SK hynix gets Nvidia’s HBM4 gig
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Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:17

SK hynix gets Nvidia’s HBM4 gig


Beats Samsung and Micron

SK hynix has pulled ahead of its memory rivals by bagging NVIDIA’s first HBM4 orders, giving the South Korean chipmaker a premium position for the launch of Nvidia's Rubin GPUs.

Google dumping Samsung for TSMC leaves foundry flailing
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“Google incident” forces soul‑searching at Samsung 

Google’s decision to dump Samsung for TSMC to make its Tensor chips has reportedly caused chaos behind closed doors in South Korea.

Samsung might trade OLED secrets for cheaper wafers
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Korean giant risks IP leak in rumoured China supply tie-up

Samsung could end up handing over some of its crown jewels to China to cut costs on its next-generation chips and displays.

Troubled Chipzilla might chop itself up
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The answer to years of failure could be to admit it can't do everything

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street reckon Troubled Chipzilla might need to smash itself into pieces if it wants to claw out of its long-running tech and financial woes, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Qualcomm plans dual-variant Snapdragon 8 Elite 3
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Built on 2 nm

Qualcomm looks set to shake up its flagship chip strategy by splitting the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite 3 into two variants fabbed using TSMC’s 2 nm process.

Samsung bets big on Exynos 2600 to prove 2nm isn’t fantasy
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Chip to power Galaxy S26, if it survives yield roulette

Samsung is throwing everything behind its Exynos 2600, a mobile chip meant to both revive its self-made application processor line and prove its foundry isn’t bluffing with the 2nm node hype.

Apple’s “Liquid Glass” sparks backlash
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It was supposed to distract from Apple's AI woes but has only made it worse

Apple Fanboys are furious that their fruity cargo cult’s leaders thought that turning to Windows Vista for inspiration would somehow distract them from the fact that the company can’t get its AI to go.

Apple eyeing up 200 megapixel camera trick
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Samsung's sensor crop shows up iPhone's zoom


It took the fruity cargo cult, Apple long enough to jump from 12MP to 48MP on its iPhones, but now there’s fresh talk that it might leap again to a 200MP sensor, following a bruising camera comparison with Samsung.

Qualcomm caught in Samsung’s yield gamble yet again
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Forced deal with Korean foundry as TSMC loyalty wobbles

Qualcomm normally tries to split chip production between Samsung and TSMC but always ends up relying on TSMC because Samsung cannot fix its yield problems. This year might be different for better or worse.

Sound United gets snapped up by Samsung’s HARMAN 
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Sound United gets snapped up by Samsung’s HARMAN 

Masimo, better known for sticking sensors on sick people than flogging headphones, has finally offloaded its Sound United consumer audio unit to HARMAN International for $350 million in cash.