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Samsung Electronics forecasts strong chip demand as Q2 profit jumps

The world's top maker of memory chips and smartphones posted a 54% jump in operating profit for the second quarter, its strongest result in more than two years

How AL and ML are completely overhauling the complex chip designing process

San Jose-headquartered and Nasdaq listed Cadence Design Systems is going about doing this with the recent launch of Cerebrus, an ML-based tool that automates and scales chip design

Apple says semiconductor shortage reaches iPhone, growth forecast slows

Apple executives also said that while the impact of the chip shortage was less severe than feared in the third quarter, it will get worse in the fourth, extending to iPhone production

Massive chip shortage to continue for up to 2 years, says Intel CEO

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has said that the massive chip shortage will continue for at least two more years before the industry is able to completely catch up with the demand

Hyundai Motor Q2 net profit soars, expects chip shortage to ease

Hyundai Motor Co turned in its best quarterly profit in about six years on Thursday, helped by solid demand for its high-margin SUVs and its premium Genesis cars

Global chip shortage will easily drag into 2022 - Stellantis CEO

Some carmakers have adapted to the chip shortage by dropping features from their models

Intel looks to buy AMD's spun-off unit for $30 billion: Report

Closely held GlobalFoundries, controlled by Abu Dhabi's sovereign fund Mubadala Investment, could be valued at about $30 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported

Chip-maker Intel in 'talks' to acquire GlobalFoundries for $30 bn: Report

Chip-maker Intel is reportedly exploring a deal to acquire GlobalFoundries, a semiconductor company its rival AMD spun off a decade ago, for nearly $30 billion

Top Headlines: Zomato heads for more indices; chip crisis costs millions

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Shortage of chips, worth a few dollars, costing global firms billions

Vehicles, computers, mobile phones, and other smart gadgets, with sticker prices ranging up to thousands of dollars, are stuck on assembly lines for lack of components

Food, the switch and the wardrobe

Opening up in the US may switch spending to services and wardrobe restocking, and de-stock overflowing pantries

QuEST Global acquires Synapse Design to boost semiconductor business

This acquisition will enable QuEST's vision to grow its semiconductor business, add at least 2,000 engineers in the next four years

A forgotten chipmaker in US may hold key to end worldwide shortage

GlobalFoundries sits pretty with its everyday products as larger rivals battle it out to make ever-more advanced chips.

Hyundai Motor Group chases local chipmakers to cut exposure to shortage

Hyundai officials have met with local "fabless" firms - which design chips but outsource manufacturing to the likes of TSMC and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Hyundai to halt US plant for three weeks on chip shortage, maintenance

Hyundai Motor, South Korea's biggest carmaker by sales, said on Monday it will suspend its US plant for three weeks due to lack of semiconductors and routine maintenance

Top Headlines: GST meet to discuss Covid; TCS stock 'gives 3,000% return'

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Samsung Electronics develops 8-nanometer RF chip process technology

Samsung Electronics has developed an 8-nanometer (nm) process technology for radio frequency (RF) chips as the South Korean tech giant eyes to beef up its foundry service for 5G mobile semiconductors

Senate passes bill to boost US technology industry, counter rivals

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that aims to boost US semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence

This entrepreneur claims his graphene-silver-coated masks kill coronavirus

Vikas Bardiya's firm Nanomatrix has, in a span of about a year, developed a dealer network in several large Indian cities and is exporting to the US, UAE and Thailand

Global supply of chips in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccinated

Taiwan's dominance for cutting-edge chips is under attack as governments from the U.S. to Europe and Japan, alerted to the strategic nature of the semiconductor supply chain, seek to spur production.