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| Nvidia: Feds immediately halting AI chip exports to China |
10/31/2023 |
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The restrictions were supposed to be introduced 30 days from 17 October. That was when President Joe Biden's administration announced measures to block countries, including China, Iran and Russia, from buying high-end AI chips designed by Nvidia and others.
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| SK Hynix books 2024 capacity of HBM3/3E |
10/31/2023 |
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SK Hynix says it has fully booked its HBM3 and HBM3E capacity for next year with customers asking for more. High bandwidth memory is forecast to increase 60% to 80% each year over the next five years.
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| Mouser Electronics Inks Distribution Agreement with Siemens for Industrial Automation Solutions |
10/31/2023 |
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Mouser Electronics Inc. is partnering with Siemens on its distribution of industrial automation solutions. Siemens’ operations encompass factory automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, rail transport solutions, as well as health technology and digital healthcare services.
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| Huawei's Mate 60 Pro with 5G lifts its market share |
10/30/2023 |
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Huawei Technologies has seen success in China with its Mate 60 Pro smartphone with 5G connectivity and advanced chip technology, with sales up 37% year over year, Counterpoint Research reports. Its market share rose to 12.9% from 9.1% last year, while Apple, Oppo and Vivo saw declines in the double digits.
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| Western Digital, Kioxia halt merger talks |
10/30/2023 |
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Sources say Western Digital and Kioxia have ended negotiations over a planned merger amid opposition from SK Hynix, an investor in Kioxia. The companies were also in disagreement about the semiconductor memory business merger conditions set by Kioxia shareholder Bain Capital.
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| HPC, AI, and HBM Driving the Future of Medical Research |
10/30/2023 |
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High-performance computing (HPC), designed for computationally intensive workloads, is helping life sciences and medical researchers get answers faster and more cost-efficiently. When combined with accelerated computing, AI, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and other advanced memory architectures.
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| SK Hynix prioritizes DDR5, HDM chips |
10/27/2023 |
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SK Hynix is planning to increase investments in DDR5 and high bandwidth memory chips amid growing demand for AI. The chipmaker also announced its opposition to the proposed Kioxia-Western Digital merger.
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| Expedera Expands Global Presence with New R&D Office in Singapore |
10/27/2023 |
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“The new subsidiary will develop complementary technologies and services that improve customer experience. We aim to position Expedera as the solution provider of choice for system architects and chip designers who demand the highest-performing, lowest-power edge inference engine.”
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| Renesas Launches Induction Motor Position Sensing Technology |
10/27/2023 |
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Renesas Electronics Corp. has developed an inductive position sensor (IPS) technology for highly accurate motor position sensor ICs for robotics, industrial and medical applications. Utilizing non-contact coil sensors, the position sensing technology can replace expensive magnetic and optical encoders now commonly used in motor control systems
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| Micron embedded products power Qualcomm's XR platform |
10/26/2023 |
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Micron Technology asserts that its low-power double data rate 5X DRAM and Universal Flash Storage 3.1 bring speed and performance to Qualcomm Technologies' extended-reality platform. The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor offers untethered mixed reality and virtual reality, and the LPDDR5X boosts power efficiency 24% over previous generations, Micron says.
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| Intel to expand technology, add employees in Hillsboro, Ore |
10/26/2023 |
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.ntel is expanding its semiconductor technology development at its innovation hub in Hillsboro, Ore., with investment that will include a high-tech lithography machine to create more powerful and efficient chips. Intel vice president Ann Kelleher said the company intends to add thousands of jobs at the site, which is the company's largest and already employs more than 25,000.
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| Feds immediately halting AI chip exports to China |
10/26/2023 |
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Nvidia says it has been told by the US government to immediately halt exports of advanced AI chips to China, changing a timeline that originally called for a 30-day window after Oct. 17. The chips in question were specifically designed for the Chinese market to fit parameters outlined by earlier restrictions imposed by the government.
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| South Korea turning to Africa for graphite supply |
10/25/2023 |
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South Korea plans to secure its graphic supply by tapping into African countries such as Tanzania and Mozambique as China moves to tighten export controls starting Dec. 1. Graphite is needed for electric-vehicle batteries, and China says it aims to "safeguard national security and interests.
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| Biden creates regional tech hubs to boost jobs, innovation |
10/25/2023 |
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he Biden administration has named 31 regional tech hubs in 32 states and Puerto Rico as authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act. The program will disperse $500 million in grant funding and aims to attract private investment and increase jobs.
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| In-house chip development weighs on Google, Meta |
10/24/2023 |
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Experts in IC design emphasize that many brands, especially in recent years, are keen on developing their chips. However, in-house chip development not only demands substantial capital but also requires a considerable time investment to accumulate technical expertise and intellectual property.
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| New Nvidia AI agent, powered by GPT-4, can train robots |
10/24/2023 |
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Eureka, which autonomously writes reward algorithms, has, for the first time, trained a robotic hand to perform rapid pen-spinning tricks as well as a human can. Eureka has also taught robots to open drawers and cabinets, toss and catch balls, and manipulate scissors, among nearly 30 tasks.
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| TSMC Reports 3Q 2023 Revenue of .3B |
10/24/2023 |
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Compared to second quarter 2023, TSMC's third quarter results represented a 13.7% increase in revenue and a 16.1% increase in net income.
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| Samsung outlines advanced automotive chip plans |
10/23/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics is aiming to mass produce its 2-nanometer automotive semiconductors within three years while developing 5nm embedded MRAM and 8-inch Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS, or BCD, processes. Samsung points to boosts in speed and integration density between 14nm eMRAM and 8nm eMRAM, which it expects to reach in 2025.
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