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Meta unveils next-gen custom AI chip to power its apps and services

The next-generation MTIA chip is part of Meta's broader plan for custom, domain-specific silicon chips that can handle internal workloads

Google brings Arm-based Axion processors to train AI models: Details here

Google Axion processor is already powering core services like Google Earth Engine and YouTube Ads platform and more

South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI by 2027 to retain edge in chips

South Korea plans to significantly expand research and development in AI chips such as artificial neural processing units (NPUs) and next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips

Samsung to receive $6-7 billion in chip subsidy for Texas expansion

It will also include an investment in another undisclosed location, the source said, adding that Samsung will more than double its U.S. investment to over $44 billion as part of the deal

TSMC boosts Biden's AI chip ambitions with $11.6 billion agreement

Under preliminary agreement announced by the US, TSMC will construct a third factory in Phoenix, adding to two facilities in the state that are expected to begin production in 2025 and 2028

Japan PM visits chip factory, stressing ties with Taiwan, support for tech

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a new semiconductor plant for which his government has pledged more than 1 trillion yen (USD 7 billion) of support to secure a steady supply of chips on Saturday. I believe this project will have positive ripple effects throughout Japan. It is key for not only the semiconductor industry but also a wide range of businesses such as electric vehicles and electronics, he said while touring the facility. The new plant on the southwestern island of Kyushu, majority owned by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., is the Taiwanese semiconductor giant's first in Japan. Kishida also expressed sympathy to Taiwan following an earthquake that left at least 12 people dead. Japanese companies like Sony, Denso and Toyota are investing in the TSMC subsidiary that opened the plant in February, although the Taiwanese giant retained an 86.5% stake in the Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. The project underlines Japan's hopes to regain

Samsung estimates 10-fold rise in its Q1 profit as chip prices recover

In its mobile business, Samsung likely reported a solid profit after launching sales of its new flagship Galaxy S24 smartphones in late January, analysts said

Why maintaining ASML equipment is new front in US-China chip war?

ASML dominates the market for lithography tools - huge expensive, complex machines that perform one step in the chipmaking process, helping to create circuitry

India has given over $1 bn to private firms under PLI scheme: Official

The 1.97-trillion-rupee ($24 billion) production-linked incentive scheme (PLI) is India's key industrial policy and covers 14 sectors ranging from electronic products to drones

Taiwan's semiconductor industry resumes operations after deadly earthquake

Technological advancements in Taiwan appear to have kept damage and casualties relatively low after the 7.4 magnitude quake struck the island's east coast early Wednesday

Meity chips away at doubts, defends its domestic semiconductor policy

Govt's sequential approach targets mature nodes, foreseeing a conservative $100 billion chip demand in five years

Taiwan quake to hit some chip output, disrupt supply chain: Analysts

Manufacturers in Taiwan have been hardening their factories against earthquakes for decades and many use automatic shutdown systems to minimise damage to their production and tools, analysts said

Intel discloses $7 billion operating loss in 2023 for chip-making unit

Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger said 2024 would be the year of worst operating losses for the company's chipmaking business and that it expects to break even on an operating basis by about 2027

South Korea's production of semiconductors rises by most in 14 years

The memory-chip market that underpins South Korea's semiconductor industry is notorious for its boom-and-bust cycle

India uniquely positioned in global semicon story, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

A $1 trillion industry will require more than nine lakh talented professionals. Close to a-third of all talent in the semiconductor industry are in India, says Vaishnaw

Tendulkar-backed RRP Electronics to invest Rs 5,000 cr in chip facility

RRP Electronics, a company backed by former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, on Tuesday announced an investment of Rs 5,000 crore for a semiconductor facility in Maharashtra. The investment will be done over the next five years, the company said in a statement. Contributions from Tendulkar in the overall investment or details of other shareholders were not disclosed by the company. The statement said on March 23, a 25,000 square feet facility in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai was unveiled in the presence of Tendulkar, retired nuclear physicist Anil Kakodkar and the company's founder, chairman, promoter and chief executive Rajendra Chodankar. It is an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility and plans are afoot to establish a comprehensive research and development centre and have an expanded setup encompassing multi-line OSAT and a fab foundry, the statement said. "Embarking on a journey of innovation, RRP Electronics pledges an initial investment of Rs 5,000 crore

India needs to double electronics manufacturing: Tata Electronics chairman

India has slowed down on the manufacturing front and needs to double down on electronics manufacturing services (EMS)-designing, manufacturing, testing components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers, Tata Electronics Chairman Banmali Agrawala said. During a conversation with Vinay Ramesh, COO at the Foundation for Economic Development, Agrawala said India has gone 'slow' on the manufacturing front and needed to ensure that the sector, which accounts for 13-15 per cent of India's GDP, has a much larger share as it will create better-paying jobs. "Our share in the global trade in manufacturing is negligible, so there is ample room for growth. Electronics, on its own, has a global trade worth USD 5 trillion. Given the pace of digitalisation the world over, it is only going to grow, and this is something India should be after," Agrawala said, adding that India's domestic consumption is not going to be enough to be able to achieve sustained economic growth. "We have to ha

China blocks use of Intel, AMD chips in govt PCs, to use local processors

The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft's Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options, the report said

NIT Raipur to set up advanced semiconductor chip research centre on campus

National Institute of Technology Raipur has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Bengaluru-based firm to set up an advanced chip research and development centre on its campus in Chhattisgarh's capital, an institute official said on Sunday. The POSIT system-based general purpose-graphics processing unit (GPGPU) advanced chip research and development centre will be named ViBram Silicon Hub and assistant professor of NIT Raipur Dr Sonal Yadav will head it, a public relations officer of the institute said. POSIT number system is an alternative to Floating Point number system and claims to deliver better performance and accuracy for high-performance applications, specifically those that involve significant mathematical computations, the official said. GPGPU advanced chips are used in smartphones, laptops, desktops, servers, and many other digital devices. These chips are also used in tsunami detection and satellite launch applications, he said. The agreement was inked between NIT

Local chip design firms can cater to e2Ws worldwide: Cadence's India MD

He points out, moreover, that there are two clearly different markets in the semiconductor sweepstakes