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Memory Technology Roadmap Update: Q2 2024 - Focus on 3D NAND
Discover the latest advancements in 3D NAND technology with our Q2 2024 Memory Technology Roadmap update. Learn about Samsung, KIOXIA, Micron, SK hynix, and YMTC's newest innovations and upcoming products.
Chip Observer: May 2024
Discover the latest in AI and tech with Chip Observer May 2024. Highlights include NVIDIA's Blackwell chip, Intel's Gaudi 3, Apple's M4, new AI tools, and significant geopolitical and funding updates.
SEC Court Challenge Sidetracks Emissions Reporting Requirements
Unveiling a full picture of a semiconductor's carbon footprint requires a deep dive into the supply chain.
2024 Power Essentials Video Briefing 1
In this briefing, we capture market headlines from the previous months, including acquisitions and investments, major supply chain agreements, collaboration agreements, facility and capability expansions, and updates on the new and on-going patent litigations between Infineon and Innoscience, as well as EPC and Innoscience, respectively.
H1 2024 Wi-Fi/IoT Briefing
Complete with links to relevant Wi-Fi/IoT device reports from the TechInsights Platform, this Analysts’ Briefing is the essential companion the subscribers to discover the challenges and advancements in today’s mobile wireless connectivity outside the cellular domain.
The Chip Insider®– How Japan Lost its Semiconductor Industry
In all the discussions around China’s effort to gain leadership in semiconductors, the question of how Japan lost its position – with such a huge advantage – keeps coming up. In the end, there were six strategic causes behind the long-term failure of Japan’s semiconductor industry.
China's Semiconductor Production Capacity to Grow by 40% in Five Years
Gain insights into China's semiconductor industry with TechInsights, foreseeing a 40% capacity growth over five years, driven by equipment purchases and strategic investments, shaping global markets and trade policies.
Advanced TSMC 22ULL Embedded RRAM Chip Unveiled
Discover the advanced TSMC 22ULL embedded Resistive RAM (eRRAM) chip featured in Nordic Semiconductor's latest nRF54L SoC devices.
A Tale of Two Foundries (TSMC and HLMC) and One Design House (HiSilicon)
Explore HiSilicon's Hi1105-GFCV100 module and its manufacturing journey between TSMC and HLMC foundries, highlighting the design consistency and adaptability in the semiconductor industry amidst global chip shortages.
Optimizing Battery Lifespan: MacBook Pro M3 vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11
Consumer electronics often grapple with battery pack swelling in lithium-ion batteries, attributed to factors like rapid charging, inadequate thermal regulation, and prolonged full charge states. This study compares swelling control mechanisms in MacBook Pro M3 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11.
Synaptics’ Astra Pushes More AI to the Edge
Synaptics’ new Astra platform aims to ease the integration of more AI compute capability in IoT edge devices with Arm-based SoCs featuring AI acceleration engines and an ecosystem of supporting software and development tools.
Generative AI in the Telecom Industry
Explore how Generative AI is revolutionizing the telecom industry by automating tasks, optimizing networks, and enhancing customer experiences.
The Chip Insider®– Chiplets: a disruptive business model?
Chiplets: a disruptive business model? It’s important to ask this question when chiplets are only a new technology. Loss of leadership by incumbents becomes unavoidable whenever a new technology metastasizes into a new business model.
Update brings more fabs, water use, increased technology coverage to TechInsights Semiconductor Manufacturing Carbon Model
Notable improvements include the expansion of fab coverage, with the model now covering 184 300mm semiconductor fabs worldwide.
Google is the third-largest designer of data center processors as of 2023… without selling a single chip
Discover how Google, without ever selling a single chip, has risen to become the third-largest designer of data center processors by pioneering AI accelerators like TPUs.
Ethos-U85 Adds Transformer Support
Arm has updated its neural processing technology, offering its EthosU85 as a follow-on to the prior EthosU65. It positions Arm as having a critical new technology for the edge.
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