Is the chip shortage over?
posted on February 10, 2023 09:05
As the world eases out of the pandemic, supplies are replenishing — but demand is down. Will the semiconductor sector return in 2023?
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China’s biggest foundry SMIC sees profits fall by one-fourth on waning demand for electronic gadgets
posted on February 10, 2023 09:04
• Profits fell over 26 per cent year on year to US$425.5 million in the December quarter, after SMIC warned earlier about weaker electronics demand
• SMIC reported full-year sales growth of 34 per cent, but it expects the global chip industry to remain at the bottom of the cycle in the first half of 2023
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All you need to know about ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot that’s got the world talking and tech giants clashing
posted on February 10, 2023 09:03
• Schools, corporate boardrooms and social media are abuzz with talk about ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by AI startup OpenAI.
• The tool is capable of taking written inputs from users and producing human-like responses — from poetry in the style of William Shakespeare to advice on what to do for a child’s birthday party.
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U.S. Ban on Huawei Seen Widening China Chip War
posted on February 10, 2023 09:02
An imminent ban on U.S. exports to Huawei is seen as the first volley in a new wave of restrictions that will impair China’s semiconductor, AI and quantum computing industries—all critical for tech dominance in military and commercial realms.
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Why the ChatGPT AI Chatbot Is Blowing Everybody's Mind
posted on February 10, 2023 09:01
This artificial intelligence bot can answer questions, write essays and program computers. Now its technology is at the heart of Microsoft's search engine.
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US-China chip war: America is winning
posted on January 23, 2023 16:05
For more than a century the scramble for oil unleashed wars, forced unusual alliances and sparked diplomatic rows. Now the world's two biggest economies are battling over another precious resource: semiconductors, the chips that literally power our daily life.
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Chip war burns and churns as Biden presses Kishida
posted on January 23, 2023 16:04
The Chinese government has called the United States “selfish” as Washington works at persuading Japan and the Netherlands to join its chip export ban imposed on China.
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Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 28.5% in Fourth Quarter of 2022 and 16.2% for the Year
posted on January 23, 2023 16:03
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 65.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022, a 28.5% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This marks the largest quarterly shipment decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s. For the year, PC shipments reached 286.2 million units in 2022, a 16.2% decrease from 2021.
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Apple supplier TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chip maker, to keep spending in check amid weak global semiconductor demand
posted on January 23, 2023 16:02
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s biggest contract chip maker, expects to cut spending this year, as it braces for continued weakness in global demand.
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Secondary Electron Blur Randomness as the Origin of EUV Stochastic Defects
posted on January 23, 2023 16:01
Stochastic defects in EUV lithography have been studied over the last few years. For years, the Poisson noise from the low photon density of EUV had been suspected [1,2]. EUV distinguishes itself from DUV lithography with secondary electrons functioning as intermediary agents in generating reactions in the resist.
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