Semiconductors

Cerebras Systems disclosed progress in its mission to deliver a "brain-scale" AI solution capable of supporting neural network models of over 120 trillion parameters in size. Cerebras’ new technology portfolio contains...

IBM unveiled its upcoming Telum Processor for artificial intelligence applications. A Telum-based system is planned for the first half of 2022.Telum is IBM's first processor that contains on-chip acceleration for...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Intel an agreement to provide commercial foundry services in the first phase of its multi-phase Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes - Commercial (RAMP-C) program. The RAMP-C...

EdgeQ, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, is now sampling its RISC-V based, 5G Base Station-on-a-Chip to customers developing enterprise-grade 5G access points, Open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN) based Radio...

Marvell Technology agreed to acquire Innovium, a start-up offering switching silicon for cloud and edge data centers, in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.1 billion.Innovium, which is based in San...

Ampere has agreed to acquire OnSpecta, a start-up based Redwood City, California offering AI inference optimization software.  Financial terms were not disclosed.OnSpecta claims its Deep Learning Software (DLS) AI optimization...

Microchip Technology Inc. introduced a single-chip, highly integrated, low-power, multi-channel integrated circuit (IC) that can be coupled with the company’s IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and clock recovery algorithm...

Blaize, a start-up based in El Dorado Hills, California, announced $71 million in Series D round of funding for its edge AI computing solutions in automotive, mobility, smart retail, security,...

Intel unveiled RibbonFET, its first new transistor architecture in more than a decade, and PowerVia, a new backside power delivery method. In a webcast presentation highlighting its process and packaging technology...

 Fungible has appointed Eric Hayes as its new CEO and member of Fungible’s Board of Directors, succeeding Pradeep Sindhu, who has served as Executive Chairman and CEO since Fungible’s inception....

GlobalFoundries (GF) announced its expansion plans for its most advanced manufacturing facility in upstate New York.GF will invest $1 billion to immediately add an additional 150,000 wafers per year within...

Untether AI, a start-up based in Toronto, announced an oversubscribed $125 million funding round for its at-memory computation and AI inference acceleration silicon.The latest funding was led by an affiliate...

The Telecom Infra Project's Evenstar reference desing for O-RAN deployments has picked up new supply chain partners, including Baicells, Marvell, MaxLinear, and Sterlite Technologies Limited. Existing technology partners include ADI,...