Tag: semiconductor
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Hacker News: YC is wrong about LLMs for chip design
Source URL: https://www.zach.be/p/yc-is-wrong-about-llms-for-chip-design Source: Hacker News Title: YC is wrong about LLMs for chip design Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques Y Combinator’s (YC) recent interest in leveraging large language models (LLMs) for chip design, arguing that it fundamentally underestimates the complexities involved in chip architecture and design. It…
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Slashdot: How Samsung Fell Behind in the AI Boom – and Lost $126 Billion in Market Value
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/09/1853256/how-samsung-fell-behind-in-the-ai-boom—and-lost-126-billion-in-market-value?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Samsung Fell Behind in the AI Boom – and Lost $126 Billion in Market Value Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Samsung’s financial struggles and its failure to capitalize on the AI boom, particularly in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) sector critical for AI…
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Slashdot: TSMC Halts Advanced Chip Shipments To Chinese AI Companies
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/08/2248227/tsmc-halts-advanced-chip-shipments-to-chinese-ai-companies Source: Slashdot Title: TSMC Halts Advanced Chip Shipments To Chinese AI Companies Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: TSMC’s decision to cease supplying 7 nm and smaller chips to Chinese companies working on AI processors and GPUs indicates a significant compliance move in response to U.S. export restrictions. This decision…
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The Register: TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/tsmc_chinese_ai_shipments/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies Feedly Summary: Move to suspend 7 nm and smaller processes follows US pressure Semiconductor giant TSMC is expected to stop supplying chips made with 7 nm or smaller processes to customers in China that are developing AI processors or…
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Hacker News: TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
Source URL: https://www.ft.com/content/a736beeb-b38a-484e-bbe9-98e92ecb66d9 Source: Hacker News Title: TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is halting the production of advanced AI chips for Chinese customers, driven by increasing US export controls aimed at restricting China’s AI capabilities. This…
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The Register: Arm’s royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/07/arm_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Arm’s royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza Feedly Summary: Q2 climbs 23% on Armv9 adoption, but licensing dips Smartphone chip champ Arm is crowing over expanding royalty revenues, driven by uptake of Armv9 technology, yet execs can’t stop talking up AI as its future…
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The Register: UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/china_ftdi_stake/ Source: The Register Title: UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker Feedly Summary: Government invokes National Security and Investment Act The British government has ordered a China-owned entity to sell its stake in a Scottish chip company under the authority of the National Security and Investment Act 2021.……
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Slashdot: How America’s Export Controls Failed to Keep Cutting-Edge AI Chips from China’s Huawei
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/02/0540218/how-americas-export-controls-failed-to-keep-cutting-edge-ai-chips-from-chinas-huawei?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How America’s Export Controls Failed to Keep Cutting-Edge AI Chips from China’s Huawei Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The article discusses concerns regarding the enforcement of U.S. export controls related to semiconductor technology, specifically highlighting an incident involving Huawei and chips manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…