AMD has suspended chip sales to Russia
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, chip-maker AMD is now the latest global company to severe ties with Russia. The maker of Radeon GPUs and Ryzen CPUs announced that it is halting semiconductor sales to Russia and neighboring Belarus in a move that…
Chip Giants’ Mix-and-Match Processor Plan Could Speed Moore’s Law
Intel packages several “chiplets” into one gargantuan Ponte Vecchio processor. The new UCIe alliance should make such packaging easier. Stephen Shankland/CNET Almost all of the world’s biggest chipmakers have banded together in an…
Galaxy S22’s 4nm chip isn’t noticeably faster, but it wins in other areas
Source: Nick Sutrich / Android Central The semiconductor industry has kept up a frantic pace over the last five years. 2017 saw the introduction of the first 5nm chipsets in the form of the Snapdragon 835, and in 2022 we’re seeing mainstream…
Semiconductor Watch List: Key Chip Ingredients At Risk in Ukraine Conflict
The benchmark PHLX Index (SOX) began the holiday-shortened week at 3,384 before sliding on Tuesday after Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine. “The alarming prospect of war on the European continent — in what would be the…
iPhone 14 Could Feature Even Better Battery Life Thanks to a 6nm 5G RF Chip
The iPhone 13 models probably feature the best battery life in a smartphone, especially the iPhone 13 Pro Max. However, it seems Apple does not plan to rest on the new standard and wants to offer further enhancements. According to the latest, the iPhone…
Intel Shows Off the Chip Technology That’ll Power Your PC in 2025
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger holds a wafer of prototype memory chips made with the 18A manufacturing process due build chips arriving in 2025. Intel; Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Intel on Thursday showed a silicon wafer studded with chips built with a…
Buy Synaptics Stock. It’s the Best-Performing Chip Stock.
Synaptics historically made fingerprint sensors and other chips to power touchscreens and has more recently expanded into the Internet of Things business. Illustration by Stuart Briers Text size The semiconductor shortage has been bad news for consumers…
The Best-Performing Chip Stock May Surprise You
Synaptics historically made fingerprint sensors and other chips to power touchscreens and has more recently expanded into the Internet of Things business. Illustration by Stuart Briers Text size The semiconductor shortage has been bad news for consumers…
Samsung Elec Targets Smartphone Growth in 2022, Sees Solid Chip Demand | Investing News
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it aims to win a bigger share of the smartphone market this year with more 5G-capable models, and pointed to a possible price rebound for its flagship memory chips as early…
Elon Musk’s Brain Chip Tech Garners ‘Black Mirror’ Comparisons on Twitter
A job posting for Elon Musk’s brain implant technology company Neuralink has everyone wondering if we’re living in a Black Mirror episode. This week, the company announced they are hiring a clinical trial director, indicating human testing is near. The…