Monthly Archives: February 2024

[News] Breaking: TSMC’s New Co-COOs Announced

TSMC has announced the latest appointment of Senior Vice President of R&D Dr. Y.J. Mii and Senior Vice President of Operations Mr. Y.P. Chyn as Executive Vice Presidents and Co-Chief Operating Officers of TSMC today, per TSMC’s earlier press release. …

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[News] Rapidus, the First 2nm Client, to Manufacture AI Chips for Tenstorrent

Rapidus, a foundry company established through Japanese government-industry collaboration, aims to mass-produce 2-nanometer chips by 2027. According to Rapidus, Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) chip startup Tenstorrent is set to become Rapidus’ 2nm client. On February 27th, Rapidus announced a collaboration …

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[News] NVIDIA’s China-Exclusive H20 to Begin Pre-sales Next Month

NVIDIA, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) chips, is set to commence pre-orders for its AI chip H20 specially designed for the Chinese market by the end of March this year in response to US export bans, according to …

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[News] NVIDIA’s H100 AI Chip No Longer Out of Reach, Inventory Pressure Reportedly Forces Customers to Resell

The previously elusive NVIDIA data center GPU, H100, has seen a noticeable reduction in delivery lead times amid improved market supply conditions, as per a report from Tom’s Hardware. As a result, customers who previously purchased large quantities of H100 chips are …

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[News] Micron Begins Mass Production of HBM3e for NVIDIA’s H200

The U.S. memory giant Micron Technology has started the mass production of high-bandwidth memory “HBM3e,” which will be utilized in NVIDIA’s latest AI chips. Micron stated on February 26th that HBM3e consumes 30% less power than its competitors, meeting the demands of …

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