Intel eyes automotive silicon expansion
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger predicts the “digitization of everything” will push the share of semiconductors in the total new premium vehicle bill of materials (BOM) to more than 20% by...
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Semtech ships its 50G PAM4 CDR chipset
Semtech’s newest Tri-Edge clock and data recovery (CDR) chipset, which targets data center interconnectivity over multi-mode fiber, has entered into full production status.The Semtech GN2538 is a dual-channel 50G PAM4...
Renesas completes acquisition of Dialog Semi
Renesas Electronics completed its previously announced acquisition of Dialog Semiconductor Plc. Renesas will fund the cash consideration payable to Dialog shareholders of approximately EUR 4.8 billion (approximately 624.0 billion yen...
Marvell reports revenue growth in cloud infrastructure
Marvell reported net revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal 2022 of $1.076 billion. GAAP net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was $(276) million, or $(0.34)...
Cerebras advances its “Brain-scale AI”
Cerebras Systems disclosed progress in its mission to deliver a "brain-scale" AI solution capable of supporting neural network models of over 120 trillion parameters in size. Cerebras’ new technology portfolio contains...
IBM Telum Processor features interconnect to link up to 32 chips
IBM unveiled its upcoming Telum Processor for artificial intelligence applications. A Telum-based system is planned for the first half of 2022.Telum is IBM's first processor that contains on-chip acceleration for...
Intel secures foundry contract in Pentagon’s RAMP-C program
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Intel an agreement to provide commercial foundry services in the first phase of its multi-phase Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes - Commercial (RAMP-C) program. The RAMP-C...
EdgeQ samples its RISC-V 5G base station-on-a-Chip
EdgeQ, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, is now sampling its RISC-V based, 5G Base Station-on-a-Chip to customers developing enterprise-grade 5G access points, Open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN) based Radio...
Marvell to acquire Innovium for data center switching silicon
Marvell Technology agreed to acquire Innovium, a start-up offering switching silicon for cloud and edge data centers, in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.1 billion.Innovium, which is based in San...
Ampere to acquire OnSpecta for its inference software
Ampere has agreed to acquire OnSpecta, a start-up based Redwood City, California offering AI inference optimization software. Financial terms were not disclosed.OnSpecta claims its Deep Learning Software (DLS) AI optimization...
Microchip announces network synchronization platform
Microchip Technology Inc. introduced a single-chip, highly integrated, low-power, multi-channel integrated circuit (IC) that can be coupled with the company’s IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and clock recovery algorithm...
Blaize raises $71 million in Series D for edge AI silicon
Blaize, a start-up based in El Dorado Hills, California, announced $71 million in Series D round of funding for its edge AI computing solutions in automotive, mobility, smart retail, security,...
Intel unveils RibbonFET transistor architecture
Intel unveiled RibbonFET, its first new transistor architecture in more than a decade, and PowerVia, a new backside power delivery method. In a webcast presentation highlighting its process and packaging technology...
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