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Temperatures are cooling off, but the path is still clear Andrea Lati Order activity for semiconductor equipment continued to cool off, slipping to 88 degrees Despite the recent slowdown, order activity remains in a healthy expansion phase Bookings and backlogs are still hovering at record levels

Teardown: Apple Macbook Pro 16 While Apple may be most famous for its handheld internet-enabled devices, its Macbook Pro line has been a steady supply of revenue for the company for many years. The Macbook Pro has been a staple for many corporate IT departments for years as well as a popular

New ConnX 110 and 120 DSP cores upgrade the company’s BBE DSPs and are compatible with the higher-performance ConnX B10 and B20. They target wireless communications, radar, and lidar.

NXP is unifying its microcontroller offering with the new MCX family. Although this doesn’t indicate the end of the older families, it will be the focus for new designs that need modern features.

Both leading foundries allowed customers to claim they were using a 4nm process when, in fact, they were using 5nm technology. This situation renders node names meaningless.

Oppo Find X5 Pro improves Anti-Shake Technology with 5 axis image stabilization John Scott-Thomas The Oppo Find X5 Pro was released in March, 2022 and introduce 5 axis optical image stabilization. This allows a putative x3 improvement in anti-shake performance. TechInsights recently performed an

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SEMICON West. SMIC’s 7nm Chips. EUV changing Fab Economics G. Dan Hutcheson The Chip Insider® SEMICON West was packed as the world’s silicon-birds came back to their migratory path, after two years of various COVID forced lockdowns, in an attempt to regain their bearings on where the industry was

Temperatures are cooling off, but the path is still clear Andrea Lati Order activity for semiconductor equipment continued to trend down, slipping to 89 degrees The rate of decline has moderated in the last two weeks following a steep drop in June The sentiment at SEMICON West was positive Equipment