During Computex today, Dutch semiconductor giant NXP announced its i.MX 91, the latest processor from its i.MX 9 series of applications processors for industrial, medical, consumer and IoT use cases. […]
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Back to news homeHow are global chipmakers preparing for the US-China chip war?
Great results can be achieved with small forces,” Sun Tzu wrote in “The Art of War” some 2,500 years ago. That quote is so old it’s now an adage. But […]
China’s smartphone shipments slumped 23% in Jan-Aug
Smartphone shipment is often seen as the bellwether of China’s consumer spending, and right now, the picture isn’t very rosy. The world’s largest market for smartphones shipped 175.1 million handsets […]
Tighter VC capital forces AI startups to face the music
Winter may hve arrived early for AI and machine learning startups. After years of rosy projections, growth and investor enthusiasm, a new report from PitchBook shows that VC activity in […]
Is the future of the microchip industry going to be Made in America?
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AI chipmaker Rebellions gets $22.8M Series A extension from Korean telco company KT
South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions has raised a $22.8 million (30 billion KRW) extension to its Series A financing from a strategic investor KT, one of the largest telecom companies […]
Temasek’s Pavilion Capital backs South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions with $50M investment
Global venture capital firms are pouring money into the semiconductor startups developing the next generation of chips. Semiconductors, which have become a valued asset, are used in virtually almost every […]
Cadillac begins production of Lyriq crossovers, the GM luxury brand’s first EV
Cadillac began production on Monday of its first-ever electric vehicle, the $60,000 Lyriq crossover. General Motors’ luxury brand has high hopes for the SUV as the first model in the […]
VCs weigh in on Europe’s future in the critical deep tech market
Writing about Europe is hard today. Russia is invading Ukraine as we write, and global markets are in freefall. This is the continent’s political and military backdrop. Last week, this […]
Daily Crunch: Google dumps FloC plan, proposes new Topics API for ad targeting
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