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| Analyzing magnetic fields in digital domain |
5/26/2021 |
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When magnetic matter creates signals, analyzing them with digital receiver systems (DRS) lets scientists study the magnetic fields. Analyzing the properties of the signals, for example, how they vary with time, scientists can measure the fields and study their small fluctuations.
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| HiSilicon offers RISC-V development board without an ARM processor |
5/26/2021 |
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The release is significant as it is the result of the US trade blockade that delivered a dramatic blow to Chinese manufacturers such as Huawei. Thanks to the trade war between the countries, Huawei’s HiSilicon subsidiary lost access to its semiconductor manufacturing, which centered around Arm.
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| Samsung's new processing-in-memory architecture places AI computing capabilities inside HBM |
5/25/2021 |
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First presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Virtual Conference (ISSCC) earlier this year, Samsung’s new processing-in-memory (PIM) architecture places AI computing capabilities inside an HBM. This is a different approach from the commonly used von Neumann architecture for computing systems, which uses separate processor and memory units to carry out millions of intricate data processing tasks. Because the von Neumann architecture employs sequential processing that requires data to constantly move back and forth, it results in a system-slowing bottleneck especially when handling ever-increasing volumes of data found in large-scale processing in data centers, high performance computing (HPC) systems, and AI-enabled mobile applications.
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| Chinese are making move to control Newport Wafer Fab |
5/25/2021 |
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Nexperia, the NXP standard products unit which, in 2016, was sold to Chinese financial companies – Jianguang Asset Management and Wise Road Capital – has appointed two directors to the Newport Wafer Fab board after a contract dispute.
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| EU approved SK hynix to acquire Intel Corp's NAND business |
5/25/2021 |
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Last October, SK hynix signed a deal to buy Intel's NAND business for US$9 billion, which includes the U.S. firm's solid state drive business and a NAND flash chip plant in Dalian, China. Following the deal, the South Korean firm had to obtain approval from antitrust regulators in major countries.
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| TSMC boosted auto chip production by 60% in a year |
5/24/2021 |
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TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said it had taken “unprecedented actions” to help automakers. That includes reallocating capacity to other industries that are also experiencing “stressfully high demand due to the acceleration of digital transformation”.
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| L&T Technology develope automobile self-parking technology in co-operation with Intel |
5/21/2021 |
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Designed for a cloud-enabled world, the solution has four key components: an operator portal that hosts user information; a mobile application for end-user interface; a digital signage module to ensure safe and secured access; and a digital camera—all connected by the AWS cloud platform. This architecture helps end users easily locate available parking spaces in outdoor parking lots.
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| Out of the present 8in wafer shortage, shifting to 12in make sense |
5/19/2021 |
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“8-inch wafer capacity is in short supply to unimaginable levels. Wafer production capacity is so tight that customers’ demand for production capacity has reached a panic level.” And that from mid 2021 “to the second half of 2022, the logic and DRAM markets will be out of stock.”
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| Samsung consider to build $17 billion plant in Austin |
5/19/2021 |
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Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip producer and No. 2 foundry firm, has been mulling building a US$17 billion foundry factory in the U.S., with Texas, Arizona and New York mentioned as possible candidate sites.
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| SK hynix is considering a takeover of Key Foundry fab in China |
5/19/2021 |
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SK hynix currently controls 49.8 percent of the company via a private equity fund set up by Magnus PEF. The rest – a 50 percent stake plus one share-- is held by the fund’s another investor, MG Community Credit Cooperatives. SK hynix has spent 207 billion won ($183 million) for that investment in March last year.
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| AMD to bring out a budget RDNA 2-powered GPU |
5/18/2021 |
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The expectation, as Tom’s Hardware, which spotted this development, observes, is that ‘Beige Goby’ will be the engine of the budget-level graphics cards below the RX 6600, so that could mean RX 6500 or 6400 products.
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| Chip shortage hits Huawei 5G smartphone production |
5/18/2021 |
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Huawei's latest P40, P40 Pro, Mate 30 and Mate 40 5G smartphones are still unavailable at its authorized stores, on its official website, as well as the third-party sales channels, due to supply chain disruptions.
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| COVID-19 cases rise in Taiwan to affect Semiconductor Industry |
5/18/2021 |
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TSMC and other Taiwan-based foundries remain diligent in their respective precautionary measures internally against COVID-19, amid concerns over a spike in confirmed cases in Taiwan. Nevertheless, potential coronavirus-induced lockdowns in Taipei and other cities may pose a threat to the local chipmaking industry supply chain, according to industry sources.
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