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  Realme GT 8 Pro Confirmed to Debut With Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, R1 Graphics Chip and Dual Symmetrical Speakers

  Realme GT 8 Pro will be powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, the company announced on Thursday. The handset is confirmed to come with a dedicated R1 graphics chip for handling graphics intensive tasks. Realme will also equip it with dual symmetrical speakers for an improved multimedia experience. The Realme GT 8 Pro is schedu...

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  Qualcomm Unveils Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chip With 23 Percent Faster Performance, Agentic AI Support

  Qualcomm has announced its highly-anticipated Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset for mobile devices at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The new mobile processor features third-generation Oryon cores, which enable faster performance and improved efficiency compared to the previous Snapdragon 8 Elite platform. The chip gets support for Agentic AI assis...

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  Nvidia Bets Big on Intel With $5 Billion Stake and Chip Partnership

  Nvidia is investing $5 billion in chipmaker Intel to acquire roughly four percent stake in the struggling company. Nvidia's support represents a new opening for Intel after years of turnaround efforts at the famed US manufacturer failed to pay off, and it sent shares soaring 30 percent in premarket action.

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  MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Launch Date Announced; Company Designs Its First Chip Using TSMC’s 2nm Process

  MediaTek, a leading chipmaker, has finished designing and testing its flagship chip on TSMC’s cutting-edge 2nm process, making it one of the first companies to adopt this advanced technology. Mass production is slated for the end of next year. The company also revealed that its next-generation Dimensity flagship SoC, likely the Dimensity 9500, is...

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  Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 Tipped to Exceed 4 Million Points on AnTuTu Benchmark; Specifications Leaked

  Qualcomm could announce the next-generation chipset, tentatively called the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, at its Snapdragon Summit later this month. While we wait for the official release, a prominent tipster states that the chipset could set a new benchmark for mobile processors. The CPU is likely to have two prime cores and six performance cores.

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  Apple Set to Take Nearly Half of TSMC’s 2nm Chip Production: Report

  TSMC is reportedly set to begin mass production of 2-nanometer chips in late 2025, with capacity at its Baoshan and Kaohsiung plants expected to remain fully utilised through 2026. Apple is said to have secured nearly half of the output, making it TSMC’s top customer, while Qualcomm ranks second. Other initial adopters of the process include AMD,...

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  Intel Said to Be Struggling With Key Manufacturing Process for Next PC Chip

  Early tests disappointed customers last year, but Intel has said its 18A is on track to make its "Panther Lake" laptop semiconductors at high volume starting in 2025, which include next-generation transistors and a more efficient way to deliver power to the chip.

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  Tesla Samsung Seal USD 16.5 Billion Chip Deal For AI6 Production At Texas Plant

  Tesla signs USD 16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung, AI6 chips to be made in Texas. While TSMC is to produce the AI5 chips for the automaker.

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  Tesla Signs $16.5 Billion Deal With Samsung for Fabrication of AI6 Chips at Texas Plant

  Tesla has signed a strategic pact with Samsung Electronics for the fabrication of next generation chips, CEO Elon Musk announced on Monday. The deal is said to be worth $16.5 billion (roughly Rs. 1.4 lakh crore) and will see the South Korean tech conglomerate’s foundry division manufacture AI6 chips at its Texas plant, which are expected to bthen...

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  Elon Musk Announces Upcoming Tesla-Saumsung Chip Manufacturing Collaboration

  Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has said Samsung Electronics will manufacture the US electric vehicle maker's next-generation AI6 chip at its semiconductor plant in the state of Texas.

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  With AI Projects, Taiwan Seeks To Boost Its Economy By $510 Billion

  Taiwan plans to launch its "Ten Major AI Infrastructure Projects" initiative, aiming to generate more than 15 trillion Taiwanese dollars ($510 billion) in economic value by 2040 as it strives to become a global leader in artificial intelligence.

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  Qualcomm May Use Samsung Foundry to Produce Different Variants of Snapdragon Elite 2 SoC for Galaxy S26 Series

  With Qualcomm’s 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC being used on most premium and flagship Android smartphones today, the chip giant is now planning something different in the coming year. According to a source, Qualcomm will produce two unique Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 processors next year, one of which will come from Samsung Electronics Foundry. The standar...

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  Netherland’s ASML Is the Most Important Company Behind the Global Rise of AI: 5 Things You Should Know

  Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines are the only such systems that can inscribe transistors smaller than 7nm on a microchip. This means everything from a modern smartphones, powerful GPUs, and data servers powering the compute for advanced AI models are all developed using this technology. And, there is only company in the world that man...

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  iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max and iPhone 18 Fold Said to Debut With 2nm A20 Chipset in 2026

  After using TSMC’s 3nm process for its iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro series, Apple seems to be in a position to switch to an even more efficient 2nm manufacturing process, for its future iPhone 18 Pro models. The 2nm node is expected to bring better power efficiency among other benefits.

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  TSMC Says US Tariffs Have Some Impact But AI Demand Robust

  Taiwan's TSMC said on Tuesday that US tariffs were having some impact on the company and had been discussed with Washington. TSMC's Chief Executive C.C. Wei has disclosed that the company had not seen any changes in customer behaviour due to tariff uncertainty.