU performance. The Exynos 1580 features… Read more ›

Intel is allegedly looking to sell at least a minority stake in its Altera unit in a transaction that would raise several billion dollars in cash. Intel is seeking a deal that values Altera at around USD17B. Intel purchased Altera… Read more ›

GWM has officially announced the successful development and activation of its RISC-V automotive-grade MCU chip, the Zijing M100, which was jointly developed with multiple partners. It features a modular architecture with a reconfigurable core and a four-stage pipeline design that… Read more ›

Google has allegedly plans to keep TSMC as a long-term partner, with its Tensor G6 supposedly leveraging the advanced 2nm process. The Tensor G5 was previously reported in July of this year to have reached ‘tape-out’ status, with all that… Read more ›

Unisoc has announced the successful upgrade of its 5G and 4G mobile platforms to Android 15. This update covers platforms such as the T820, T770, T765, T760, T750 for 5G, and T620, T619, T616, T615, T612, and T606 for 4G.… Read more ›

Qualcomm has allegedly explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel’s design business to boost the company’s product portfolio. Qualcomm  has examined acquiring different pieces of Intel, which is struggling to generate cash and looking to shed business units and… Read more ›

Xiaomi and Unisoc have allegedly joined forces to co-develop a 4nm chipset and a new development suggests the first Xiaomi-branded chipset from the collaboration is set to launch in early 2025. It will reportedly be fabbed on TSMC’s 4nm N4P… Read more ›

Huawei was first included in the United States’ export control list in 2019, but several companies including Qualcomm were allowed to export certain 4G chips to it after obtaining exemptions from Washington. Before being blacklisted from trade, Huawei had been… Read more ›

Applied Materials was rejected for funding under the CHIPS act for a research and development center in Silicon Valley. Commerce Department officials allegedly rejected the chipmaking equipment maker’s bid to gain U.S. funding for a USD4B facility in Sunnyvale, California.… Read more ›

Qualcomm has formally announced its new Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset (SM4635). At its core the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 features 2x Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 6x Crotex-A55 at 1.8GHz. All eight cores are downclocked by 200 MHz… Read more ›

Samsung Electronics will reportedly use MediaTek’s high-end application processor (AP) Dimensity 9300+ instead of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets for its new premium tablet Galaxy Tab S10 to be unveiled as early as Oct 2024. It will mark the first time for… Read more ›

Intel, AMD, Samsung, LG Innotek, and SKC’s US subsidiary Absolics have all highly focused on glass substrate technology for advanced packaging. Intel stated that glass substrates could lay the foundation for achieving an astounding one trillion transistors on a single… Read more ›

Google’s Tensor G4 might be the last SoC that is mass produced by Samsung Foundry, as the Tensor G5 is said to leverage TSMC’s cutting-edge 3nm process when it powers the upcoming Pixel 10 series in late 2025. Since Samsung’s… Read more ›

Samsung is developing a new chip package technology to prevent overheating in application processors (AP). The package attaches a heat path block, or HPB, on top of the SoC, and is expected to be used on future Exynos chips, sources… Read more ›

According to Chris Patrick, SVP and General Manager of Handsets at Qualcomm, the company has been working on making Android version updates and security updates easier for quite a while. One of the things they been working on for the… Read more ›