CHIPS & AI
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10/15/2015
SMIC 28nm: The Hard Wall Before the Leading Edge
SMIC 28nm reached volume in 2015, four years late after a long yield struggle, just as the leading edge moved to FinFET and left…
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Chips & AI
Semiconductor coverage, chipsets, AI platforms — Qualcomm, Snapdragon, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Intel and AI innovation.
APPLE
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09/25/2015
TSMC’s 16nm FinFET: The First 3D Transistor and a Split A9
TSMC's 16nm FinFET delivered the first 3D transistor the 20nm shrink withheld, drew level with Intel on structure, and split the Apple A9 with…
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APPLE
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04/10/2015
Samsung 14nm FinFET: The Node That Beat TSMC
Samsung 14nm FinFET shipped before TSMC's 16nm, powering the Galaxy S6's Exynos 7420 and winning back Qualcomm and a share of Apple's A9.
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CHIPS & AI
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03/02/2015
HTC Vive and SteamVR: Room-Scale VR Is Real
HTC and Valve reveal the Vive at MWC, a room-scale VR headset with Lighthouse tracking and motion controllers that changes what VR can be.
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CHIPS & AI
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01/22/2015
Microsoft HoloLens: Mixed Reality Arrives
Microsoft reveals HoloLens, a standalone mixed reality headset that puts holograms in your living room and gives XR a powerful third lane.
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AI
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01/10/2015
CES 2015: 4K Floor, Autonomous Ceiling
At CES 2015, 4K becomes the floor and curved TVs the gimmick, but the real story is the car: Nvidia Drive, Snapdragon 810, and…
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CHIPS & AI
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09/22/2014
TSMC’s 20nm Node: The Last Planar Process and the Apple A8
TSMC's 20nm node won the Apple A8 but proved planar scaling had stalled: double patterning made it costly with no power win, and 16nm…
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CHIPS & AI
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09/05/2014
Google Cardboard and Gear VR: VR Goes Cheap and Mobile
Google Cardboard and Samsung's Gear VR turn the phone into a VR headset, putting virtual reality in millions of pockets and hinting at the…
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CHIPS & AI
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09/05/2014
Intel 14nm: The First Crack in the Metronome
Intel 14nm arrived late in Broadwell, the first schedule slip in a decade. The node was still the best in the world, but the…
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CHIPS & AI
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06/15/2014
The EUV Light Source: ASML’s Hardest Problem
The EUV light source is the hardest problem ASML has ever owned. Inside the tin-plasma source, the power climb, and why EUV keeps slipping…
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APPLE
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04/09/2014
Qualcomm Dropped Its Own CPU to Answer Apple, and I Am Nervous About the Heat
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 810 and 808 this week, and the most revealing thing in the spec sheet is what is missing. There is…
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CHIPS & AI
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03/26/2014
Facebook Buys Oculus, Sony Joins the VR Race
Facebook buys Oculus for $2 billion and Sony reveals Project Morpheus, and VR goes from Kickstarter darling to the most fought-over idea in tech…
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CHIPS & AI
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01/11/2014
CES 2014: The Year of the Wrist
CES 2014 belongs to the wrist, with fitness bands and the first real smartwatches everywhere, while 4K grows up and Android moves into the…
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CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
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10/15/2013
Xiaomi Hired Google’s Android Boss, Built a TV, and Put the Snapdragon 800 in a $325 Phone
Eighteen point seven million phones this year, the fifth-biggest brand in China, and the company just poached the vice president of product management for…
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APPLE
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09/27/2013
Snapdragon 800: Qualcomm Burned the S-Numbers and Crowned a New King
The Sony Xperia Z Ultra, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800, outperformed competitors with impressive benchmarks. This chip's advancements offer substantial performance, including 4K video…
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