Arm launches next-gen mobile chips
Chip giant Arm unveiled its newest CPUs and GPUs for the mobile device industry.
Arm doesn't produce chips; instead, it creates the blueprints that hardware manufacturers use to develop CPUs and GPUs. Globally, billions of devices are powered by the company's technologies.
Most smartphones an... Read more
TSMC is deploying ASML’s new EUV machine
Taiwan's TSMC expects to deploy one of ASML's high-NA extreme ultraviolet lithography machines in two years' time. The machine allows the chip manufacturer to produce extremely small chips.
TSMC is one of the first chip manufacturers to receive the technology from ASML. The Taiwanese giant has ... Read more
Samsung travels to the Netherlands for negotiations with ASML
Samsung's vice chairman travelled to the Netherlands to discuss its future with ASML. Samsung wants to produce groundbreaking microchips. The tech giant depends on a steady supply of ASML's equipment.
Samsung is one of the world's largest chip manufacturers. Customers place orders, after which ... Read more
‘Chip manufacturers invest €104 billion in production capacity’
Industry association SEMI calculated that the world's chip manufacturers will invest a total of $109 billion (€104 billion) in production capacity in 2022.
According to the researchers, investments are about twice as high as three years ago. In 2019, chip manufacturers invested $55 billion (a... Read more
OpenLight unveils technology for first open-silicon photonics platform
OpenLight, a relatively newer company, launched the world’s very first open-silicon photonic platform with integrated lasers.
OpenLight – a company drawn out of “Juniper Networks” and managed by “Synopsys” – launches the very first silicon photonics platform utilized by chip design... Read more
ASML is about to change the chip industry forever
ASML is developing a new EUV machine that produces extraordinarily small chips. The Dutch manufacturer expects to complete the machine before the end of 2023.
ASML builds machines for the world's largest chip manufacturers. ASML's most advanced models work with extreme ultraviolet (EUV), a wavel... Read more
‘Samsung to raise chip prices by 20 percent’
Insider sources told Bloomberg that Samsung is trying to raise chip production prices by 15 to 20 percent.
The business model of chip manufacturers revolves around the service of production capacity. The manufacturer invests in its own factories and produces at the request of customers. Samsung ... Read more
Qualcomm launches first chipsets for wifi 7
Qualcomm recently presented a series of chipsets for WiFi 7. Qualcomm is one of several manufacturers preparing for the upcoming WiFi standard.
The new Network Pro Series Gen 3 platform consists of multiple WiFi 7 chipsets with a throughput of up to 33 Gpbs. This is a significant increase over W... Read more
Broadcom in antitrust scrutiny chair again
Broadcom is under scrutiny by the United States Federal Trade Commission due to the allegations by customers that they force exclusive deals.
Broadcom, an American manufacturer, developer, designer, and worldwide supplier of a range of infrastructure and semiconductor software products, is yet a... Read more
‘End of chip shortage in sight due to falling GPU prices’
According to market researcher Susquehanna, the retail price of GPUs fell by 36 percent in the past quarter. Reuters speculates that the end of the chip shortage is in sight.
Susquehanna's figures are in line with 3DCenter.org, a market researcher that recently reported a GPU price drop of 25 pe... Read more