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[News] Huawei Might Not Hold the Crown for Long as Xiaomi Tries to Catch up on Tri-fold Smartphones

Posted on 2024-09-19 by TrendForce

Huawei’s Mate XT, being the world’s first tri-fold smartphone, has created a buzz as it got over 4 million preorders even before the formal launch. However, the tech giant might not enjoy the monopoly for long. Citing a recent patent …

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[Insights] China’s MIIT Unveils Latest Domestic DUV Equipment, Faces Challenges for 40nm Processes

Posted on 2024-09-19 by TrendForce

On September 9, 2024, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the “Guiding Catalog for the Promotion and Application of Major Technical Equipment (2024 Edition),” listing 286 domestically manufactured equipment items. Among these, the KrF and ArF lithography …

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[News] TSMC Reportedly Begins Small-Scale Production in Arizona for Apple’s A16 with the N4P Node

Posted on 2024-09-19 by TrendForce

In early September, rumors have it that TSMC’s first US fab in Arizona began producing engineering wafers using the 4nm process in April, with yields reportedly comparable to those manufactured in its Southern Taiwan Science Park facility. Now here’s the …

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[News] Fed FOMC Summary: Fed Rate Cut by 50 bps, SEP Suggests Two More Rate Cut in 2024

Posted on 2024-09-19 by TrendForce

The Federal Reserve held its FOMC meeting on September 18, announcing a 50-basis point cut to the federal funds rate, lowering it to a range of 4.75% to 5%. In its post-meeting statement, the Fed noted that the labor market …

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[News] ByteDance Reportedly Turns to TSMC on in-house AI Chips to Cut Purchase Cost on NVIDIA

Posted on 2024-09-18 by TrendForce

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is said to be collaborating with TSMC, eyeing for the mass production of two self-developed AI chips by 2026, according to reports by Economic Daily News and The Information. ByteDance’s AI chips are expected …

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