Synopsys has added RISC-V to its CPU portfolio with three ARC-V families. Application coverage extends from small low-power functions to 64-bit multicore and multicluster high-performance embedded designs.

Imagination has updated its GPU for chips targeting cloud gaming, raising performance and adding DirectX 11 support.

SambaNova Systems has released its fourth-generation AI processor, the SN40. Employing TSMC’s 5 nm technology, it offers 688 FP16 Tflop/s at an estimated TDP of 600 W.

Analog and Power IC sales on track to decrease 5% YoY .

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Codasip’s new A730-Cheri RISC-V application CPU is the first commercial implementation of the Cheri fine-grained approach to memory protection that enables omission of a large memory-protection unit

Deployment of powerful AI hardware establishes an installed base for new software, which is more important than showy generative-AI demos.

Integrated-circuit scaling has enabled semiconductors to become an indispensable part of industry. Moore’s Law and Dennard scaling have developed into design- and system-technology co-optimization to overcome the challenges posed by data centers, AI, and consumer demand.

Order activity for semiconductor equipment increased to 64 °F. With the holidays right around the corner, order activity for the Mobile and Consumer segments are increasing.

Renesas’s RA8 family of MCUs is the first on the market with Arm’s latest Cortex M85 CPU. Performance beats existing MCUs built on the Cortex M7.

MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 shakes up the CPU configuration previously typical of smartphone processors and nearly doubles the AI performance of its predecessor.

After discontinuing work on its first design, RISC V startup Ventana is readying its Veyron V2. The company plans to offer it as a 32-CPU chiplet and as a licensable core.