Entries for December 2021
Samsung takes over Intel as top chipmaker by revenue: report
posted on December 26, 2021 19:05
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. took over the top spot in the global semiconductor market by revenue in the third quarter, a report showed Tuesday, on the back of strong memory chip sales.
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Memory Chips that Compute Will Accelerate AI
posted on December 26, 2021 19:04
Memory Chips that Compute Will Accelerate AI
John Von Neumann’s original computer architecture, where Logic and Memory are separate domains, has had a good run, But some companies are betting that it’s time for a change.
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A Quadrillion Mainframes on your Laptop - Your laptop is way more powerful than you might realize
posted on December 26, 2021 19:03
WHENEVER I HEAR SOMEONE RHAPSODIZE about how much more computer power we have now compared with what was available in the 1960s during the Apollo era, I cringe. Those comparisons usually grossly underestimate the difference.
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TSMC’s N4X Technology Targets HPC
posted on December 26, 2021 19:02
New process technology unveiled by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is geared toward high-performance computing (HPC) workloads and devices. The foundry giant said its N4X process technology is scheduled for trial production during the first half of 2023.
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Is 2022 the Year America’s Technology Supremacy Ends?
posted on December 26, 2021 19:01
In an age when American national sovereignty depends more than ever on our ability to access and manage secure, interconnected data, the newly passed $1 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill is the latest failure to invest in our technology future.
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Opinion: Facing chip shortage, U.S. must train semiconductor workforce
posted on December 06, 2021 19:05
As we slide into the holiday shopping season, many consumers will soon face the effects of the global semiconductor chip shortage that has hobbled sales of cars and electronics products for nearly a year.
More Than Moore At IMAPS
posted on December 06, 2021 19:04
San Diego recently hosted the 54th International Symposium on Microelectronics. That’s a very generic title, so you should know that it is run by iMAPS, the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society. Generally, the conference is just known as iMAPS.
GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT BILLINGS JUMP 38% YEAR-OVER-YEAR IN Q3 2021, LOG FIFTH STRAIGHT QUARTERLY RECORD
posted on December 06, 2021 19:03
MILPITAS, Calif. – December 1, 2021 – Global semiconductor equipment billings increased a robust 38% year-over-year to US$26.8 billion in the third quarter of 2021, an 8% rise from the prior quarter to register their fifth consecutive quarter-over-quarter record high, SEMI announced today in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report.
SC21: Chinese Supercomputer Approaches Quantum Performance
posted on December 06, 2021 19:02
At the SC21 conference, a Chinese team claimed the prestigious Gordon Bell prize (roughly analogous to the Nobel prize for supercomputing). The team’s paper, “Closing the Quantum Supremacy Gap: Achieving Real-Time Simulation of a Random Circuit Using a New Sunway Supercomputer,” describes how they used a new supercomputer to simulate a random quantum circuit.
How the global chip shortage is boosting US manufacturing
posted on December 06, 2021 19:01
When you can't buy that Ford F-150 pickup or Sony PS5, blame the chip shortage. A worldwide problem triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has metastasized into a years-long disruption of everything electronic. Product shortages are causing problems for the most impressive exercise of consumer power, the American holiday shopping season.
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