Recent #performance news in the semiconductor industry
➀ Samsung introduces the new 990 EVO Plus SSD, offering a 50% performance boost;
➁ The SSD is designed for gaming, business, and creative work, enhancing PC energy efficiency;
➂ Available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities with suggested prices starting at NT$3,879;
➃ Features Samsung's latest 8th Generation V-NAND technology and 5-nanometer controller;
➄ Offers high read and write speeds, with the 4TB model having industry-leading random read/write speeds.
➀ GDDR memory is a graphics-specific memory optimized for GPUs with higher bandwidth than DDR memory.
➁ HBM memory is a high-bandwidth memory designed for GPUs with larger memory bus width than GDDR memory.
➂ The choice between GDDR and HBM depends on the specific application scenario and cost considerations.
➀ The research on hollow-core fibers is active but not yet widely commercialized due to various reasons, such as incomplete theoretical exploration and immature mass production processes.
➁ Y10T283 employs three segments of hollow-core fibers spliced together for academic research.
➂ This year, Changfly manufactured 15km long continuous hollow-core fibers and discussed the impact on performance in large-scale production.
➃ The wall thickness of the tube for low-loss bands exhibits certain characteristic thicknesses to achieve low-loss design goals.
➄ Thinner wall thickness results in longer resonance wavelength spacing, wider low-loss bands, but also more sensitive pressure differences.
➅ Changfly evaluated the tolerance of the inner and outer diameter ratio and pressure difference based on a balance between manufacturing difficulty and performance.
➆ Changfly selected a low-loss window with a wall thickness of 1.1μm, achieving a minimum loss of 0.25dB/km for 10km hollow-core fibers and about 0.58dB/km for 15km fibers.
➇ The article also discusses the challenges of manufacturing thin glass tubes and their impact on reliability and cost.