NVM Reliability Challenges And Tradeoffs
posted on April 17, 2020 11:05
While various NVM technologies, such as PCRAM, MRAM, ReRAM and NRAM share similar high-level traits, their physical renderings are quite different. That provides each with its own set of challenges and solutions.
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COVID-19 Disrupts Samsung’s Plan to Mass Produce EUV-based 5-nm Semiconductors
posted on April 17, 2020 11:04
The Netherlands’ ASML is the world’s sole producer of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) exposure equipment used for semiconductor production. Yet the company is having difficulty exporting its equipment due to COVID-19, negatively affecting major global semiconductor producers including Samsung Electronics and TSMC. Some experts say that bigger damage will be done to Samsung than TSMC.
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Intel could experience sales surge due to coronavirus, but ‘all bets are off’ after that
posted on April 17, 2020 11:03
Intel Corp. could experience a huge early sales boost from companies outfitting stay-at-home workers with computers and a surge in cloud-services adoption, but the long-term picture for COVID-19 effects is not as clear.
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Intel 10nm Roadmap Leaked: Alder Lake May Land This Year
posted on April 17, 2020 11:02
A Weibo user has shared two alleged Intel PowerPoint slides pointing to the chipmaker's 10nm rollout for 2020. As with any leak, however, approach this information with skepticism as it hasn't been confirmed by Intel.
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What Is DRAM’s Future?
posted on April 17, 2020 11:01
This isn’t the first time DRAM has been the center of attention involving performance. The problem is that not everything progresses at the same rate, creating serial bottlenecks in everything from processor performance to transistor design, and even the technology to manufacture these devices. It’s now memory’s turn.
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Intel Wants Chip Customers to Feel the Need for Speed Again
posted on April 03, 2020 12:05
Intel Corp. is trying to sell its new laptop chips in an old way -- by emphasizing their speed.
The world’s biggest chipmaker is touting the clock speed of its new H line of processors, citing their ability to process data at more than 5 gigahertz, or 5 billion cycles a second.
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The chips are down
posted on April 03, 2020 12:04
It was announced this week that the Trump administration was bringing forward its latest wave of punitive action on Huawei, the Chinese technology giant.
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Report: TSMC ready to start volume production of Apple A13 chips
posted on April 03, 2020 12:03
Last week, Nikkei Asian Review claimed Apple considered delaying its first 5G-enabled handset due to concerns about COVID-19 related supply chain problems and potentially weak demand. But TSMC has joined the firm’s circuit board manufacturers in stating Apple hasn’t called for a production delay.
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Teardown Highlights Huawei’s Reliance on U.S. RF Components
posted on April 03, 2020 12:02
It’s not easy to tell how far the U.S. administration’s attempt at preventing U.S. companies doing business with Huawei can go, given the symbiotic relationship among them. Given the make-up of Huawei’s new smartphone, the answer is: certainly not as far as the Administration wants to go — at least not yet. But Trump keeps trying. Now he wants to force IC manufacturers who use production equipment produced in America to get U.S. government approval before selling to Chinese customers.
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Smartphone maker Xiaomi says China sales already close to full recovery
posted on April 03, 2020 12:01
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is seeing signs of a sales recovery in China, it said on Tuesday, as the country starts to return to normal following the coronavirus lockdown.
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