As the dark of the night rolls into China this evening, Qualcomm is hosting a mobile-focused product launch event they’re calling “Snapdragon Night”. Headlining the event is the announcement of the company’s new flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. A mid-generation update to their flagship …
With the recent launches of the Realme GT Neo 3 and Redmi K50 series, it seems that MediaTek is gunning for the top spot among the flagship Android SoC market with its Dimensity 8100, Dimensity 9000 processors. Left: Realme GT Neo3, Right: Redmi K50 However, it …
When AMD started using TSMC’s 7nm process for the Zen 2 processor family that launched in November 2019, one of the overriding messages of that launch was that it was important to be on the leading edge of process node technology to be competitive. That move …
For TSMC, being the world’s largest foundry with nearly 500 customers has its peculiarities. On the one hand, the company can serve almost any client with almost any requirements. On the other hand, it has to stay ahead of everyone else both in terms of capacity …
It’s all bad news. What you need to know A global semiconductor shortage is crippling technology supply chains. It affects everything from GPU to car production. As the shortage’s effects snowball, supply recovery times lengthen. Semiconductors have quickly become one of the world’s most rare and …
One of the main drivers for the semiconductor industry is the growth in always-connected devices that require silicon inside, either for compute, communication, or control. The ‘Internet of Things’ era, depending on who you speak to, is set to scale to many billions of devices and …
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has announced plans to build the world’s first 3nm fab in Tainan, Taiwan. As the EETimes reports, there had been recent rumours circulating that the fab would be built in the USA, under President Trump’s initiative to bring more manufacturing to …
TSMC has announced plans to build its first test chips for data center applications using its 7 nm fabrication technology. The chip will use compute cores from ARM, a Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (CCIX), and IP from Cadence (a DDR4 memory controller, PCIe 3.0/4.0 links). …
One of the more intriguing mysteries in the Apple ecosystem has been the question over what process the company would use for the A10X SoC, which is being used in the newly launched 2017 iPad Pro family. Whereas the A10 used in the iPhone was much …
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has commenced production of Apple’s A11 processor, according to a new report by DigiTimes. The chip is expected to power the company’s redesigned OLED “iPhone 8“, scheduled to launch in the fall. TSMC is the sole supplier of A11 chips, which …
