After finalizing the USD 7.86 billion funding award under U.S. CHIPS Act, Intel may be close to another business turnaround. According to Bloomberg, Team Blue has advanced several buyout firms to the next stage of bidding for Altera, its FPGA unit. A deadline for potential buyers to submit formal...

TSMC and Samsung are not just archrivals in the foundry market. They also confront each other in an emerging sector, the Fan-Out Panel-Level Packaging (FOPLP) technology. According to South Korean media outlet ETnews, the two semiconductor giants, while both eyeing FOPLP as a secret weapon to high-p...

As TSMC keeps advancing in the most cutting-edge nodes, its foundry peers in Taiwan may have to deal with multiple challenges. In addition to the price war launched by their Chinese rivals, Taiwanese foundries focusing on legacy nodes, including UMC and TSMC’s affiliate VIS, will face significantl...

Leading GPU manufacturer NVIDIA recently unveiled its vision for future AI chip designs featuring silicon photonics at the IEDM 2024 conference. According to a report from Business Korea, NVIDIA highlighted the potential of silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connections within AI data centers, drawi...

Microsoft has reportedly emerged as the largest buyer of NVIDIA's Hopper this year, with its procurement volume estimated to reach nearly 500,000 units, doubling that of the second-largest buyer, according to Economic Daily News, citing Financial Times. The report from Economic Daily News notes...