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Intel Abandons RealSense

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Intel is abandoning its RealSense depth-sensing cameras to focus on its chip business, which The Information’s Reality Check sees as the “final nail in the coffin for Intel’s hardware efforts related …

Tags:GPUs| Intel| Semiconductors

Porotech

Porotech Signs with JBD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Porotech, the start-up that has a technology for improving microLED performance (Porotech Could be Disruptive) has said that it has signed a deal with Jade Bird Display (JBD) in China and …

Tags:Materials| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Semiconductors

Google Tensor Could be an Exynos

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SamMobile reports that the ‘Tensor’ SoC that is reported to be in the next Google Pixel smartphone (Google Uses a New Processor) is in fact a version of a Samsung Exynos …

Tags:Application Processors| CPUs| Google| GPUs| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones

Auto Displays: Bigger, Brighter, More Numerous

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiengineering took a look at the development of displays in automotive applications. Among the topics covered were the unique challenges of automotive, the lack of a single standard for connections with …

Tags:Automotive| Interfaces| Semiconductors

Google Uses a New Processor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google said a couple of days ago that it planned to move away from using Qualcomm processors and move to its own Tensor chip which has been designed in-house and is …

Tags:Google| Semiconductors| Smartphone Market

AMD Q2 21 002

There’s a Lot Going on in Semiconductors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We don’t cover semiconductors in any real sense, but a few stories caught my eye over recent weeks and suggest a shift in the ‘tectonic plates’ of the industry. AMD had …

Tags:AMD| Intel| Semiconductors| TSMC

Counterpoint Publishes an Interesting Lead Time Chart

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research in its newsletter published guidance on the PC market and said that momenum would continue to push strong sales. Premium notebook PC demand may squeeze Chromebooks. Overall, the firm …

Tags:Production| Semiconductors| Supply Chain

Links Week Commencing 12th July 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Unreal:The VFX Revolution (If you are interested …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Cinema| Environment| LG Displays (LGD)| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Testing| Visual Computing

Chip Lead Times Continue to Extend

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reports that chip lead times have been going further out with power management chips which have slipped out to to 25.6 weeks according to Susquehanna Financial Group (SFG). However, many …

Tags:Semiconductors| Supply Chain

Nanosys roadmap

Samsung System LSI begins development of 3 T-Con for QD-OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung System LSI is developing three TCons for QD-OLED displays that Samsung Display is planning to launch for: a 4K QD-OLED TV, a 8K QD-OLED TV and …

Tags:Display Drivers| QD OLEDs| Samsung| Semiconductors

IBM 2nm chip breakthrough claims more power with less energy

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IBM said that it has developed a chip with 2nm features that would improve performance by 45% over current 7nm chips and reduce power consumption by 75%. That would allow battery …

Tags:R&D (Research & Development)| Semiconductors

Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

by Artem Alekseenko

IC Insights is currently assembling its 1Q21 top-25 semiconductor supplier ranking, which includes company sales forecasts for 2Q21 that will be presented later this month in the May Update, the third monthly Update to …

Tags:Forecasts| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Semiconductors