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Tuesday 16 July 2024
SK Hynix reportedly partners with Amkor in supplying interposers
Amid the competition among SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics regarding HBMs, SK Hynix reportedly plans to team with Amkor to enter the interposer market to alleviate the interposer...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
GenAI beyond chatbots: Andrew Ng discusses industry applications and corporate strategies
Amid the rapid growth of AI applications, Andrew Ng, founder of DeepLearning.AI and Managing General Partner at AI Fund, emphasizes that Generative AI (GenAI) encompasses much more...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
5G stagnation prompts Taiwan telecom giants to pivot towards AI for growth
Four years into Taiwan's 5G era, which began on June 30, 2020, with Chunghwa Telecom's launch, the industry faces a sobering reality. Despite high expectations for 5G to revolutionize...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
TEL unveils open-source GenAI SSA at Semicon West 2024
Semicon West 2024 was held on July 9-11 in San Francisco, and Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), the Japanese semiconductor equipment supplier, unveiled the world's first open-source generative...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
SDC's IT-OLED export volume saw massive increase thanks to Apple's iPad Pro
Samsung Display (SDC) is experiencing rapid revenue growth due to Apple's introduction of the first iPad products equipped with OLED panels. SDC president Joo-Sun Choi anticipates...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Microsoft and Apple drop OpenAI board seats amid AI safety and monopoly concerns
Microsoft has announced its decision to forgo its observer seat on OpenAI's board, with Apple reportedly following suit. Despite these moves, concerns about market monopolization...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Smartphone replacement, automotive applications to boost CIS demand in 2H24
Anticipating a wave of smartphone replacements and growing demand for automotive applications, Taiwan-based backend houses are optimistic about the CMOS image sensor (CIS) sector...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
China's self-sufficiency for automotive ICs still below 10%
Despite having the biggest car market in the world and the largest capacity for making Electric Vehicles (EV), China's automotive semiconductor self-sufficiency rate remains below...
Monday 15 July 2024
JEDEC nears HBM4 standard finalization
The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced that it is nearing completion of the next version of its highly anticipated High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) DRAM standard.
Monday 15 July 2024
AI PCs see positive market feedback, vendors may stock up for year-end sales
As the traditional year-end peak season approaches, opinions are divided concerning the actual demand for AI PCs. Optimists anticipate a wave of device upgrades in the second half...
Monday 15 July 2024
Sovereign AI global race: can Tsinghua Unigroup secure China's supremacy?
Ever since Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang championed the "Sovereign AI" strategy at the 2024 World Government Summit, global governments have been in a rush to establish their own AI infrastructure...
Monday 15 July 2024
Samsung's new smartwatches, smart rings bolster its AI ecosystem
At the "Galaxy Unpacked 2024" event held in Paris, France, Samsung Electronics not only introduced new foldable smartphone models but also showcased its AI-powered wearable ecosyst...
Monday 15 July 2024
RISC-V and other challenges lie ahead as Arm takes on x86
Recent years have seen shakeups in the traditional dichotomy of the processor landscape, in which Arm ruled the mobile market with its low power consumption and cost, while Intel...
Monday 15 July 2024
VinFast postpones Carolina factory operation amid challenges
VinFast, a Vietnam-based EV maker rapidly expanding its global presence, announced a delay in its operation for its manufacturing facility in North America, according to an official...
Monday 15 July 2024
AI boom strains power grids as liquid cooling emerges as a potential solution
The rapid growth of generative AI is driving an unprecedented expansion of data centers, raising concerns about their impact on electricity grids. These power-intensive facilities...