662 news items tagged CPU
Qualcomm may switch to TSMC 4nm node in 2022
Wednesday 24 February 2021Qualcomm will continue to fabricate its next-generation 5G mobile chip, tentatively dubbed Snapdragon 895, at Samsung Electronics built using an upgraded 5nm process, but may switch...
IC testing service providers benefit from surging demand for cryptocurrencies
Tuesday 23 February 2021Surging prices of Ethereum has boosted demand for graphics cards used to mine the cryptocurrecny, which is benefiting Taiwan-based IC testing services providers, according to sources...
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2020
Friday 5 February 2021Global notebook shipments, excluding detachable models, surged over 10% sequentially to hit a fresh high of 60 million units in fourth-quarter 2020, mainly driven by robust demand...
Kinsus swings to profit in 2020 on robust BT, ABF substrates sales
Tuesday 2 February 2021IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology swung to net profit of NT$541 million (US$19.3 million) in 2020 from loss of NT$2.025 billion a year earlier, mainly driven by...
Global server market – 4Q 2020
Monday 1 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 global server shipments amounted to 3.84 million units, down 9.6% quarter-over-quarter but up 12.6% year-over-year.
Backend partners see clear order visibility for AMD chips till 3Q21
Friday 29 January 2021Backend houses including Taiwan's ASE Technology and China's Tongfu Microelectronics have seen the visibility of orders for packaging AMD's processors extended to mid third-quarter...
Kenmec sees bright shipment prospects for 2021
Wednesday 27 January 2021Taiwan-based Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, dedicated to smart automation, logistics and storage systems as well as datacenter liquid cooling solutions, is expected to see its shipments...
Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-gen servers to boost ASPs
Wednesday 27 January 2021Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-generation servers based on Intel's 10nm Ice Lake processors to push up their product ASPs.
ABF substrate suppliers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate providers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen the visibility of orders for ABF substrates extend to second-half...
Intel not yet a major customer of TSMC
Monday 25 January 2021Despite speculation circulating recently that Intel is looking to outsource more chip production to TSMC, the CPU vendor does not seem to be ready to play a meaningful role in the...
ODMs see notebook order visibility extending in 2H21
Monday 25 January 2021Thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, notebook shipments are expected to stay robust in 2021, with ODMs see stable orders for the first half of the...
Nvidia, Qualcomm reportedly seeking TSMC support for next-generation manufacturing processes
Friday 22 January 2021Nvidia and Qualcomm reportedly have already reached agreements with TSMC for capacity support from its next-generation manufacturing processes, and with orders from Intel, Apple and...
Intel reports record revenues for 2020
Friday 22 January 2021Intel has reported record revenues for 2020 at US$77.9 billion, up 8% on year, with its board of directors approved a cash dividend increase of 5% to US$1.39 per share on an annual...
No capacity overbooking seen for high-end PCB products
Thursday 21 January 2021Downstream clients have neither registered overly-high inventory levels for high-end PCB products nor overbooked capacity at PCB makers, as they are still striving to satisfy strong...
Intel expected to fully advance to 10nm in 2021
Friday 15 January 2021Intel is expected to see strong growths in sales and profits in 2021 thanks to the releases of new-generation 10nm CPUs, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Samsung intros 5G mobile processor built on EUV process
Friday 15 January 2021Samsung Electronics has announced its new 5G mobile processor series - Exynos 2100 - built using 5nm extreme ultra-violet (EUV) process technology.
WinWay breaks ground for new plant in southern Taiwan
Friday 15 January 2021WinWay Technology, a dedicated supplier of IC test interface solutions, has recently broken ground for a new plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
VIA, Shuttle see growing profitability from non-PC business
Tuesday 12 January 2021VIA Technologies and Shuttle are both expected to see rising profits in the next few years thanks to contribution by their non-PC businesses.
AMD upcoming Ryzen 3 notebook CPUs likely to be in short supply in 1Q21
Wednesday 6 January 2021AMD's supply of next-generation notebook CPUs, which are based on the Ryzen 3 architecture and set to be released in the first quarter of 2021, is expected to fall short of demand,...
Delivery lead time for cantilever probe cards extends
Wednesday 30 December 2020IC test interface suppliers have seen delivery lead times for cantilever probe cards extended to 2-3 months from 3-4 weeks, due to strong demand for display driver ICs for handsets...
Cooling solution providers to see orders grow for next-generation servers
Monday 21 December 2020Cooling solution providers are expected to see orders grow from the server sector as Intel's new 10nm Ice Lake processors and AMD's Milan EPYC CPUs made using 7nm EUV process are...
ABF substrate shortages may dent 2021 shipments of new CPU, GPU chips
Monday 14 December 2020The worsening shortages of ABF substrates are expected to become one of the major woes affecting shipments of new CPU and GPU products at chipmakers in 2021, according to industry...
All-round OSAT: Q&A with PTI CEO Boris Hsieh
Monday 14 December 2020Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI) is one of the world's top OSATs with major backend orders from non-Korean memory vendors. PTI has just completed a top management shakeup after...
China gearing up for homegrown EDA solutions
Thursday 10 December 2020China is stepping up the development of homegrown EDA (electronic design automation) software and systems as part of its efforts to boost self-sufficiency in semiconductor, and many...
- Intel tries to take down Apple's M1 chip with a flurry of benchmarks (Feb 7) - engadget
- AMD closing in on Intel in desktop CPU market share (Jan 5) - ZDNet
- Intel coyly revealed an 8-core Tiger Lake CPU to fight AMD's Ryzen 4000 (Sep 13) - PC World
- Impressions from Intel's Tiger Lake laptop CPU launch event (Sep 3) - Ars Technica