Tag: IPS

Apr 14 2024

SK hynix to Build $3.87 Billion Memory Packaging Fab in the U.S. for HBM4 and Beyond

4 minutes of reading / AI, HP, Intel, IPS, Samsung, Tech / By AKEX / Leave a Comment

SK hynix this week announced plans to build its advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The move can be considered as a milestone both for the memory maker and the U.S., as this is the first advanced memory packaging facility in the country and the company’s first significant manufacturing operation in America. The…

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Apr 12 2024

TSMC to Receive $6.6B Under US CHIPS Act, Set to Build 2nm Fab in Arizona

3 minutes of reading / Apple, Intel, IPS, Tech / By AKEX / Leave a Comment

TSMC has entered into a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, securing up to $6.6 billion in direct funding and access to up to $5 billion in loans under the CHIPS and Science Act. With this latest round of support from the U.S. government, TSMC in turn will be adding a third fab…

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Mar 7 2024

Apple Launches M3-Based MacBook Air 13 and 15: 3nm CPU for the Masses

4 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, IPS, MacBook, Tech / By AKEX

Apple on Monday introduced its new generation MacBook Air laptops based on the company’s most-recent M3 system-on-chip (SoC). The new MacBook Air notebooks come in the same sizes as the previous models – 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches – with prices starting from $1,099 and $1,299 respectively. The key improvement in Apple’s 2024 MacBook Air laptops…

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Mar 1 2024

GlobalFoundries to Receive $1.5 Billion In Funding from U.S. CHIPS Act

3 minutes of reading / 5G, AI, edge computing, HP, IPS, Qualcomm, Tech / By AKEX

The United States Department of Commerce and GlobalFoundires announced on Monday that the US will be awarding GlobalFoundries with $1.5 billion in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The latest domestic chip fab to receive money under the act, GlobalFoundries’s funding will be spent to upgrade company’s New York and Vermont fabs as well…

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Feb 27 2024

The Intel IFS Direct Connect 2024 Keynote (Starts at 8:30am PT/16:30 UTC)

13 minutes of reading / AI, Intel, IPS, Microsoft, Samsung, Tech, Technology / By AKEX

This morning, Intel is set to provide updates on its foundry business (IFS) and process roadmap at its IFS Direct Connect event in Santa Clara. Intel is expected to unveil plans for how the company will transform the foundry industry and how it is set to become the world’s first and only fully integrated systems foundry…

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Jan 20 2024

MSI Announces the Claw: A Handheld PC Game Console with Intel’s Meteor Lake Inside

3 minutes of reading / Intel, IPS, MSI, Tech / By AKEX

The success of Valve’s Steam Deck console has clearly inspired numerous makers of gaming hardware to try their luck with portable gaming systems. One of such companies is MSI, which introduced its Claw handheld console at CES. The Claw A1M mobile console uses Intel’s latest Core Ultra ‘Meteor Lake’ platform along with Windows 11 operating…

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Dec 19 2023

Amkor to Build $2 Billion Chip Packaging Fab in Arizona Primarily for Apple

4 minutes of reading / Apple, iPhone, IPS, MacBook, Tech / By AKEX

Amkor, the world’s second largest independent outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) service provider, has announced their intention to build a new advanced chip packaging facility in the U.S. Carrying a price tag of around 2 billion dollars, the plant in Arizona will primarily serve to package chips produced by TSMC at its Fab 21…

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Oct 29 2023

GlobalFoundries Applies for CHIPS Money to Expand U.S. Fabs

2 minutes of reading / IPS, Tech / By AKEX

Update 9/30: Correcting the number of companies interested in receiving support from the CHIPS fund.GlobalFoundries has applied for financial support from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act to expand its American manufacturing sites, the company said this week. The company intends to get federal grants and investment tax credits to upgrade facilities used to build chips for various…

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