CONNECT WITH US
NEWS TAGGED CHIPS
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Chinese research team successfully runs LLM using RTX 4090 instead of server-grade chips
Can high-end consumer-grade Nvidia graphics cards, such as the RTX 4090, handle Large Language Models (LLM) AI computing tasks? PowerInfer, an open-source framework developed by Shanghai...
Monday 15 January 2024
Taiwan's Phison to make high-end server hay with PCIe 5.0 retimer chips
Essential digital retimer chips needed for the server industry's upgrade from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0 are in short supply.
Monday 15 January 2024
US fears Chinese chip dump as China faces capacity overkill
US Congress is urging the Biden administration to impose high tariffs to prevent China from flooding the country with mature process chips
Thursday 11 January 2024
MIIT to expand auto chip national standards to 70 items by 2030
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced plans to introduce the country's first set of national standards for automotive chips in 2025. The initial...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
Oppo ditches chip design project, but retains Zeku architecture crew
In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), major cloud computing companies, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc., are competing to invest in in-house chip design capability.
Wednesday 10 January 2024
Self-driving chips to be next battleground for US and Chinese vendors
Competition between US and Chinese chip vendors is heating up in the self-driving market segment, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 9 January 2024
Nvidia rolls out new chips, claims leadership of AI PC race
Nvidia Corp., whose chip technology dominates in data centers used to create artificial intelligence software, announced new products to help the personal computer industry lure consumers...
Monday 8 January 2024
Alibaba, Tencent and others reportedly express little interest in new Nvidia chips
According to recent Chinese media reports, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese Big Tech giants have shown little interest in purchasing Nvidia's upcoming solely Chinese-market-designed...
Monday 8 January 2024
How Chinese carmakers' diverse chip procurement will affect IDMs remains to be seen
Supply chain sources said China-based automakers are considering using more cost-competitive commercial-grade chips in their cars. The move has raised a question about whether the...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Kai-Fu Lee predicts overhaul of China's AI industry amid preparation to adopt domestic AI chips
Lee's startup 01.AI reached the US$1 billion unicorn mark last year after receiving investment during its latest funding round from China's Alibaba and Lee's Beijing-based company...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Chinese automakers consider using commercial chips, sources say
Cost concerns are driving some Chinese automakers to consider expanding the use of commercial-grade chips to replace automotive-grade ones in their vehicles, according to supply chain...
Wednesday 3 January 2024
IC backend firms put focus on AI chips, CPO
Semiconductor demand is improving gradually, with IC packaging and testing houses expressing optimism about market prospects for 2024 and focusing on AI chips and Co-Packaged Optics...
Friday 29 December 2023
ASML's High-NA EUV technology: Shaping the future of sub-2nm chips as US pushes ahead in semiconductor race
At the close of 2023, it's reported that TSMC and Samsung will delay the mass production of 4nm chips at their new fabs in the US from 2024 to 2025, posing a challenge to the Biden...
Thursday 28 December 2023
Japanese companies establish automotive advanced SoC R&D centers for self-driving chips
Toyota has initiated a new organization focusing on the R&D of car semiconductors. Members will likely include multiple Japan-based leading automakers and semiconductor companies...
Wednesday 27 December 2023
Jmem Tek enhances chip security, helping prevent chips from being physically cracked by reverse engineering
With the coming Internet of Things (IoT) era, a large number of devices will be connected to the Internet. While this trend brings convenience, it also brings an increased risk of...