Monthly Archives: September 2024

[News] Venturing into Silicon Photonics, AMD Reportedly Seeks Partnerships in Taiwan

Posted on 2024-09-11 by TrendForce

As silicon photonics has become a key technology in the AI era, semiconductor giants, including Intel and TSMC, have joined the battlefield. Now another tech giant has engaged in the war, while U.S. chip giant AMD is reportedly seeking silicon …

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[News] AMD Unifies RDNA and CDNA into UDNA Architecture, Aiming to Compete with NVIDIA’s CUDA

Posted on 2024-09-10 by TrendForce

According to a report from tom’s Hardware, Jack Huynh, AMD’s senior vice president and general manager of its Computing and Graphics Business Group, announced at IFA 2024 in Berlin that AMD will unify its consumer microarchitecture “RDNA” and data center …

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[News] Apple Officially Debuts iPhone 16 with AI Features, but Yet to Announce an AI partner in China

Posted on 2024-09-10 by TrendForce

Apple’s 2024 fall event officially took place earlier, highlighting the launch of the new iPhone 16 series, along with other products like the Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4. According to CEO Tim Cook, the next generation of iPhone has …

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[News] NVIDIA’s Blackwell Overcomes Delays, as GB200 Reportedly Sets for December Mass Production

Posted on 2024-09-10 by TrendForce

According to a report from Commercial Times citing sources, it’s revealed that NVIDIA has executed changes to the Blackwell series’ 6-layer GPU mask. Therefore, the process can now proceed without re-taping out, as production delays being minimized. The report noted that NVIDIA’s updated version of B200 is expected to …

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[News] Micron’s 12-Hi HBM3e Ready for Production, Targeting NVIDIA’s H200 and B100/ B200 GPUs

Posted on 2024-09-10 by TrendForce

After its 8-Hi HBM3e entered mass production in February, Micron officially introduced the 12-Hi HBM3e memory stacks on Monday, which features a 36 GB capacity, according to a report by Tom’s Hardware. The new products are designed for cutting-edge processors …

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