Intel and AMD are old enemies who have been in love and murder for half a century, but one thing is that their attitudes are basically the same. In order to solve the problem of game picture tearing and carton, NVIDIA an...

In the early morning of November 8, Beijing time, according to CNBC website, sources said that chip company Xilinx had hired Barclays Bank to help it acquire Mellanox, continuing the trend of integration in the semiconductor industry. Reported that xilinsi had contact with Mai Luo Si, launched a takeover offer for it.

As early as 2014, Microsoft first announced that it was exploring the possibility of using FPGAs in data centers to speed up some of Bing's tasks. Later in 2016, Microsoft announced that they had extended the use of FPGA in Azure and Office 365. Each group uses FPGA according to their needs. For example, Azure uses FPGA for faster network connectivity, while Office 365 uses it for machine intelligence activities.

Core technology news, two years of good prospects for the semiconductor industry, this encounter is probably not small. According to The Street, the semiconductor giant Texas Instruments and Italian-French semiconductors have confirmed that part of the chip industry has been facing a cyclical pullback.

Looking ahead to the data center outlook, Micron Technology (Inc.) announced Thursday (Oct. 18) after the U.S. stock market, the joint venture IM Flash Technologies, LLC's Intel Corp. (Intel Corp.) stake, Meguiar intends to buy up.

Semiconductor organizations in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau have formally joined hands to form an alliance. In the future, they will build up a synergistic semiconductor industry ecosphere with Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

As supply of 12 inch silicon wafers continues to be tight, major wafer manufacturers around the world, including Japan's Shenggao, Germany's Silitronic and Universal Wafers, have begun to expand production plans. In contrast, the mainland is also accelerating the development of 12 inch large silicon wafers. According to the current planning of domestic enterprises, it is estimated that the domestic 12-inch silicon wafer production capacity will reach 1.45 million wafers per month by 2020, covering domestic demand.

Leti, A Research Institute of ST and CEA Tech, announced a collaborative effort to develop silicon-based GaN power switching module manufacturing technology. The silicon-based GaN power technology will enable Italian Semiconductors to meet high-performance, high-power applications, including hybrid and electric vehicle chargers, wireless charging and servers.

The upstream of the semiconductor industry in the fourth quarter of 2018 seems to be beginning to show off-season pressures ahead of schedule. In line with the potential further weakening of GDP growth around the world in 2019, Taiwan IC designers have recently concentrated their R&D resources in emerging automotive electronics and the Internet of Things to avoid a stall in corporate revenue and profit growth. After all, these innovative products are emerging from scratch. As long as they can grab new orders, the company's performance in the coming year is bound to increase. Taiwan IC Design Co. has begun to keep pace with the international chip factories, expanding its AI, Internet of Things and automotive power. Sub chip solutions, hoping to compete for future huge business opportunities.

NEC Corporation announced an investment in Tascent, Inc., a U.S. -based biometric systems company, to accelerate the global expansion of its security business. The demand for further security enhancement through multimod...