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Google Pixel 6 Pro Teardown
What's inside the Google Pixel 6 Pro Teardown? Contributing authors: Stacy Wegner, Daniel Yang, Radu Trandafir, Aakash Jani The much anticipated Google Pixel 6 Pro has arrived in our lab for teardown. This one took us some time to find! The phone
Alder Lake Steals Gaming-CPU Crown
Intel’s Core i9-12900K chip delivers a double-digit performance advantage over AMD’s fastest Ryzen processor. To do so, it runs at a sweltering 241W while using new superfast DDR5 DRAM.
Cadence HiFi Family Adds a Little One
The new Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP consumes less die area and power than the popular HiFi 3 but adds new instructions that improve performance on Bluetooth 5’s Low Complexity Communication Codec (LC3).
Marvell 5nm Switch Handles 5G RAN
Marvell’s first Ethernet switch built in 5nm technology is for carrier access rather than data centers. The Prestera DX7321 joins the DX73xx family, which handles Ethernet speeds up to 400Gbps.
Q3 Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 27.6% Year-to-Year
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $144.8 billion during the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 27.6% over the third quarter of 2020 and 7.4% more than the second quarter of 2021.
Savoring the Fall Rise
SOC Mobile and SOC Computing recorded the biggest gains, hitting fresh new highs for the year
Process Control and Optimization
This was the latest of Applied’s series intended to update investors on the nitty-gritty details of modern semiconductor technology, while showing why Applied is leading.
SEMI Applauds Inclusion of Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit in U.S. Build Back Better Reconciliation Bill
SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today applauded the inclusion of an Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit in the Build Back Better reconciliation bill.
Intel's Foundry Strategy for Growth & Idm 2.0: What's Different?
Many find Pat Gelsinger's foundry strategy for Intel to be counter-intuitive. One thing is for sure, his IDM 2.0 strategy is on a Grove-ian level of doing the unexpected.
Apple’s First GaN Charger
Apple's First GaN Charger Stephen Russell October 28, 2021 It has been heavily rumoured and anticipated for a few years now, but we have finally seen Apple make the switch to using gallium nitride (GaN) as the power transistor in one of their
Semiconductor Sales to Pass Half-A-Trillion
Still, 2021 will be the year in which semiconductor sales blew past a Half-a-Trillion and Logic at a Quarter-Trillion!
Apple A15 Extends Battery Life
The new A15 processor doubles its system cache to an industry-leading 32MB and drives double-digit performance gains across the CPU, GPU, and AI engine, while boosting battery life.
Order Activity Is Straight and Level
With lead times for semiconductor equipment stretching well into 2022, equipment manufacturers are feeling increasingly optimistic about next year
Coherent Logix Debuts Edge-AI SoC
After serving niche applications with its reconfigurable designs, Coherent Logix introduced an SoC that will serve as a development vehicle for edge AI, software-defined radio, and other real-time applications.
Strategy and Tactics: Samsung’s Strategy Shift and Why We Climb Exponentials
This month was treated with SFF, or the 2021 Samsung Foundry Forum. As expected, it was a technology tour de force. What was unexpected was a fundamental shift in strategic positioning.
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts September 2021 Billings
North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $3.72 billion in billings worldwide in September 2021 (three-month moving average basis), according to the September Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.
Applied Materials' Master Class on Process Control and Optimization
This was the latest of Applied's series intended to update investors on the nitty-gritty details of modern semiconductor technology, while showing why Applied is leading.
Semiconductor Sales Turned Up
Semiconductor Sales growth continues to slow due more to 2020 comps than a real decline.