DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Asia Pacific, Intel
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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TSMC and Samsung commit to adopting ASML’s High NA EUV lithography tools by 2030
Companies will also be joined by Intel for 12-inch photomask industry initiative
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Foxconn and Intel partner for development of next-generation AI infrastructure
Efforts will span silicon, rack, system, and application layers
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Intel and SoftBank's Saimemory team up to build DRAM-based memory chips
Technology will support AI infrastructure demands, with prototypes expected to be available in 2027
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Intel to invest $208m in Malaysian chip industry, according to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
Unclear how money will be spent
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Intel claims lawsuit filed against former TSMC exec accused of trade secret theft has “no merit”
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said in internal memo Wei-Jen Lo has the company’s full support
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Taiwan launches investigation into former TSMC exec accused of stealing secrets
Reportedly took materials relating to the company's 2nm process
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SoftBank to invest $2bn in Intel as US gov’t continues to mull plans to take its own stake
Investment will make SoftBank fifth-biggest shareholder in Intel
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TSMC and Intel discuss preliminary agreement regarding proposed foundry JV - report
Deal could see TSMC take 20 percent stake in Intel’s foundry operations
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Intel partners with Japanese research institution for next-generation quantum computer
The agreement will see Intel provide chips to support the project
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NEC to supply supercomputer for fusion science research in Japan
System is set to go live in July 2025
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Intel hits pause on chip fabs in Germany and Poland amid financial crisis
Chipmaker lost $1.6bn in Q2, will spin off foundry business
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SoftBank courts TSMC for AI chip project after talks with Intel fell apart - report
Japanese conglomerate wants to enter the AI chip space
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Intel Xeon 6 E-cores now available; company reveals pricing for Gaudi AI accelerator
Company claims its accelerator kits are cheaper than comparable competitor offerings
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Intel puts new R&D lab in CtrlS data center, Bengaluru
The facility will test new processing architectures
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ResetData launches liquid cooled data center lab in Sydney
Company testing new data center technology
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Intel leases space in CtrlS DC data center in Bengaluru
Lease covers three years and 11,536 sq ft of floor space
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New AI startup from Intel’s Raja Koduri in talks with India’s Yotta – report
GPU leader Koduri’s generative AI startup wants access to large amounts of compute
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Rakuten Symphony outlines Open RAN Edge deployment goals
The operator has announced the general availability of its Open RAN product
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NTT plans to adopt immersion cooling after testing LiquidStack in Japan data center
Mitsubishi, Dell, Cisco, Nvidia, Intel, 3M and HPC all involved in two-phase cooling test
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Intel CEO and Samsung Electronics boss discuss semiconductor collaboration
Details are light, and talks may not lead anywhere
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Intel announces $700m Oregon data center sustainability lab, teases immersion cooling system
Hillsboro mega lab will look at cooling and water use, while the open IP immersion cooling is due to emerge in Taiwan
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Semiconductor consortium ISMC plans $3bn chip fab in India
Co-partner Tower Semiconductor is set to be acquired by Intel, giving it a presence in India
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Indian Institute of Science installs 3.3 petaflops supercomputer
Atos-manufactured supercomputer deployed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
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Intel to build $7bn chip packaging facility in Malaysia
As it expands its third party foundry business
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Intel sells NAND and SSD business to SK Hynix for $9bn
Intel will refocus its efforts on AI, Edge and 5G
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Intel admits Meltdown/Spectre patches cause server reboots
Plus, a little more insight into performance impact
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Intel and Micron to dissolve joint flash development program
Competition resumes in early 2019 – but this doesn’t include 3D XPoint
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Gartner: Samsung emerges as the world’s largest chipmaker
While worldwide semiconductor revenue grows 22.2 percent in a year