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  Nintendo Turns to Samsung to Make Chips, Ramp Up Switch 2 Output

  Nintendo has turned to Samsung to help make the main chips for the Switch 2. The Korean company is now working on a customized chip or processor designed by Nvidia for the Switch 2 using its 8-nanometer node, according to people familiar with the matter.

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  Xiaomi XRING 01 Chipset Teased by CEO Lei Jun Ahead of Launch

  Xiaomi XRING 01, the tech giant's first in-house smartphone chipset, is slated for launch this month, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced on Weibo. Debuting on a new Xiaomi handset, the high-performance processor aims to lessen Xiaomi's dependence on Qualcomm and MediaTek for smartphone chipsets.

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  Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC With AI Features, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0

  Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC on Thursday. The new mobile platform succeeds the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and offers select Snapdragon Elite Gaming features. It is built on TSMC's 4nm process technology and ships with several AI capabilities. It supports Gen AI assistants and popular large language models(LLMs) running directly on device. ...

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  MediaTek Helio G200 Chipset With Up to 40 Percent Improved CPU Performance Launched

  MediaTek on Monday launched the Helio G200 chipset for mobile devices. The Taiwan-based chipmaker says its new processor is aimed at powerful gaming smartphones with a particular emphasis on social and messaging apps enhancement. It is claimed to deliver more than a 40 percent improvement against competitor alternative platforms when it comes to si...

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  MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC Tipped to Offer Improved Ray Tracing and AI Performance; Specifications Leak

  Dimensity 9500 SoC is rumoured to be in development as the latest flagship-tier smartphone processor from MediaTek. Ahead of its anticipated debut sometime later this year, a tipster suggests that it could be fabricated using TSMC's N3P process (3nm). Powered by Arm’s latest Cortex-X9 series cores, the chipset is speculated to bring improvements ...

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  Huawei Said to be Readying New AI Chip for Mass Shipment as China Seeks Nvidia Alternatives

  Huawei plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C AI chips to Chinese customers as early as next month. The timing is fortuitous for Chinese AI companies which have been left scrambling for domestic alternatives to the H20, the primary AI chip that Nvidia had until recently been allowed to sell freely in the Chinese market.

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  iPhone 18 Price Hike Likely Due to 'Significant' Cost Increase From Adopting TSMC's 2nm Process, Tipster Claims

  Apple's iPhone 18 lineup could see a price increase when it launches next year, according to a tipster. The potential hike is attributed to the expected adoption of TSMC's next-generation 2nm process node for Apple's 'A20' chipset, which is more costly than the N3P node that is used to produce Apple's A18 and A18 Pro chips.

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  Intel, TSMC Tentatively Agree to Form Chipmaking Joint Venture: Report

  Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, will take a 20 percent stake in the new company.

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  Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 With Up to 31 Percent Boost in CPU Performance, Adreno 825 GPU Launched

  Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 has been launched as the successor to last year's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, and the new chip is claimed to deliver enhanced CPU, GPU, and AI performance. Built on TSMC's 4nm process, this chip is expected to arrive on gaming smartphones, with support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and on-device generative AI. It offers Wi-Fi 7 ...

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  Qualcomm Said to Launch Snapdragon Chipsets Based on 2nm Node Next Year Alongside Apple

  Qualcomm is rumoured to debut the successor to its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset this year. The successor to this purported chip, dubbed Snapdragon 8 Elite 3, could be fabricated on a 2nm process, according to claims by a tipster. The improved lithography is said to be implemented not only for Qualcomm’s flagship 2026 SoC but for another va...

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  Google’s Tensor G5 SoC May Use Imagination Technologies’ GPU to Power Pixel 10 Series

  Google Pixel 10 series is rumoured to be in development as the successor to last year’s Pixel 9 lineup. Ahead of its anticipated debut, a report suggests that the company may leverage a graphics processing unit (GPU) developed by UK-based Imagination Technologies in the Tensor G5 SoC to power its purported smartphones.

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  Google Pixel 10 Series' Tensor G5 Chip to Arrive With Several Changes, Including Custom Camera ISP: Report

  Google's Pixel 10 series is expected to debut this year, with the company's Tensor G5 chip. Google is expected to collaborate with Taiwan-based TSMC for production of the Tensor G5 chipset. Ahead of the Pixel 10 launch, details about several Samsung-designed component set to be replaced in the Tensor G5 chip have emerged online.

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  Google Preparing to Partner with Taiwan's MediaTek on Next AI Chip: Report

  Google is preparing to partner with MediaTek on the next version of its AI chips. Google chose MediaTek partly because the Taiwanese firm has a strong relationship with TSMC and charges Google less per chip compared to Broadcom, the Information reported.

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  Meta Reportedly Testing First In-House Chipsets Designed for AI Training

  Meta has reportedly begun testing its first in-house chipsets that will be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. As per the report, the company has deployed a limited number of processors to test the performance and sustainability of the custom chipsets, and based on how well the tests go, it will begin large-scale production of the sa...

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  TSMC Said to Have Pitched Intel Foundry JV to Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom

  Under the proposal, TSMC would run the operations of Intel's foundry division, which makes chips adapted for the needs of customers, but it would not own more than 50 percent, the sources said. Qualcomm has also been pitched by TSMC, according to one of the sources and a separate source.