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The semiconductor industry is in turmoil once again. Intel Corporation, a major name in chipmaking, is planning to cut more than 20% of its workforce in 2025. This news has come from a Bloomberg report, which says that these layoffs are part of a major restructuring led by new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. So let’s look…
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More than 1000 cores on a commercial chip – seems unbelievable!!! However, the highly sophisticated manufacturing processes, unbelievably optimized design integration, and the RISC-V open-source hardware revolution have made this possible. Esperanto‘s ET-SoC-1 Chip is a Supercomputer-on-Chip that integrates more than 1000 RISC-V cores on a single die of 570 mm2 area. Dave Ditzel, Founder…
Chip shortage is a semiconductor crisis that occurs when global demand for semiconductor chips is much more than production. Chip shortage can happen for multiple reasons. And we already know the major reasons behind the global chip shortage 2020-21. Let’s discuss a few interesting facts about the global chip shortage 2020-21. There are many more…
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All of you must have heard about the chip shortage in the recent news. The global chip shortage 2020-2021 is an ongoing crisis that affected multiple sectors. What do you understand from global chip shortage, then? Chip shortage, alternatively known as semiconductor shortage, arises when the demand for semiconductor chips becomes higher than the supply….
Micron is the second among the chip vendors to commercialize 3D NAND which is a unique and innovative approach to reduce the costs. The company has started its production of 32L (32 Layer) 3D NAND flash memory with its presence in Crucial 750 GB SATA 2.5 inch SSD (Solid State Drive) which is one of…
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San Diego headquartered microchip giant Qualcomm Inc. recently reported its quarterly sales and results out on April 20, 2016 that went past the expectations of The Wall Street Exchange. The company credited its strong results across the entire chipset business to resolving an issue over licensing terms with South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. The firm…
The PC giant and driver of the semiconductor industry Intel Corporation has recently decided to layoff 11% of its staff and has cut 12,000 jobs owing to its sequential decline in quarterly revenues and profits. The layoff would take place by mid of 2017 worldwide. Intel is dominating data center market with its Xeon chips and also…