Huawei’s Chipmaker Warns Global Tensions Creating a Chip Glut

The last few months have seen some incredibly low prices on memory and storage products, particularly SSDs. That's great for consumers but not so for manufacturers, who have been struggling to turn a profit. That looks set to flip. The prices of DRAM and NAND chips are on the rise, and that means the bargain bonanza is likely coming to an end.

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, who runs the semiconductor industry's most valuable company, said the US is as much as 20 years away from breaking its dependence on overseas chipmaking.

The Chinese company, Huawei is gaining much recognition in the market with their new innovative ideas in bringing top-notch technology to their smartphones. Most recently, the company announced its in-house 5G chip which created a buzz among smartphone buyers. Now, with the Huawei P70 series, the company has bigger plans in terms of introducing better-than-ever camera specifications worldwide along with a new chipset. Know how Huawei is planning to increase its sales by introducing the P70 series.

Huawei defying the U.S. sanctions and proceeding to mass produce the 7nm Kirin 9000S for a range of flagships is regarded as a miracle by industry watchers, but that does not mean that the road ahead is going to be any easier. A former TSMC Vice President of Research And Development who is also known for inventing immersion lithography is regarded as a ‘chip guru’ in the latest report, and he states that fabricating a 5nm chipset on the existing DUV equipment is going to be highly expensive, but doable.

In a surprising move, China has delayed the launch of its highly anticipated Xuntian Space Telescope, reshaping the international competition to explore the mysteries of the cosmos. Originally scheduled for liftoff from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China by the end of this year, Xuntian is now set for a mid-2025 launch. The postponement puts it in direct competition with the European Space Agency's Euclid and NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

In June 2023, Instagram began testing a new feature that would allow users to download Reels, its short vertical-scrolling videos, in the US. Now, after a long testing period, platform head Adam Mosseri has announced that this feature is now available worldwide and users can download Reels from public accounts freely. We tested it out and found that it wasn't available for us yet. So, it is likely that the rollout is being done in a phased manner and it may take a few days before it gets activated for all users.

A new gacha SRPG is on the horizon, and it’s called Mist Sequence! Interesting game titles aside, the art style for this gacha is quite stunning, to say the least.

If you’ve been following our recent Atelier news, you’ll know that I’ve been waiting for the Atelier Resleriana global release. Well, the time has come – sort of.

TSMC only had one customer for its 3nm ‘N3B’ process, which was Apple, but in 2024, a new report states that the semiconductor manufacturer is expected to witness a double-digit increase in revenue for this category as it aims to add more partners for its long-supported cutting-edge node. With this growth, the company’s 3nm wafer production is also said to reach 100,000 monthly units by the end of next year.

Omron Corp., a Japanese provider of health-care equipment and factory automation, is setting its sights on the lucrative chipmaking gear market to fuel future growth.

The cyberattack that paralyzed several major Australian ports was a sharp reminder of what governments and experts say is a growing threat to shipping, the lifeblood of the global economy.

NetEase's popular Chinese MMORPG, Justice, could soon make its Western debut. This speculation is fueled by a trademark application for Sword of Justice by NetEase Interactive Entertainment, filed on September 1, 2023, indicating a possible rebranding for the Western market.