Recent #technology news in the semiconductor industry

about 1 year ago

➀ Hanwenji's stock price surged to a historical high, surpassing 140 billion yuan in market value, during the recent A-share bull market.

➁ Despite the company's consistent losses and declining revenue, the market's enthusiasm for Hanwenji is driven by its AI chip technology and the rise of AI and domestic substitution trends.

➂ Hanwenji, as a domestic AI chip leader, faces challenges such as funding and supply chain issues, but also has significant growth potential in the AI chip market.

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1. Nvidia is at the forefront of Generative AI and has seen exceptional growth in its business performance. 2. The company has unique attributes like Domain Experience and has been able to increase switching costs through its CUDA platform and data-center software stack. 3. Nvidia's strong performance has attracted competition from a range of VC-funded firms, chipmakers, and even its own customers.
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➀ Forge Nano announced a $10M investment from GM Ventures to enhance its Atomic Armor platform technology for battery materials. ➁ The company plans to expand its battery material coating business and semiconductor footprint. ➂ GM and Forge Nano signed a strategic partnership to potentially utilize high-throughput Atomic Armor equipment for GM's EV battery cells.
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➀ The Research Factory of Microelectronics Germany (FMD) awarded the 'Green ICT Award' for outstanding theses in sustainable ICT. The award promotes interest in sustainable microelectronics and provides a platform for young researchers.➁ Joseph Winkler won first place with his thesis on high-efficiency 48V DC-DC converter design.➂ The award ceremony took place during the Green ICT Connect conference, which focuses on sustainable microelectronics and innovation.
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➀ Huang Renxun discusses the importance of finding great talents to build a great company and shares his strategy for hiring at NVIDIA.

➁ He explains the seamless acquisition of Mellanox by NVIDIA and the transformation strategy to become a SoC company.

➂ Huang Renxun predicts the rapid development of AI, with costs reduced by half annually and the speed surpassing Moore's Law.

➃ He emphasizes the importance of architecture compatibility and software investment in the AI industry.

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➀ Quantum sensors are being developed to register nerve impulses without contact, offering new possibilities for prosthetics. ➁ Researchers at Fraunhofer IPA are working with Q.ANT to create a prototype of a prosthetic arm controlled by neural commands like healthy limbs. ➂ The technology, which uses a diamond-based sensor, promises non-contact and robust measurement of human biosignals, potentially revolutionizing the field of prosthetics.
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➀ Lenovo's Innovation Technology Conference 2024 showcased a series of AI products, including PC AI agents, liquid-cooled servers with NVIDIA's new Blackwell, and a variety of AI smartphones, AI PCs, and AI servers.

➁ Lenovo's AI Now, a personal AI agent for PCs, was officially launched, emphasizing the transition from personal computing to AI-supported personalized computing.

➂ Lenovo and Intel announced a groundbreaking collaboration, forming an x86 ecosystem consulting group, highlighting the importance of AI in the PC industry.

➃ NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Su Zifeng also attended the event, discussing the future of AI and its impact on the industry.

➄ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella participated remotely, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in AI development.

➅ Lenovo's focus on sustainability and reducing energy consumption through innovative technologies like the Neptune liquid cooling solution.

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➀ Baidu's revenue has grown by 51% from 2020Q1 to 2024, with a profit margin of 27% in the second half of 2024.

➁ Baidu's core business includes online marketing and other core businesses such as intelligent cloud, autonomous driving, and mobile ecology.

➂ Google's revenue growth rate in advertising business over five years is about 128%, significantly ahead of Baidu's 50%.

➃ Google's cloud business grew by more than 272%, followed by YouTube advertising and Google search advertising.

➄ Baidu's research and development investment rate is higher than most Chinese Internet companies, but its revenue growth rate has fallen behind.

➅ The market is not optimistic about the ancient AI giants due to unclear 'technology gold cross' and the curse of 'crown'.

➆ Baidu's search as a traditional leader lost traffic barriers in the mobile era, and its technology route has not yet broken through the cycle blockade.

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➀ Electron Beam Probing (EBP) has become a powerful method for security analyzing of sub-7nm ICs. ➁ It offers better spatial resolution than optical probing and is suitable for sub-7nm flip-chips and advanced 3D architectures. ➂ The research focuses on the importance of EBP in failure analysis and hardware assurance.
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➀ The launch ceremony and 10th anniversary celebration of Yiyue Technology's semiconductor high purity electronic process equipment production and manufacturing base project were successfully completed on October 12, 2024;

➁ The project, located in the Hefei Xinqiao Technology Demonstration Area, covers an area of about 20 acres and has a total building area of about 20,000 square meters;

➂ After the project is put into production, it will have a production capacity of 2,500 special gas equipment, 180 complete sets of chemical equipment, 480 tail gas treatment equipment, and 60 complete sets of gas production equipment per year, effectively filling the gap in the process medium transportation equipment industry in Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone's integrated circuit industry.

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➀ The 'Design to Deliver' programme aims to support companies using space-enabled data and services for environmental benefits. It focuses on generating 'trusted and actionable' information and fostering 'responsible behaviors towards nature'. ➁ The programme involves collaboration between three UK Catapult centres and is funded by Innovate UK, offering up to £50,000 in funding. ➂ Projects will address challenges in biodiversity recovery, land management, and agriculture, with a focus on trial development and support from design consultancies and technical teams.
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1. The developer of the iconic 'Dakota' New York City apartment building moved ahead of obvious and immediate need, and so did other visionaries. Critics were quick to point out their actions, but in the end, the visionaries prevailed. The same is expected to happen with AI and Broadcom. Broadcom is helping large cloud 'hyperscalers' prepare for the future of AI, even beyond current needs. It is believed that AVGO, like other forward-thinking companies, will ultimately succeed. 2. The author, Marc Gerstein, discusses his investment philosophy and career, emphasizing the importance of human intelligence in investment decisions and the limitations of quantitative analysis. 3. The article draws a parallel between the visionary approach of the 'Dakota' developer and Broadcom's strategy in the AI space, suggesting that Broadcom's forward-thinking approach will pay off.
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➀ AMD enters the back end AI network game with a UEC (UltraEthernet) NIC, driven by Nvidia's total solutions posture. ➁ AMD has improved its AI software stack over the past two years, with AI infrastructure being a 50-50 hardware-software game. ➂ Meta announces the installation of 1.5M Epyc processors, with all live traffic for Llama 405b running exclusively on MI300X. ➃ AMD Instinct MI325X launches today, with the same platform as MI300 and big performance claims on inference.
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