Tim Millet, vice president of Platform Architecture (Hardware Technologies) at Apple, is clear about what differentiates the company’s silicon strategy and why it can outperform the competition continuously. Tom Boger, Vice President of Mac Product Marketing at Apple, has underlined… Read more ›
Samsung is allegedly considering outsourcing Exynos chip manufacturing to TSMC. Samsung Galaxy S25 series will reportedly use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip worldwide. Apparently, solving the low yield issues of the company’s 3nm GAA wafers will take longer than it… Read more ›
TSMC will start producing 2nm GAA-based wafers in 4Q25 at its Fab 20 in Hsinchu which has a capacity of 30k wpm and will be followed by the 30k wpm Fab 22 in Kaohsiung which is expected to start produxtion… Read more ›
According to the “Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast Report” released by SEMI in Jul 2024, global wafer fab equipment spending will increase from USD95.6B in 2023 to USD98.3B in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 3%, mainly due to the gradual… Read more ›
Intel is aiming to ship 100M units of AI PC, what it calls computers powered by its AI processors, by 2025, a 150% jump from its goal by 2025 of 40M units. Intel Sales & Marketing Group Director Jack Huang… Read more ›
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 ›