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The United States Commerce Department is investigating whether SMIC illegally obtained US tools to make the Kirin 9000S chip. According to Alan Estevez, a senior official in the department, the chip maker potentially broke export rules, but the situation is still being assessed. The announcement comes after a congressional hearing earlier this week and reports that the Biden administration is considering a ban on 4 more chip makers, including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), Huawei's provider of…

A significant decline in chip revenue has hurt Samsung's profits significantly, but the company is now expecting a return to form, on the back of increased demand for memory products for AI applications. The company is now expecting its chip revenue this year to return to the 2022 level, which was before the downturn, and lead to high profits for the company. A return to those levels is needed for Samsung to significantly increase its profits again, something that shareholders have been pushing it to do. Samsung's hoping…

Some details about Mach-1, Samsung's first in-house AI accelerator chip, emerged earlier this week. Samsung's aim with this product is to break NVIDIA's grip on the AI accelerator market and establish itself as one of the dominant players in this segment. It seems that at least one company has been convinced by what Samsung is working on, and has decided to lock in its Ai accelerators orders for the Mach-1, which would have otherwise gone to NVIDIA. The potential value of this deal is estimated to be $752 million.…

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends Qualcomm has introduced a new mid-tier smartphone silicon, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, that will be adopted by the likes of OnePlus in the coming months. It seems like a minor upgrade over the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, but the changes are actually quite comprehensive. The company notes that for the first time in the Snapdragon 7 series, it is bringing generative AI features such as text-to-image creation, higher-resolution single-lens capture at up to 108-megapixels, a flagship-tier triple…

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, a 4nm chip aimed at high-end smartphones that adds on-device generative AI and Wi-Fi 7; OnePlus is the first partner — Qualcomm is following its announcement at the start of this week with another chip: the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3. Abner Li / 9to5Google: Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, a 4nm chip aimed at high-end smartphones that adds on-device generative AI and Wi-Fi 7; OnePlus is the first partner — …

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 launched last year came with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. However, its successor - the Galaxy Z Flip6 - might have an Exynos chip at the helm. This speculation comes from tipster Revegnus, who said they "wouldn't be surprised even if the Exynos is included in this year's Flip 6." And that Exynos chip would likely be the Exynos 2400 SoC. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6's leaked renders (Source: OnLeaks and Smartprix) Seeing how Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ in…

The USD 8.5 billion is the largest of any grant made so far under the USD 52.7 billion 2022 legislation, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told reporters ahead of the announcement.US President Joe Biden unveiled almost USD 20 billion in grants and loans Wednesday for Intel's domestic chip-making plants -- his administration's biggest investment yet in the sector as he takes on China's chip dominance and sells his economic achievements over election rival Donald Trump.…

The IT ministry’s queries to the HCL-Foxconn proposal marks a repeat of an earlier plan submitted by Foxconn, in which it had proposed to build a chip manufacturing facility with Vedanta.India’s HCL Group and Taiwan’s Foxconn Group’s proposal to jointly build a chip assembly unit in the country is not very satisfactory, according to the government, which has asked both companies to submit more details about the project, said people in know of the developments.The…

Samsung could soon launch more affordable versions of the Galaxy A55 in the form of the Galaxy F55 and the Galaxy M55. Both phones could make it to India and feature a powerful Snapdragon chip instead of the Exynos 1480 used in the Galaxy A55. Galaxy M55 processor confirmed by Google Play Console listing Google has confirmed (via 91Mobiles) that the Galaxy M55 will come equipped with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor. The phone was found listed in the Google Play Console database. As you can see in the image below, the…

Elon Musk's brain chip startup Neuralink on Wednesday live-streamed its first patient playing an online chess game using the company's chip implant to move the mouse.Neuralink is testing its brain implant technology for "people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts".Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitIIT…