Samsung likely sole supplier of advanced HBM3E chips to NVIDIA in 2024

NVIDIA needs high-bandwidth advanced memory chips, and a lot of them, since the astronomical demand for its AI semiconductors is only getting higher. Samsung has launched some powerful products to support that demand, and its focus on this segment of the memory semiconductor market might make it only supplier of HBM3E modules to NVIDIA this […]

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China wants to ban Intel and AMD chips and Windows OS from state computers

China introduced guidelines that aim to prevent the use of US processors from Intel and AMD. The new rules also want to block Microsoft Windows and other foreign database products in favor of domestic solutions, reported The Financial Times on Sunday. All government agencies above the township level must have computers and servers with hardware […]

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Amid AI boom, NVIDIA is loving Samsung’s advanced memory chips

NVIDIA has emerged as the leading supplier of AI semiconductor solutions across the globe. There’s incredible demand for its products as companies jump on the AI bandwagon with new solutions and services. AI semiconductors require advanced memory chips and Samsung finds itself in a good position to cash in on this boom. It has a […]

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Samsung wants to put Exynos chips in more phones to save money

Samsung’s reliance on Qualcomm for high-end chipsets has grown significantly over the past few years. The foldable phones have remained Snapdragon-only while the Galaxy S23 series also exclusively used the Qualcomm chipset. Samsung only brought back the Exynos with this year’s Galaxy S24 lineup, even as Snapdragon variants exist in certain markets. Chipsets are one […]

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Samsung denies using its rival’s tech for advanced memory chips

It was reported yesterday that Samsung will start making advanced high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, used for various applications including AI, with technology that’s favored by its local rival SK Hynix. The company was reportedly making this switch to increase its yields of HBM chips. SK Hynix has managed to establish a solid footing for […]

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Samsung may use SK Hynix’s method to manufacture HBM3 chips

According to a new report from Reuters, Samsung Electronics will soon start using the same technology as SK Hynix does to manufacture HBM3 chips. Samsung uses the non-conductive film (NCF) method to stack layers of chips in high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips. Reportedly, this method works well for chips with a lower number of layers […]

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Samsung’s Galaxy A55 and A35 are official with matching OLED screens, Exynos chips

Right on schedule, the Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G are official. The successors to the most popular mid-range duo of 2023 have more in common than ever before. For starters the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 are built around the same display – a 6.6-inch 1080x2340px Super AMOLED panel with 120 Hz refresh […]

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Samsung’s new tech to make 2nm chips more powerful and efficient

According to a new report from Chosun Biz, Samsung Foundry is planning to integrate the Backside Power Delivery Network (BSPDN) technology in 2nm chips. In this technology, power lines are placed at the rear side of the wafer, which makes it easier to manufacture chips on smaller node sizes (especially node sizes smaller than 3nm) […]

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Apple Likely Already Designing Chips Based on TSMC’s 2nm Process

Apple is already designing the chips that will use TSMC’s next-generation 2-nanometer fabrication process, according to information allegedly sourced from an Apple employee on LinkedIn. Originally captured by Korean website gamma0burst and shared on X (Twitter) by the leaker Revegnus (@Tech_Reve), the information appears in a heavily redacted slide said to list the employee’s work […]

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Intel wants to make chips for its direct competitor AMD

At the IFS Direct Connect 2024 event, the CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, revealed that the company’s semiconductor manufacturing arm, Intel Foundry Services (IFS), is open to making chips for every brand, even for companies that compete directly with Intel in the PC and laptop chip space, including AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. Paul Alcorn from […]

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US government gives GlobalFoundries a $3.1 billion package to make more chips

The US government has become very serious about increasing production of advanced semiconductors at home. To that end, the company is strategically providing grants and loans to eligible companies, helping them expand their manufacturing facilities. It was announced today that GlobalFoundries, a chipmaker based in New York, will receive a $3.1 billion package from the […]

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Some Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chips rumored to be made by Samsung

Ever since Qualcomm abandoned Samsung Foundry for TSMC after the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 fiasco, the company hasn’t looked back. Three of its next-generation chips—Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3—are made by TSMC. However, the company might come back to Samsung Foundry if rumors are to be believed. […]

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Rumor: MediaTek is offering discounts to Samsung if it uses more of its chips

Samsung uses a mix of chipset suppliers for its phones – Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung itself – each in different proportions. According to one tipster, MediaTek is negotiating to become a bigger part of the Galaxy series and is trying to lure in Samsung with special pricing. Specifically, it wants to extend the use of […]

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Google takes on Microsoft’s Image Creator from Designer with a cool tool that lets users fine-tune outputs using ‘expressive chips’

What you need to know Google recently announced that Bard, ImageFX, Search, and Vertex AI will run on its updated Imagen 2 model. The company promises more quality and detailed AI-generated images since the model is trained on “higher-quality and image-description pairings.” The company also debuted a new image generation tool dubbed ImageFX, which is similar […]

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Google takes on Microsoft’s Image Creator from Designer with a cool tool that lets users fine-tune outputs using ‘expressive chips’

What you need to know Google recently announced that Bard, ImageFX, Search, and Vertex AI will run on its updated Imagen 2 model. The company promises more quality and detailed AI-generated images since the model is trained on “higher-quality and image-description pairings.” The company also debuted a new image generation tool dubbed ImageFX, which is similar […]

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Samsung signs multi-year deal with Qualcomm for Snapdragon chips

Samsung used the Snapdragon chip in all its high-end phones last year. This year, though, the company used the Snapdragon chip only in the Galaxy S24 Ultra, while the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ used Exynos chips in most countries. In the coming years, Samsung will keep using Snapdragon chips in its flagship phones, […]

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Intel’s Lunar Lake chips could use Samsung DRAM inside

Samsung is the world’s biggest memory chip maker and is often among the first globally to introduce new memory technologies. It is being reported that Samsung’s LPDDR5X DRAM chips will be integrated into Intel’s next-generation processors, and if this report is accurate, it is great news for Samsung. Intel’s Lunar Lake processors could have Samsung’s […]

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to meet Samsung to make AI semiconductor chips

ChatGPT has been on everyone’s minds over the past year. It is a new-generation AI-based chatbot that can offer more detailed answers and can keep up with the conversation with the user. It was developed by the US-based firm OpenAI, and it is the most important company in the AI segment in the world right […]

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Apple to Get TSMC’s First 2-Nanometer Chips

Apple will be the first company to receive chips built on the TSMC’s future 2-nanometer process, DigiTimes said today. According to sources that spoke to the site, Apple is “widely believed to be the initial client to utilize the process.” The report comes from ‌DigiTimes‌ “Tomorrow’s Headlines” alert, so additional details may be available in […]

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Intel’s new Core Series 1 laptop chips ditch all the AI talk, target lower power, more affordable devices

What you need to know Following December’s launch of the new Intel Core Ultra laptop CPUs, the company has unveiled the more mainstream Core U-series.  Targeting lower-power, more affordable laptops, one of the big differences appears to be no NPU for localized handling of AI workflows.  Core U-series will boast up to 10 cores with […]

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