Monthly Archives: August 2024

[News] Reducing Reliance on China, Apple to Produce High-End iPhones in India for the First Time

Amid Apple’s intention to reduce its dependence on China and promote India as another major iPhone production hub, Indian financial media outlet Moneycontrol has revealed in a report that Apple will manufacture the iPhone 16 Pro series in India, marking …

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[News] Samsung’s 8-layer HBM3e to Start Mass Production in Q3, Driving HBM Sales to Soar 3-5 Times in 2H24

Samsung Electronics, which has been surround by concerns that its HBM3e products are still struggling to pass NVIDIA’s qualifications, has confirmed in its second quarter earnings call that the company’s fifth-generation 8-layer HBM3e is currently undergoing customer valuation, and is scheduled …

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[News] US Reportedly Weighs Stricter Limits on AI Memory Access for China

According to a report from Bloomberg, the US is reportedly considering new measures and could unilaterally impose restrictions on China as early as late August. These measures would limit China’s access to AI memory and related equipment capable of producing …

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[News] Hong Kong Kicked-off Construction of the First GaN Epi-Wafer Pilot Line

To jointly promote the development of Hong Kong’s microelectronics industry, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and MassPhoton (Hong Kong) held a launch ceremony for Hong Kong’s first ultra-high vacuum “Third-Generation Semiconductor Gallium Nitride Epitaxial Wafer Pilot Line” on …

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[News] NVIDIA’s Blackwell Begins Sample Delivery, Boosting Taiwanese AI Supply Chain Demand

NVIDIA’s next-generation Blackwell architecture AI superchip is about to ship. According to a report from Commercial Times, on July 29 during the SIGGRAPH conference in Denver, USA, NVIDIA announced a series of software updates and revealed that samples of the …

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