TSMC, Samsung, and Intel will compete to mass-produce 2nm chips in 2025.
Musk xAI has raised another $6 billion in Series C, with investors including A16Z, BlackRock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, Qatar Investment Authority, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Vy Capital. Strategic investors Nvidia and AMD participated and will continue to support xAI to rapidly expand its infrastructure.
After a five-month investigation, Semianalysis found that AMD latest AI chip MI300X had major software defects, resulting in lower-than-expected performance and making it difficult to shake Nvidia market dominance.
Samsung Display is working with HiDeep to develop a stylus technology that does not require a digitizer and batteries, and the two parties plan to promote the technology to Chinese smartphone makers.
Infineon releases new radar MMIC RASIC™ CTRX8191F to enable next generation of 4D and HD imaging radars.
Murata to acquire Sensoride to enhance radar technology for automotive and robotics sectors.
Rigetti unveiled Ankaa-3, an 84-qubit quantum computer with an error rate cut in half.
Foxconn and Porotech team up to accelerate the commercialization of MicroLED microdisplays for AR applications.
Apple M5 series exposed: N3P process, CPU and GPU separation design, SoIC-MH packaging. These chips will be used in Apple Mac product line and Apple Intelligence server.
There will be 31 semiconductor mergers and acquisitions in China in 2024, with analog chips and materials becoming hot spots.
