Micron has officially announced its GDDR7 video RAM, outlining how fast it’ll perform, and underlining the VRAM’s gaming chops too – which is of particular interest seeing as this is the memory rumored to be on-board Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards.Yes, the grapevine reckons that RTX 5000 GPUs will be equipped with GDDR7, and now we…
Several reports in the past few months claimed that Apple is working on a so-called “iPhone 17 Slim” model that will be larger than the usual iPhone Pro size but smaller than the iPhone Pro Max. The Slim moniker isn’t official, but it indicates that the iPhone in question might be thinner than other iPhone…
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Samsung this week has unveiled its latest process technologies roadmap at the company’s Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) U.S. The new plan covers the evolution of Samsung’s 2nm-class production nodes through 2027, including a process technology with a backside power delivery, re-emphasizing plans to bring out a 1.4nm-class node in 2027, and the introduction of a…
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Google is widely expected to release four Pixel 9 phones this fall. The list includes the next-gen Pixel Fold, which might be called Pixel 9 Pro Fold, according to a new leak. Then, we’ll get the Pixel 9, the Pixel 9 Pro, and the Pixel 9 Pro XL.Google didn’t tease any of these devices at…
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The curtains are drawn and it’s almost showtime for Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X SoC team. After first detailing the SoC nearly 8 months ago at the company’s most recent Snapdragon Summit, and making numerous performance disclosures in the intervening months, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus launch is nearly upon us. The…
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For the first time since the company’s founding, Samsung workers are on strike. The New York Times reports that Samsung workers in the chip division are expected to make up a majority of the employees skipping work on Friday for the one-day strike. Samsung union representatives explained that negotiations over pay increases and bonuses had…
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Rumors suggest Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 in about a month. It’d be right in time for the Summer Olympic Games, of which Samsung is a major sponsor. That’s probably why we’ve already seen so many rumors detailing the two devices. But the best leaks always seem to come…
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I’m a longtime iPhone user who is dying to test all the artificial intelligence features Apple has built into iOS 18. I’m also excited about having ChatGPT integrated into iOS 18 and getting a smarter Siri assistant next year that will let me control iPhone apps.I’ll also add that I’m paying for ChatGPT Plus, a…
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Demand for high-performance processors for AI training is skyrocketing, and consequently so is the demand for the components that go into these processors. So much so that SK hynix this week is very publicly announcing that the company’s high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity has already sold out for the rest of 2024, and even most…
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This week Samsung Electronics and Synopsys announced that Samsung has taped out its first mobile system-on-chip on Samsung Foundry’s 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) process technology. The announcement, coming from electronic design automation Synopsys, further notes that Samsung used the Synopsys.ai EDA suite to place-n-route the layout and verify design of the SoC, which in turn enabled…
