Meta’s vendor-agnostic toolkit helps optimize AI for various CPUs
Facebook parent Meta announced the launch of a brand-new set of free development tools for artificial intelligence apps, which help developers optimize AI apps for multiple processors.
According to the company, the new open-source AI platform is built on PyTorch, an open-source machine learning ... Read more
NXP: ‘Chips Act makes too little money available to reach target’
The support package for European chip makers won't be enough to reach the European Union's goal, according to NXP's CEO. The chip giant calculated that the market needs €500 billion in investments, while the support package only provides €43 billion.
The European Union wants to have a 20 pe... Read more
Siemens automates tests of chips with advanced packaging
Siemens Digital Industries Software, a division of Siemens AG, announced the release of 'Tessent Multi-die'. The technology simplifies the design process for testing chips built with advanced packaging.
Traditionally, chips have been packaged with a single silicon tile inside. Now, as the indus... Read more
Intel to pump €15 billion into Arizona chip factories
Intel will invest €15 billion euros in the expansion of several chip factories in Arizona. The plan is a response to the CHIPS and Science Act. The new law unlocks more than €50 billion in subsidies for chip manufacturing and research in the United States.
Intel funds the expansion together... Read more
Intel gives sneak peek at new Meteor Lake processors
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gave a sneak peek at the upcoming Meteor Lake chips. Meteor Lake chips consist of several chiplets instead of single silicon pieces. Intel's Foveros technology helps arrange the chiplets in three dimensions to form a processor.
The most important announcement about the u... Read more
Samsung to spend $15B to build a new advanced chip R&D complex
On Friday, Samsung announced that it intends to spend 20 trillion won (about 15 billion dollars) by 2028 to build a new advanced chip research facility in South Korea.
The new facility will be located at the company’s Giheung campus. According to the tech giant, it will be at the forefront of ... Read more
US chipmakers worry that data center growth could slow
Analysts and investors speculate that cloud migrations may slow and reduce chip demand.
Cloud and data centers are the chip industry's strongest sector, but cloud infrastructure could be chipmakers' next problem, according to a report in Reuters.
Signs are showing growth could slow in what h... Read more
Smartphone chip sales drop due to economic conditions
Smartphones processor sales are down. Major manufacturers Qualcomm and Samsung reported disappointing quarterly results.
Qualcomm warned of a decline in smartphone processors sales during the presentation of its third fiscal quarter. Qualcomm attributes the decline to economic circumstances, inc... Read more
‘US must be independent of Taiwanese chip industry’
The US Department of Commerce wants the States to be independent of the Taiwanese chip industry. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo believes it's important to implement the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) as quickly as possible.
According to the ministry, the US is to... Read more
Intel hires execs from rival foundries to challenge TSMC and Samsung
Intel Foundry Services has been recruiting executives and senior staff from competitor chipmakers to compete with TSMC and Samsung.
Suk Lee and Michael Chang, two TSMC veterans with a combined 44 years of experience working for the Taiwanese company, are the newest hires to Intel's revived found... Read more