Does AWS’s new Graviton 4 really deliver on price-performance?

AWS previewed its new Graviton4-based EC2 r8g instances at re:Invent 2023. It is now generally available in four AWS regions. The r8g offer 30% better performance and will be available in large instance sizes with up to 3x more vCPUs (up to 48xl) and memory (up to 1.5TB) than Graviton3-based r7g instances.
17Jul

Thailand xEV Market Demand Outlook 2022-2031

This report summarizes forecasts for the Thailand’s market for xEV systems, semiconductors, and sensors. Despite uncertainties such as the Ukraine conflict, semiconductor shortages, and a slowing global economy, the momentum towards electrification and battery electric vehicles remains robust, with volume demand continuing to rise.
17Jul

Loongson 3A6000 CPU Digital Floorplan Analysis

This CPU contains a quad-core 2.5 GHz LSA664 CPU, four 16 MB L3 cache memory, and two DDR4x memory controller. Look further into this digital floorplan analysis (DFR) to find out the process node, BEOL stack, bit cell usage, and manufacturing cost.
17Jul

Analysis: Smartphone Display Panel Market Share Q1 2024

The global smartphone display panel market experienced a dip in revenues of over 10% percent year-over-year in Q1 2024. The revenues fell on the back of declining panel ASPs and diminishing LCD market demand that impacted the performance of key display vendors in the period.
17Jul

Memory Pricing Report – July 2024

This monthly update delves into the dynamic and volatile pricing landscape of mainstream DRAM and NAND memory, offering an examination of pricing trends over the past three months and projecting developments for the upcoming year.
16Jul

Tracker: VALUE SHARE: Global Wearables Revenue and ASP by Vendor: 2024 Q1

Global wearable revenues fell by 3% in Q1 2024 as macroeconomic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty caused lengthening replacement cycles and shrinking volumes for both smartwatches and fitness bands. ASPs remain elevated due to persisting inflation as well as product mix trending away from lower priced fitness bands and toward higher priced smartwatches.
15Jul

Insight: “Apple Intelligence” Attempts to Take Back AI Leadership at WWDC 2024

Despite designing one of the first PC chipsets with a neural processing unit (NPU)—the M-series chip—and shipping millions of devices powered by it, Apple has been dodging questions on its AI strategy for the last year. Meanwhile, companies like Microsoft, Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, and Nvidia have been gleefully showing examples of how AI PCs powered by their silicon and software will change computing.
15Jul

Insight: Automotive Chiplets–The View from SEMICON West

TechInsights took part in a session on automotive chiplets that was held at the SEMICON West event in San Francisco on 10th July 2024. Also presenting were representatives from IMEC, Bosch and MIPS. This analysis presents the TechInsights view of both the outlook for chiplets in automotive as well as some of the challenges that remain.
15Jul

Power Semiconductor Market Share - 2Q 2023

The Global Power Semiconductor market is estimated to be valued at $52.7 billion in 2023. Infineon are leading the market with an estimated power semiconductor revenue of $9.3 billion in 2023. They are followed by STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments with $5.8B and $5.2B revenue respectively.
15Jul