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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Samsung wants to make $8.8 billion profit from chips in 2024

The semiconductor division has long been one of Samsung’s most profitable business units. It’s been having a tough time of it recently, with the division reportedly losing $10 billion in 2023. Samsung is looking to turn these fortunes around in spectacular fashion in 2024. The company is reportedly looking to earn 11.5 trillion won or […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft readies ‘next-gen’ AI-focused Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 with Arm chips and design upgrades for 2024

The last few months have been a rocky time for Surface fans. With Panos Panay’s departure still on people’s minds, nobody is sure if Surface will continue as it has or fade into irrelevancy as Windows Phone did before it. Microsoft has said publicly that it remains committed to Surface, and the departure of Panay […]

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Samsung delays production of semiconductor chips at its Texas chip plant

Samsung has delayed the mass production of semiconductor chips at its chip plant situated in Taylor, Texas, USA. The mass production of chips at this $17 billion plant was set to begin in the second half of 2024, but it is now set to begin in 2025, which is a delay of at least half […]

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Chinese military leverage Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headsets for combat amid the US government’s export ban on AI chips over security concerns

What you need to know Despite the rivalry between China and the US, the Chinese military was recently spotted on a local TV station using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headsets while training in aircraft maintenance on a warplane. The move has sparked uproar among the Chinese, who expressed the need for the country to manufacture their […]

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Historic deal with ASML to help Samsung gain advantage in 2nm chips

A few weeks ago, Samsung Electronics boss Lee Jae-yong embarked on a business trip to the Netherlands to make important business deals with semiconductor chip equipment maker ASML. He joined the South Korean president on a 4-day official trip after the Dutch King Willem-Alexander invited them to the Netherlands to discuss several chip deals. Samsung […]

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Microsoft is exploring specialized liquids for cooling its AI chips, amid local water supply concerns

What you need to know Microsoft is potentially looking into a new technique that will allow it to use a “specialized liquid” to cool its AI chips. The company unveiled an advanced AI chip in November dubbed Maia 100 chip, which ships with a cold plate with cool water tucked beneath it to prevent it […]

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Apple Chipmaker Discusses Highly Advanced 1.4nm Chips for First Time

TSMC has officially mentioned its work on 1.4nm fabrication technology that is likely destined to underpin future Apple silicon chips. In a slide (via SemiAnalysis‘s Dylan Patel) from its Future of Logic panel, TSMC disclosed the official name of its 1.4nm node for the first time, “A14.” The company’s 1.4nm technology is expected to follow […]

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Future flagship Snapdragon chips could be made using Samsung’s 2nm process

Ever since the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 debacle, Qualcomm has switched most of its new chips to TSMC. Starting with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chips, the company has almost moved away from Samsung Foundry to TSMC, but it could come back to Samsung Foundry in the future, and that too for its flagship Snapdragon […]

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AMD Ryzen 8040 Series is all about AI: Here are the full specs and how the new chips compare to Intel

What you need to know AMD just announced its Ryzen 8040 Series processors. The chips focus largely on AI improvements and promise better performance for both Llama 2 and Vision models. AI has become increasingly important for computing, including creative work, gaming, and general computing. AMD Ryzen 8040-Series processors are shipping now and will be […]

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Some Apple Silicon Chips Will Soon Be Produced and Packaged in U.S.

As part of its efforts to expand its U.S. manufacturing, Apple today announced that Amkor will package some Apple silicon chips at its new facility being built in Peoria, Arizona. The chips will be produced at a nearby TSMC factory, and then Amkor will handle packaging, a final step that protects the chip from physical […]

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Insolite : manger des chips Doritos sans faire de bruit pendant un appel, c’est possible avec cette IA

Cela vous intéressera aussi [EN VIDÉO] Quand les perroquets se mettent aux appels vidéo ! Rien qu’aux États-Unis, les perroquets sont quelque 20 millions à tenir compagnie à des humains…. Ce n’est pas une blague, même si cela y ressemble beaucoup : Doritos, la marque de chips au maïs vient de développer Doritos Silent un logiciel qui élimine […]

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Samsung could mass produce LPDDR5T DRAM chips next year

Samsung is the industry leader in the DRAM chip segment, and it is usually the first to introduce products based on new DRAM standards. However, it was caught off-guard when Micron and SK Hynix announced their LPDDR5T DRAM chips after the announcement of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. But it is now making amends. […]

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Qualcomm and MediaTek flagship chips to use TSMC’s 3nm tech, not Samsung’s

AMD, Apple, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm have all been using TSMC’s new fabrication technologies to make their new semiconductor chips. While some of them also use Samsung Foundry to make their chips, they are usually not the flagship models. Samsung Foundry was hoping that some of them would switch from TSMC to its 3nm process, […]

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Samsung Foundry aims to improve production of AI, high performance computing chips

Samsung aims to improve the production of AI and HPC (High-Performance Computing) semiconductor chips as it is in a unique position. It is the only firm in the world that makes extremely advanced semiconductor chip chips, designs and makes DRAM chips, and offers advanced chip packing solutions. Samsung Electronics Foundry Business Manager Ki-bong Jeong said […]

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AMD’s Zen 5c chips could be made by Samsung’s improved 4nm technology

Samsung lost a lot of its semiconductor chip clients to TSMC over the past few years. First, it was Apple, and then Nvidia and Qualcomm switched from Samsung Foundry to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). However, it looks like the South Korean firm is on the cusp of getting some of its clients back, as […]

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