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AI ‘unicorn’ Graphcore set to cut jobs
AI ‘unicorn’ Graphcore set to cut jobs
Business news |
Artificial intelligence (AI) chip startup Graphcore Ltd. (Bristol, England) is proposing to axe jobs at multiple sites due to the…
€50m for event driven camera maker Prophesee
€50m for event driven camera maker Prophesee
Business news |
Event-based vision sensing pioneer Prophesee has raised €50 million including money from China’s Sinovation and Xiaomi and Prosperity7 from Saudi…
Prophesee raises €50 million from China, Saudi Arabia
Prophesee raises €50 million from China, Saudi Arabia
Business news |
Event-based vision sensing pioneer Prophesee SA, has raised €50 million including money from China’s Sinovation and Xiaomi and Prosperity7 from…
How AI technology can aid natural language processing deployment
How AI technology can aid natural language processing deployment
Feature articles |
Natural language processing (NLP) is a spearhead for the use of artificial intelligence (AI). NLP models, based on the ‘Transformer’…

Improving the efficiency of AI applications using in-memory computation
Improving the efficiency of AI applications using in-memory computation
This white paper introduces SureCore’s CompuRAM platform – an SRAM architecture with extensions to support in-memory computation.
Why ’emerging’ memories have not succeeded – yet
Why ’emerging’ memories have not succeeded – yet
Feature articles |
On July 28, seven years to the day since the initial launch of its 3D XPoint memory technology, Intel revealed that the company would “wind down” its Optane memory business.
NeuReality preps 7nm data centre AI chip
NeuReality preps 7nm data centre AI chip
Technology News |
Israeli startup NeuReality is preparing to ship its NR1 AI-server-on-a-chip ASIC in the second quarter of 2023. The company, founded in 2018, has been shipping FPGA-based prototypes to partners that…
NeuReality preps 7nm chip to speed data center AI
NeuReality preps 7nm chip to speed data center AI
Technology News |
Startup NeuReality Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel) is preparing to ship its NR1 AI-server-on-a-chip ASIC in the second quarter of 2023. The company, founded in 2018, has been shipping FPGA-based prototypes to…
Memory market in ‘free fall’ lifts TSMC to top spot
Memory market in ‘free fall’ lifts TSMC to top spot
Market news |
A collapse of the market for memory chips has led semiconductor analyst IC Insights has downgraded its worldwide IC growth forecast for 2022 to 7 percent from 11 percent. IC…
Chip growth slows as Chinese market contracts
Chip growth slows as Chinese market contracts
Market news |
The annual growth of the global chip market dropped to 7.3 percent in July, down from 13.3 percent in June and 18.0 percent in May, according to the Semiconductor Industry…
Chip market growth declines as data corrections reflect Asian fall
Chip market growth declines as data corrections reflect Asian fall
Market news |
The annual growth of the global chip market dropped to 7.3 percent in July, down from 13.3 percent in June and 18.0 percent in May, according to the Semiconductor Industry…
Hearables startup Sonical looks to Dolphin for processor IP
Hearables startup Sonical looks to Dolphin for processor IP
Business news |
Sonical Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.), a 2020 startup that intends to use AI to boost the power of hearing equipment, has announced a partnership with Dolphin Design SA (Grenoble, France).
China’s Vastai launches 7nm GPU for AI, visual apps
China’s Vastai launches 7nm GPU for AI, visual apps
Technology News |
GPU-to-AI startup Vastai Technologies (Shanghai, China) has launched its 7nm GPU for cloud AI applications, the SG100. Jun Qian, co-founder and CEO, demonstrated the 7nm cloud GPU chip SG100 claiming…
US adds high-end GPUs to China AI embargo
US adds high-end GPUs to China AI embargo
Business news |
The US government has told Nvidia Corp. to stop selling its A100 and H100 advanced GPUs into China without a special license, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing.
AI startup Sima starts shipping MLSoC chip, platform
AI startup Sima starts shipping MLSoC chip, platform
New Products |
Sima Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has started shipping a 16nm machine learning SoC the company has been working on since its founding in 2018. The company sells the MLSoC…
SRC invites startup Cardea to help define bio-electronics roadmap
SRC invites startup Cardea to help define bio-electronics roadmap
Technology News |
The US non-profit organization Semiconductor Research Corp. has invited Cardea Bio to help it create a roadmap for microelectronics and advanced packaging technology. Cardea Bio Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) is…
Europe needs to boost quantum support says report
Europe needs to boost quantum support says report
Market news |
Europe could be about to lose its leading position in quantum computing, according to a report produced by Boston Consulting Group. The thorough analysis of the sector shows that quantum…
Will Europe make same mistakes in quantum it made in semiconductors?
Will Europe make same mistakes in quantum it made in semiconductors?
Market news |
Europe could be about to squander a good position in the quantum computing sector, according to a report produced by Boston Consulting Group. The report reveals that quantum computing is…
Chip industry veteran Segers joins edge AI firm Kinara
Chip industry veteran Segers joins edge AI firm Kinara
Business news |
Kinara Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.), formerly Deep Vision, has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Dennis Segers to its board of directors. Segers served as the chairman of Xilinx Inc. from 2015…
Semiconductor capex cut in 2022
Semiconductor capex cut in 2022
News |
IC Insights has reduced its forecast for global semiconductor capital expenditure slightly for 2022, from US$190 billion to US$185 billion. This represents a decrease in the annual percentage growth from…
Global semiconductor capex revised down for 2022
Global semiconductor capex revised down for 2022
News |
IC Insights has trimmed its forecast for global semiconductor capital expenditure slightly for 2022, from US$190 billion to US$185 billion. This represents a decrease in the annual percentage growth from…
Europe and memory markets cause WSTS rethink
Europe and memory markets cause WSTS rethink
Market news |
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has recalculated its Spring 2022 forecast of the global chip market due to fast-moving changes. WSTS has reduced its forecast for 2022 to…
Samsung breaks ground on $15 billion chip R&D center
Samsung breaks ground on $15 billion chip R&D center
Business news |
Samsung Electronics has broken ground on a semiconductor R&D facility in Giheung, Korea, where it plans to spend KRW 20 trillion (about US$15 billion) by 2028. Samsung Electronics has broken…
Chinese GPU tops 1PFLOP
Chinese GPU tops 1PFLOP
Technology News |
Chinese startup Biren Technology has released its first general-purpose GPU chip claiming it sets a record in ‘single-chip’ performance The BR100 provides over 1 petaflop of 16bit floating-point performance and…
Chinese chiplet-based GPU claims performance record
Chinese chiplet-based GPU claims performance record
Technology News |
Startup Biren Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China) has released its first general-purpose GPU chip claiming it sets a record in ‘single-chip’ performance. Although, its component is, in fact, a fairly…
Lip-Bu Tan to join Intel board
Lip-Bu Tan to join Intel board
Business news |
Lip-Bu Tan, the executive chairman of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and chairman of venture capital company Walden International, has been elected to Intel’s board of directors with effect from Sept.
Fall in global chip market growth accelerates
Fall in global chip market growth accelerates
Market news |
The annual growth of the global chip market stood at 13.3 percent in June, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, but it is down from 18.0 percent in May. As…
Chinese invasion of Taiwan would make TSMC ‘not operable’, says chairman
Chinese invasion of Taiwan would make TSMC ‘not operable’, says chairman
Business news |
Mark Liu, chairman of foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., has said that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would render the foundry “not operable.” TSMC is a leading chip manufacturer…


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