Samsung may reveal its $44 billion US chip investment next week

Samsung has invested a lot of money in its US chipmaking facilities. In addition to its existing facility, the company announced a $17 billion project in 2021 for a semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas that’s likely to begin mass production of chips later this year. The US government is focused on pumping up the local […]

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Samsung may reveal its $44 billion US chip investment next week

Samsung has invested a lot of money in its US chipmaking facilities. In addition to its existing facility, the company announced a $17 billion project in 2021 for a semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas that’s likely to begin mass production of chips later this year. The US government is focused on pumping up the local […]

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TSMC’s Next-Generation Chip Technology for Apple Silicon on Schedule

Apple chipmaker TSMC is making progress toward manufacturing 2nm and 1.4nm chips that are likely destined for future generations of Apple silicon, DigiTimes reports. The manufacturing time frames for mass production of 2nm and 1.4nm chips have now apparently been determined: Trial production of the 2nm node will begin at in the second half of […]

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Qualcomm brings new Wi-Fi chip, robotics RB3 Gen 2 platform

Qualcomm announced its latest micro-power QCC730 Wi-Fi chip, promising improved range and data transfer rates while consuming less power and offering direct cloud connectivity. This dual-band micro-power Wi-Fi chip is aimed at IoT devices and Qualcomm is betting on efficiency with claims of 88% less power per data transfer compared to its previous generation. The […]

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Samsung to receive $6.6 billion subsidy for chip plant in Texas

Samsung will receive a $6.6 billion subsidy to help it expand its chip plant in Texas, US, reveals Reuters. This is the latest step of the Biden administration in its efforts to boost chipmaking in the United States. The subsidy will go towards the construction of four facilities in the American plant, including one $17 […]

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TSMC to receive $6.6 Billion in direct funding for Arizona chip plant

The United States Department of Commerce announced a new round of funding for TSMC under the CHIPS and Science Act. TSMC is in line to receive $6.6 billion in direct funding and $5 billion in loans for its semiconductor production in Phoenix, Arizona. TSMC is also eligible to apply for an investment tax credit covering […]

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Galaxy M55 goes official in India with Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip, 45W charging

As scheduled, Samsung has launched the Galaxy M55 in India, alongside the Galaxy M15. The company unveiled the Galaxy M55 late last month by launching it in Brazil, and it is a slightly modified and more affordable version of the Galaxy A55, which the brand launched early last month. Let’s take a look at the […]

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Samsung is building another chip plant in the US

Samsung Electronics is reportedly doubling its investment in the US to build and package advanced semiconductor chips. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Samsung has decided to increase its investment to a whopping $44 billion. That’s $22 billion on top of what the company has already invested. Samsung will build a chip […]

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Samsung’s profit rises by 931% in Q1 2024 as chip sales recover

Samsung has been struggling over the past couple of years, especially due to its most important product: memory chips. However, things now seem to be improving financially, as the company has reported a huge rise in its profit. Earlier today, Samsung revealed its earnings guidance for Q1 2024. Samsung’s profit rises 931% on the back […]

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TSMC Resumes Majority of Apple Chip Production Following Earthquake

Apple chip supplier TSMC has reportedly resumed most of its operations after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s eastern coast on Wednesday. TSMC told Bloomberg that more than 80% of its chip production lines are operational again as of Thursday, and it said there has been no damage to its most critical equipment. More specifically, Taiwanese […]

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Major Earthquake in Taiwan Halts Some Apple Chip Production Lines

A major earthquake in Taiwan has halted some TSMC chip production lines, potentially impacting the manufacture of Apple devices (via Bloomberg). A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan in the early hours of the morning, causing significant damage to infrastructure and disrupting operations at several TSMC key manufacturing sites. Sources familiar with TSMC’s operations said that the […]

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Samsung plans 3D DRAM launch next year for AI chip dominance

Samsung is gearing up to take full advantage of the intense demand for high quality memory solutions due to the AI gold rush. It’s already won a lot of praise for its new high-bandwidth memory products from the likes of NVIDIA, a market leader in AI semiconductors. The company is now looking to expand its […]

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New report claims that the Galaxy S25 series will feature Snapdragon chip, despite previous claims

After a year of absence, Exynos is back on the flagship Galaxy S line. A month ago we heard that this was just the first step to total domination – one leakster reported that all Galaxy S25 phones will use Exynos everywhere. However, a post from DigiTimes from today contradicts that. The report suggests that […]

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M3 Max Chip Has Hidden Change That Could Affect Future ‘M3 Ultra’ Chip

Apple’s M3 Ultra chip may be designed as its own, standalone chip, rather than be made up of two M3 Max dies, according to a plausible new theory. The theory comes from Max Tech‘s Vadim Yuryev, who outlined his thinking in a post on X earlier today. Citing a post from @techanalye1 which suggests the […]

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M3 Max Chip Has Hidden Change That Could Affect Future ‘M3 Ultra’ Chip

Apple’s M3 Ultra chip may be designed as its own, standalone chip, rather than be made up of two M3 Max dies, according to a plausible new theory. The theory comes from Max Tech‘s Vadim Yuryev, who outlined his thinking in a post on X earlier today. Citing a post from @techanalye1 which suggests the […]

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M3 Max Chip Has Hidden Change That Could Affect Future ‘M3 Ultra’ Chip

Apple’s M3 Ultra chip may be designed as its own, standalone chip, rather than be made up of two M3 Max dies, according to a plausible new theory. The theory comes from Max Tech‘s Vadim Yuryev, who outlined his thinking in a post on X earlier today. Citing a post from @techanalye1 which suggests the […]

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M3 Max Chip Has Hidden Change That Could Affect Future ‘M3 Ultra’ Chip

Apple’s M3 Ultra chip may be designed as its own, standalone chip, rather than be made up of two M3 Max dies, according to a plausible new theory. The theory comes from Max Tech‘s Vadim Yuryev, who outlined his thinking in a post on X earlier today. Citing a post from @techanalye1 which suggests the […]

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M3 Max Chip Has Hidden Change That Could Affect Future ‘M3 Ultra’ Chip

Apple’s M3 Ultra chip may be designed as its own, standalone chip, rather than be made up of two M3 Max dies, according to a plausible new theory. The theory comes from Max Tech‘s Vadim Yuryev, who outlined his thinking in a post on X earlier today. Citing a post from @techanalye1 which suggests the […]

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Galaxy M55 goes official with Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip, 50MP selfie camera

Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy M55, and it is now available for pre-order in Brazil. It is a modified version of the Galaxy A55, and it trades some features for others to offer a better-specced phone in some regards. So what’s different compared to the Galaxy A55? Let us check it out. Galaxy M55 […]

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Qualcomm unveils S5 Gen 3 audio chip with AI acceleration and cheaper S3 Gen 3

Qualcomm just unveiled the third generation of its mid-tier and premium audio chipsets – the Qualcomm S3 Gen 3 and S5 Gen 3. These come to replace the Gen 2 models that were first announced in 2022. Both bring more processing power – including AI acceleration for the S5 chip – improvements to audio quality […]

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