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Wednesday 12 July 2023
China-based carmakers joining bandwagon in developing automotive chips
With the rising penetration of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China, China-based automakers, such as BYD, SAIC, Nio, and Li Auto, are developing automotive chips to strengthen resilience...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Foxconn organizes working groups to help MIH grow, says DIGITIMES Research
MIH is an industry alliance led by Foxconn aimed at creating an open EV platform that provides solutions encompassing everything from prototypes to customized designs. There are 14...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Indian AI company draws global interest with autonomous vehicle tech
There is a popular joke in India that Bangalore is a city where techies travel two hours in harrowing traffic to develop apps that will deliver food and groceries in eight minutes...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Huawei's AI ambition persists despite US sanctions
The US sanctions against Huawei have entered the fourth year. Barred from obtaining crucial components, Huawei gradually slowed down its development of new technologies and has become...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Qualcomm, MediaTek conservative in placing wafer-start orders for 2H23
Top mobile SoC specialists Qualcomm and MediaTek have yet to release their views about market demand outlook for the second half of 2023, but they are taking a relatively conservative...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
CAAM retracts automakers' pledge to avoid "abnormal pricing" in China
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) recently organized automakers to publicly pledge to compete fairly, especially not setting abnormal pricing. Two days later, CAAM...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Chinese chipmakers rally behind initiative to develop AI industry standard
Right now, China's AI chip development is no match for the high-performance AI GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD. However, facing tightening export sanctions from the US government, Chinese...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Cars with smartphone integration garner attention
The integration of upcoming vehicles and smartphones has garnered international attention; however, industry observers noted that Eastern and Western automakers are employing very...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
SoftBank to build supercomputer for generative AI
NHK and Nikkei reported that SoftBank, the telecom subsidiary under SoftBank Group, planned to invest JPY20 billion (US$140 million) and use Nvidia's GPU to build...
Monday 10 July 2023
Zeekr EVs coming to Israel as Chinese brand enters Middle East
Zeekr cars will be available in Israel from the fourth quarter this year, marking the Chinese electric-vehicle brand's debut in the Middle East after a fresh foray into the Netherlands...
Monday 10 July 2023
Short-supplied automotive IC is unlikely to become excess in the future
International IDMs have seen significant improvement in automotive IC supply recently, according to supply chain sources. In addition, automotive IC production capacity keeps growing...
Monday 10 July 2023
Taiwan chip gear makers and AI server supply chain report strong 1H revenue growth
In early 2023, semiconductor market was expected to see a recovery in the second half of the year, but those hopes were dashed when TSMC announced that inventory buildup was more...
Monday 10 July 2023
AMD's Lisa Su sees "AI-first chip designer"
To what extent can artificial intelligence (AI) support and assist in chip design? Following recent examples of AI-assisted chip design in both China and the United States, there...
Monday 10 July 2023
Fear of AI chip ban drives up Nvidia A800 prices in China
The Biden Administration's ban on the sale of high-end AI chips to China has driven the prices of Nvidia A800 chips to skyrocket in China.
Monday 10 July 2023
Naver and Samsung to launch lightweight AI semiconductor solution in 2H23
South Korean online platform Naver is working with Samsung Electronics to develop AI semiconductor solutions and AI model lightweight solutions as two main axes to improve the performance...