TikTok owner buys stake in InnoStar Semiconductor
March 15, 2024
Social media firm ByteDance, owner of TikTok, has bought into InnoStar to help the memory chip developer boost production of its virtual reality tech.
Nvidia stuns Wall Street with profits up 769%
February 23, 2024
Nvidia's unstoppable juggernaut powered to new milestones this week with the announcement that quarterly profits hit $12.3 billion.
Quilter raises $10m to pursue AI-based circuit board design
February 16, 2024
Startup Quilter has completed a USD 10 million Series A. It will use the funds to develop its idea of automating the PCB manufacturing process.
Meta to deploy self-designed chip in data centres this year
February 08, 2024
Facebook owner Meta Platforms is preparing to roll out a new version of its own custom chip, which is aimed at supporting the firm's AI activities.
Sam Altman 'raising billions' for new chip venture
January 22, 2024
The CEO of the world's leading AI company, OpenAI, is rumoured to be talking to investors about building an ambitious new network of semiconductor fabrication plants.
AMD takes on Nvidia with new AI chip products
December 08, 2023
Advanced Micro Devices is predicting a huge boom in the market for AI processors after launching a new chip series to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the space.
IBM forms body to "accelerate responsible innovation in AI"
December 08, 2023
IBM has unveiled the AI Alliance – a new body comprising 50 organisations from industry, startup, academia, research and government. Members include AMD, Dell, Intel, Meta and Oracle.
Silicon Austria Labs installs new EVG systems
November 14, 2023
Austrian research centre Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) has received and installed multiple EV Group (EVG) lithography and resist processing systems at its MicroFab R&D cleanroom facility in Villach, Austria.
Japanese watchmakers and Western automakers boost micro LED market
August 10, 2023
Mass production of large displays and wearable devices is propelling the Micro LED market. TrendForce predicts that the market value of Micro LED chips will reach USD 27 million in 2023, indicating a YoY growth of 92%.
Hyundai and Kia re-think their R&D approach to speed the development of software defined vehicles
June 13, 2023
The two motor giants will decentralise the existing R&D structure and replace it with a group of independent Allianced Tech Organizations.
VR/AR shipments expected to drop to 7.45 million in 2023
May 23, 2023
TrendForce forecasts a global downturn in AR and VR device shipments for 2023, predicting a shipment total of roughly 7.45 million units—an 18.2% YoY decrease.
SK Hynix’s HBM market share to exceed 50% in 2023
April 18, 2023
Strong growth in AI server shipments has driven demand for high bandwidth memory (HBM). TrendForce reports that the top three HBM suppliers in 2022 were SK hynix, Samsung, and Micron, with 50%, 40%, and 10% market share, respectively.
Global 2023 server shipment growth lowered as North American cloud service providers cut demand
January 31, 2023
Facing global economic headwinds, the four major North American cloud service providers (CSPs) have scaled back their server procurement quantities for 2023 and could make further downward corrections in the future.
Server supply chain undergoes realignment
December 12, 2022
Google, AWS, Meta, and Microsoft all add production sites in Southeast Asia to hedge geopolitical risks, says TrendForce.
Projected YoY growth rate of server shipments for 2023 revised down to 2.8%
November 22, 2022
Based on the latest data and research, TrendForce has further corrected down the projected YoY growth rate of whole server shipments for 2023 to 2.8%.
Delay in mass production of new Intel products a blessing for AMD
November 01, 2022
According to the latest TrendForce research, the mass production schedule of new Sapphire Rapids products has been delayed due to the poor yield rate of the Intel 7 process.
Meta partners with Qualcomm to produce VR chipsets
September 05, 2022
Qualcomm and Meta have announced a multi-year agreement to collaborate on a new era of spatial computing powered by Snapdragon extended reality (XR) platforms and technologies for the Meta Quest platform.
AR/VR device shipments to reach 14.19 million units in 2022
February 18, 2022
AR/VR device shipments revised up to 14.19 million units in 2022, with an annual growth rate of 43.9%, according to TrendForce research.
NCAB increased its sales by over 50% in 2021
February 17, 2022
“We can look back on another strong quarter with substantial growth in sales and improved profitability compared with previous year”, says Peter Kruk, CEO NCAB Group, in the company fiscal report.
Semiconductor heavyweights urge congress to act on crisis
January 14, 2022
IBM and 40+ business and academic leaders urges the New York state congressional delegation to act on the semiconductor crisis.
NCAB acquires German PCB supplier
December 29, 2021
NCAB Group says it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in META Leiterplatten GmbH & CO. KG based in Villingen-Schwenningen in southern Germany.
IDC forecasts VR hardware to pass $2 billion mark in 2016
April 27, 2016
Worldwide shipments of Virtual Reality (VR) hardware will skyrocket in 2016, with total volumes reaching 9.6 million units.
Iowa State engineers goes Sci-Fi – develops 'cloaking device'
March 07, 2016
Engineers at Iowa State University have developed a new flexible, stretchable and tunable “meta-skin” which uses rows of small, liquid-metal devices to cloak an object from the sharp eyes of radar.
Imagination to acquire MIPS
November 06, 2012
Imagination Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MIPS. MIPS have also signed a separate deal to sell patent properties to Bridge Crossing.
Imagination to acquire MIPS
November 06, 2012
Imagination Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MIPS. MIPS have also signed a separate deal to sell patent properties to Bridge Crossing.
Linux to enter mobile markets
April 01, 2005
According to computerweekly.com analyst Meta Group expects Linux to take a significant share of the mobile operating system market within the next five years.
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