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Chipmaker TSMC formally opens its first Japanese plant on Saturday, highlighting the Taiwanese firm's critical role in Tokyo's multi-billion dollar efforts to reboot its once-mighty semiconductor manufacturing industry.That Japan turned to TSMC for help on an industry it once dominated reflects the Taiwan chipmaker's dominant position in the foundry business and Tokyo's heightened concern over China's growing prowess in a wide swathe of technology.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

iQoo Neo 9 Pro was launched in India on Thursday as the company's latest premium midrange smartphone. Available in two colour options, the handset is equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processor, along with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of inbuilt storage. It runs on Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14 out-of-the-box. The iQoo Neo 9 Pro sports a 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and features a 50-megapixel primary camera with a Sony IMX920 sensor.iQoo Neo 9 Pro price in India,…

Intel's relatively new Foundry division — formerly known as Intel Foundry Services until earlier today — has just landed a notable order from a big name. According to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that his company will be tapping into Intel's latest 18A (1.8nm) fabrication process for an upcoming in-house chip design. But given Intel's process roadmap, this means we likely won't be seeing Microsoft's new chip until 2025.While neither company disclosed the nature of said…

Japan's efforts to rebuild its semiconductor industry are getting a shot in the arm as more and more Taiwanese chip companies expand here - not only to support a new TSMC plant but also excited about the Japanese sector's prospects.The influx comes amid shifting alliances and priorities in the global chip industry as the United States pushes to limit China's progress in cutting-edge semiconductors and strengthen partnerships between its allies. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Indian IT major Wipro has expanded its collaboration with Intel Foundry to accelerate chip design innovation in the semiconductor and hi-tech space, it said on Wednesday."As the key design services and alliance partner, Wipro will work with Intel Foundry to accelerate the development of Intel’s most advanced process nodes, including the Intel18A process node," the Bengaluru-based software services exporter said in a regulatory filing.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Groq, an AI chip company, wants everyone to forget about Elon Musk’s snarky chatbot with nearly the same name, Grok. Lightning-fast demos from Groq went viral this weekend, making current versions of ChatGPT, Gemini and even Grok look sluggish. Groq claims to provide “the world’s fastest large language models,” and third-party tests are saying that claim might hold up.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechIn a split second, Groq produces hundreds of words in a factual answer, citing sources along the way,…

Ecommerce major Flipkart's C-suite is undergoing a rejig amid the etailer's push for agility and profitability. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Govt, EV firms discuss interoperability■ More takers for DPI-as-a-Service model■ Mswipe Technologies bags PA licenceShake-up in senior ranks underway at Flipkart Hi, this is Samidha Sharma in Mumbai. My colleague Digbijay and I have exclusive details of a major senior-level shakeup that’s underway at India’s largest ecommerce…

SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son has made no secret of his intent to double down on red-hot artificial intelligence industry. Now, he’s fundraising for his next move in that strategy. According to a report in Bloomberg, the SoftBank founder is seeking $100 billion to build a new venture that would compete with the likes of Nvidia in the area of AI chips.   Code-named Izanagi, the new venture would collaborate with Arm, the chip design company that SoftBank spun out as a public company last year.…

Challenges persist for Samsung's lucrative semiconductor business but the company is hopeful that things will start looking up in the second half of this year. Samsung is now making some changes at its chip factory in a bid to improve efficiency and better respond to market demand. Samsung is specifically adjusting the construction schedule at its Pyeongtaek Plant 4, P4, to build the PH2 cleanroom at the facility. The follows the reported construction suspension of the new Pyeongtaek Plant 5 line. Samsung's aligning its…

Samsung has a tradition of offering year-end bonuses to employees across the entire organization to thank them for a job well done. When times have been good for the company, it has given significant incentives to employees to boost their morale. The past year hasn't been great for the company financially as it suffered a significant profit decline due to the lackluster performance of its semiconductor division. This has made it necessary for the company to cut bonuses altogether. Samsung's chip division gets no bonuses…