Monthly Archives: October 2024

[News] Photonics Chip Manufacturer Infinera Secures USD 93 Million Funding

Posted on 2024-10-25 by TrendForce

According to a recent press release from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the department has partnered with optical semiconductor company Infinera under the CHIPS Act, signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding to provide up to USD 93 million in funding. …

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[News] Global Silicon Wafer Shipments Expected to Rise 10% Next Year, Says SEMI

Posted on 2024-10-25 by TrendForce

According to SEMI, the global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to decline 2% to 12,174 million square inches (MSI) in 2024, while strong rebound of 10% is expected in 2025, with shipments projected to reach 13,328 MSI as demand …

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[News] Kioxia to Unveil new DRAM, SCM, and NAND Technologies in December

Posted on 2024-10-25 by TrendForce

Kioxia is set to introduce its progress on DRAM storage-class memory (SCM) and 3D-NAND technologies at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2024 conference in San Francisco in December, featuring its Oxide-Semiconductor Channel Transistor DRAM (OCTRAM) technology jointly developed with …

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[News] Taiwanese Chipmaker MediaTek Likely to Benefit Most from Arm-Qualcomm Licensing Dispute

Posted on 2024-10-24 by TrendForce

Following Qualcomm’s recent launch of Snapdragon 8 Elite, it was confronted by Arm Holdings to terminate its architectural license agreement with Qualcomm, which permitted the U.S. chip giant to use Arm’s intellectual property for chip design, according to Bloomberg. According …

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[News] Google Reportedly Adopts TSMC’s N3P Process instead of 2nm for Tensor G6

Posted on 2024-10-24 by TrendForce

According to a report from Wccftech, Google is rumored to switch to TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process, “N3E”, for its Tensor G5. The report also claims that for the Tensor G6, Google will utilize TSMC’s “N3P” process instead of the 2nm …

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