AMD is expected to become the fourth largest IC design manufacturer in the world
AMD announced on the evening of October 27 that it would acquire Xilinx, the leader of FPGA, for US$35 billion. TrendForce TrendForce's TrendForce Industry Research Institute pointed out that if the acquisition is completed, AMD's voice will be greatly improved in 5G, data center, ADAS (advanced driving assistance system), and industrial automation. After the acquisition is completed, its revenue will exceed MediaTek , and its revenue will directly catch up with Nvidia , which is third.
First intelligent supercomputer and chip rankings released
10On October 30, the International Testing Committee (BenchCouncil) released the first international smart supercomputer list - HPC AI500. Fujitsu Japan won the top spot, Google and Sony ranked second and third, Tencent ranked fourth, and China, Japan and the United States ranked top nine in the list.
TSMC has launched a large-scale recruitment of talents in the United States
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According to Taiwan media reports, there has been new progress in TSMC's construction of a 5nm factory in the United States, and TSMC is recruiting talents in the United States. TSMC has released many positions on the workplace social networking website LinkedIn, and its work location is located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, including a 3D IC packaging research and development engineer, manufacturing supervisor, factory electromechanical engineer, etc.
Last week, media reported that the director of TSMC's new US factory will be Wu Yihuang, the current TSMC technical director, and Wu has begun to carry out construction related matters in 2021.
Samsung Electronics 's first Mini LED TV is released next year
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November 3 news, according to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics plans to release its first Mini LED TV in 2021.
reportedly uses ultra-small LEDs with a diameter of 100 to 300 microns per TV as the backlight. When these LEDs are tightly arranged and used as light sources, the screen will be brighter and the image quality will be clearer.
Samsung Electronics originally planned to bring this TV to the market in the second half of this year. But in August this year, the release of the product was postponed until next year.
Huawei Vice President of International Media Affairs Joe Kelly passed away
According to Irish Radio and Television, Huawei Irish Vice President of International Media Affairs Joe Kelly passed away in Shenzhen last weekend at the age of 55. Huawei confirmed the matter through a statement.
statement read, "We are very sorry to confirm that our beloved colleague and friend Joe Kelly passed away last weekend in Shenzhen, China. As Huawei Vice President of International Media Affairs, Joe is an experienced member of the team and is highly respected throughout the company. We will miss him extremely and express our deepest condolences to his family. During this difficult time, we will do our best to help them."
LinkedIn information shows that Joe Kelly has worked at Huawei since 2012 and has been here for 8 years. He has previously worked in telecom companies such as BT Wholesale and Marconi (Marconi).
Hon Hai , a semiconductor equipment manufacturer, plans to build a factory in the United States
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Taiwan Economic Daily reported on November 3 that Jingding Precision, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer under Hon Hai Group , has confirmed that it has been discussing the US factory building plan to serve major customers nearby, and details will be announced as early as the end of this year or early next year. According to reports, Jingding is the first company among the many manufacturers of TSMC Equipment Alliance to express its statement that it will follow TSMC into the United States.
It is reported that Jingding Precision Technology Co., Ltd. was established in April 2001 and focuses on professional manufacturing services for semiconductors, energy and panel equipment and the development of automation equipment products.
Li Xiang admits that Ideal ONE has defects
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11 On November 1, Ideal Auto, which is deeply involved in the "short axle door", announced a hardware upgrade plan through official channels, saying that in order to reduce the probability of the front suspension hem arm ball head being taken out after early users' collision accidents, Ideal Auto will upgrade the front suspension hem arm ball pins with higher power for Ideal ONE produced on June 1, 2020 and before.
At the same time, Ideal Auto also admitted that through the analysis and summary of accidents that have occurred, the probability of the ball head being released in a collision accident is indeed higher than that of models of the same level.
5 chip manufacturers have been approved to continue supplying Huawei
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November 2 news, according to foreign media reports, last Thursday, foreign media said in the report that Sony and Howie Technology have obtained US licenses to continue supplying image sensors to Huawei.
According to foreign media reports, after Sony and Howie Technology obtained licenses, there are already 5 chip manufacturers that have been approved to continue to supply Huawei, and the other three are AMD, Intel and TSMC. After
AMD and Intel were approved, chip foundry TSMC also obtained a license to continue to manufacture related chips for Huawei. However, foreign media said in the report that TSMC has obtained a license to mature processes such as 28nm, excluding advanced process processes such as 16nm, 10nm, 7nm, and 5nm. This means that TSMC still cannot produce the latest Kirin 9000 processor for Huawei, which uses TSMC's current most advanced 5nm process.
Apple's first self-developed computer chip may be unveiled on Double 11
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In the early morning of November 3, Apple just released an invitation letter, confirming that it will hold a press conference at Apple Park on November 10, local time (2 am on November 11, 2020). This is also the fourth online press conference this year.
Regarding the content of this press conference, the most concerned one is Apple's first self-developed computer chip. The information about Apple's first self-developed computer chip was announced at the WWDC developer conference. Apple believes that chips are the core of hardware and the foundation of the product. Apple's self-developed chips will adopt ARM architecture. Officials say that the new chip will have higher scalability, high-performance GPU, stronger professional capabilities, and stronger neural engines.
