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Tuesday 9 July 2024
SoftBank to acquire British AI chip designer Graphcore for US $500 million
SoftBank offered to acquire Graphcore, which designs AI chips for data centers, for US$500 million. The deal is subject to review by the UK, while SoftBank's massive stake in Arm...
Tuesday 9 July 2024
AI strategy 2024: navigating plateaus, GPU shortages, and legal pitfalls
VentureBeat has identified six key issues shaping corporate AI strategies in 2024, including the plateauing of large language model (LLM) advancements and emerging alternatives...
Monday 8 July 2024
Trial production of Pixel smartphones begins in India by Foxconn and Dixon
Google is gearing up to establish India as a key export hub for its Pixel smartphones targeting markets in Europe and the US, with the local production of Pixel smartphones to commence...
Friday 5 July 2024
Google's green goals clash with AI data center demand surge
Google's latest environmental report reveals a significant increase in carbon emissions, primarily driven by the company's efforts to integrate AI functionalities and expand data...
Friday 5 July 2024
Nvidia Blackwell B100/B200 deliveries imminent, air cooling remains dominant
According to sources in the server supply chain, Nvidia will soon begin shipping its new B100 and B200 chips. Mass production of servers equipped with these Blackwell architecture...
Thursday 4 July 2024
Google 2024 environmental report highlights struggles with clean energy in Asia-Pacific
Google's 2024 environmental report outlines progress and challenges toward achieving its net zero carbon emissions goal. It emphasizes the struggles to secure clean energy in the...
Thursday 4 July 2024
Speculation arises about Apple developing cloud AI chips
As Apple touts its emphasis on privacy in cloud computing for its upcoming Apple Intelligence, market watchers expect a surge in demand for cloud AI chips since Apple will need to...
Wednesday 3 July 2024
Advantest ramps up investments to capitalize on AI opportunity
Due to rapid AI advancement and the increasing complexity of semiconductor chips, Advantest anticipates a growing demand for semiconductor testing equipment and intends to capitalize...
Wednesday 3 July 2024
Quantum computing: a potential energy-efficient solution for genAI?
The rise of genAI technology has significantly increased the power consumption of data centers and traditional GPU-based computing systems.
Wednesday 3 July 2024
Motor driver IC demand for data centers ramping up
As cooling becomes a key issue for data centers, especially with liquid cooling solutions gaining prominence, in the past few years Taiwan-based IC design firms such as Weltrend and...
Tuesday 2 July 2024
BYD sales rise to a record on price cuts, tech upgrades
BYD Co. sold a record number of electric and hybrid cars in the second quarter, sales data compiled by Bloomberg News shows, as price cuts and new technology stoked consumers into...
Tuesday 2 July 2024
Naurint introduces edge server for enterprise applications
Naturint, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Systex, introduced the Systex AI Box, combining Large Language Models (LLMs), Nvidia GPUs, and other technologies aimed at finance and manufacturing...
Tuesday 2 July 2024
Chipmakers gearing up for SiPh boom
Advanced packaging for Silicon Photonics (SiPh) and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) has emerged as an additional forward-thinking trend, following CoWoS, InFO, and SoIC.
Monday 1 July 2024
South Korea's export growth accelerates on record chip sales
South Korea's export growth accelerated last month, reflecting resilience in global demand as the artificial intelligence and technology sectors drive record gains in semiconductor...
Monday 1 July 2024
Taisol sees increasing trend in use of liquid cooling
Liquid cooling is widely used in newly built data centers, and L2L (liquid to liquid) architecture has been widely adopted, according to Taiwan-based cooling module maker Taisol El...