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| Taiwan to open IC design training base in Prague |
4/16/2024 |
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Taiwan is opening its first overseas IC design training base to help companies operating in Europe train specialists. The Prague base, which launches in September, is aiming for 100 specialists in the first year, according to National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Tsung-tsong.
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| Huawei aims to grow fab know-how with R&D site |
4/15/2024 |
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Huawei Technologies is reportedly building a research and development center in Shanghai to develop its wafer fab equipment abilities. The center is focusing on lithography machine development, sources say, amid restrictions on leading-edge wafer fab tools overseas.
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| DRAM Price Increase Expected to Narrow to 3–8% in 2Q 2024 |
4/15/2024 |
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As they continue to improve their situations by boosting capacity utilization rates, the overall demand outlook for this year remains tepid. Additionally, significant price increases by suppliers since the fourth quarter of last year (4Q 2023) are expected to further diminish the momentum for inventory restocking.
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| Foxconn weighs rotating leadership, sources say |
4/12/2024 |
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Foxconn is considering a rotating system of chief executives as it overhauls its management, sources say. The strategy can promote teamwork and develop talent, and follows calls from investors to increase corporate governance, analysts say.
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| Huawei releasing 5nm Kirin chip made by SMIC |
4/11/2024 |
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Huawei Technologies is set to release a Kirin chip that uses a 5-nanometer process node made by SMIC, according to a report. Huawei is also reported to be developing Kirin chips with a 64-bit structure.
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| Microsoft investing $2.9B in data centers in Japan |
4/11/2024 |
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Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.9 billion over the next two years to boost its hyperscale cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Japan, marking its biggest investment in the country.
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| Boeing delivery orders sluggish |
4/11/2024 |
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The aircraft maker delivered only 83 commercial aircraft as it slows production in an attempt to fix quality issues.
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| Samsung to get up to $6.6B in US chip subsidies for Texas facilities |
4/10/2024 |
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The subsidy, which will be unveiled by Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo, will go toward construction of four facilities in Taylor, including one $17 billion chipmaking plant that Samsung announced in 2021, another factory, an advanced packaging facility and a research and development center.
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| South Korea banking on AI with $7B investment |
4/10/2024 |
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says the country is investing $6.94 billion in AI by 2027 to maintain its global edge in semiconductors. South Korea's chip exports hit $11.7 billion last month, and the country plans to focus on artificial neural processing units and high-bandwidth memory chips, according to the government
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| What is AI Good For? |
4/10/2024 |
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We are just now entering into the AI Era and are still in the early stages.
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| Samsung set to announce 2nd fab in Texas |
4/9/2024 |
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Samsung Electronics is planning to announce a second fab in Taylor, Texas, bringing its total investment there to $44 billion. The facility is expected to focus on high-bandwidth memory.
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| Samsung sees profit rebound on stronger memory demand |
4/8/2024 |
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Samsung Electronics ended quarterly profit declines in the first quarter, beating analyst estimates for a preliminary operating profit of $4.9 billion. Memory chip demand and stronger pricing helped the company's revenue increase, though totals were short of expectations.
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