Intel chip fabrication pant selling US$3.85 billion of bonds
A company tied to Intel Corp.’s expansion of computer chip factories in Arizona is selling $3.85 billion of investment-grade bonds on Thursday.
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Apple’s surprise iPhone China growth leaves lingering questions
Apple Inc. surprised investors with a decent beat on quarterly revenue from China, countering months of data that showed a quickening decline in iPhone sales.
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May
Imec.xpand launches EUR 300M fund amid global race for semiconductor supremacy
Imec.xpand, an independent global venture capital fund, today announced the launch of a new EUR 300 million fund aimed at accelerating the growth of transformative semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations.
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May
Huawei auto partner Seres starts earning profit while Aito M7 accident creates uncertainty
Chinese carmaker Seres, a Huawei partner, came out of the red in the first quarter of 2024 after experiencing losses for five years. The Aito EVs it co-developed with Huawei have gained traction in the market and accounted for 70% of Seres’ sales volume.
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Ibiden’s fiscal slump: IC substrates drive profit plunge, amid promising AI demand
Japan-based IC substrate manufacturer Ibiden saw a decline in its fiscal performance for 2023 (April 2023 to March 2024).
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May
Qualcomm sees smartphone demand surge, eyes AI PC market entry
Qualcomm’s first-quarter fiscal report has signaled an ongoing recovery in smartphone demand, with robust demand in the high-end Chinese smartphone market.
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May
Pegatron latest company to venture into Traditional Chinese AI LLMs; partners up with NTU team
Following in the footsteps of MediaTek, Pegatron is also starting to use open-source models to build a Traditional Chinese LLM, with partners including Nvidia and other industry representatives. It is reported that the team that developed the Taiwan LLM, which is from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE) at National Taiwan University (NTU), is also a partner.
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May
SK Hynix’s 12-layer HBM to hit market earlier than expected
SK Hynix recently held a press conference to unveil its development blueprint for HBM4, scheduled for mass production in 2025, a year ahead of the original plan, to maintain its technological leadership in the High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market.
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May
TSMC dominates global foundry market with 61% market share in 4Q23, says Counterpoint
Counterpoint released the global foundry market share ranking for the fourth quarter of 2023, showing that TSMC maintained its leadership status with a 61% market share driven by strong demand from AI and the restocking of smartphones.
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Taiwan weighs hydrogen future amid renewable energy hurdles
Hydrogen is a critical decarbonization vector and can connect and reshape current power, gas, chemicals, and fuel markets.