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| TSMC seeks permanent waiver for US chipmaking tools |
10/16/2023 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been granted an extension from the US exempting it from trade sanctions in China and it expects to get permanent authorization through the validated end-user program. TSMC also announced plans to manufacture 6-nanometer chips at a new facility in Japan, Nikkei reports.
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| U.S. to close loophole on AI technology leak to China |
10/16/2023 |
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The United States last year shook relations with Beijing when it unveiled new restrictions on shipments of AI chips and chipmaking tools to China, seeking to thwart its military advances. Those rules are set to be tightened in the coming days.
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| Chip market observed to rebound next year |
10/13/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics managed to reduce operating loss in its core memory chip unit amid increasingly clear signs of industry recovery. Some expected that the slump in the industry that began in the late half of 2022 will be coming to an end after the third quarter.
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| "AI in a box" module can answer queries and generate text in real time |
10/13/2023 |
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Pete Warden’s startup, Useful Sensors, initiated a new crowdfunding campaign this week for its natural language processing (NLP) system built on a small Rockchip single-board computer. The “AI in a box” module, built on off-the-shelf hardware from Rockchip, understands natural language, answers queries and generates text entirely at the edge.
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| Chip industry puts tech into fab efficiency goals |
10/12/2023 |
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The semiconductor industry is looking to AI, automation and machine learning to boost efficiency, increase sustainability and reduce costs in manufacturing. UK-based Flexciton, for instance, uses data from fabs to tackle production challenges with specific objectives.
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| AMD aims to expand AI software with Nod.ai buy |
10/12/2023 |
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Advanced Micro Devices has entered an agreement to acquire open-source AI software company Nod.ai. AMD's Vamsi Boppana says the acquisition aims to help AI customers "easily deploy highly performant AI models tuned for AMD hardware," such as Instinct data center accelerators and Ryzen AI central processing units.
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| Weaker Taiwan dollar helps boost TSMC sales by more than 13% in Q3 |
10/11/2023 |
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At an investor conference held in mid-July, TSMC forecast that consolidated sales for the third quarter, a traditional peak season for the semiconductor industry, would range between US$16.7 billion and US$17.5 billion, up 6.5 percent to 11.6 percent from the second quarter.
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| China Plans to Hit 300 Exaflops of Compute Power by 2025 |
10/10/2023 |
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The country's ministries have announced plans to expand its computing power significantly in the coming years, intending to hit 300 exaflops by 2025. This would require it almost to double its supercomputing power in the next two years.
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| Samsung debuts Exynos 2400 with Xclipse 940 GPU |
10/9/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics introduced its newest mobile application processor -- the Exynos 2400 -- which uses the Xclipse 940 graphic processing unit based on American Micro Devices' RDNA3 architecture. The next-generation AP upgrades central processing unit and AI performance, Samsung says.
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| British chipmaker Graphcore racks up losses |
10/9/2023 |
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Graphcore, a chipmaker based in the UK, is considering potential investors as a lifeline as its losses widened 11% year over year to $204.6 million. The company specializes in chips for AI and had hoped to take on rival Nvidia.
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| Samsung Electronics may up NAND flash prices by 10% |
10/6/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics is reportedly considering increasing the prices of its NAND flash devices by 10% or more, with the increase to take effect almost immediately with new contracts. The company has been trying to cope with market weakness by decreasing wafer input but now is said to see a price increase as the way to go, sources report.
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| Smartphone ODM Shipments Down Only 6% YoY in 1H23 |
10/6/2023 |
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Smartphone shipments from original design manufacturers/independent design houses (ODMs/IDHs) declined by 6% year-on-year (YoY) in the first half of the year (1H23), according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research’s latest Global Smartphone ODM Report and Tracker.
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