Archive for March, 2024
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
In the rapidly evolving automotive sector, two technological giants, Arm and Intel, are making significant announcements, each promising to revolutionize the development and capabilities of AI-enabled vehicles. Here’s a detailed comparison of their respective announcements to provide insights into their offerings and the potential impact on the automotive industry.
Arm’s Automotive Innovations
Arm’s announcement, spearheaded by Dipti Vachani, SVP and GM of the Automotive Line of Business, focuses on a series of industry firsts designed to accelerate the development cycle of automotive technologies by up to two years. The key highlights from Arm include:
- Introduction of Arm Automotive Enhanced (AE) Processors: These new processors are designed to bring Armv9 and server-class performance to automotive applications, specifically AI-driven use cases like autonomous vehicles and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
- Future Arm Compute Subsystems (CSS) for Automotive: Aimed at further reducing development time and cost, these subsystems promise maximum flexibility for high-performance automotive systems.
- Virtual Prototyping Solutions: For the first time, Arm offers the ecosystem the ability to develop software on virtual prototyping solutions before physical silicon is available, greatly accelerating development cycles.
The next-generation AE processors, including the Arm Neoverse V3AE, Cortex-A720AE, Cortex-A520AE, Cortex-R82AE, and Mali-C720AE, are tailored for the automotive industry, offering improvements in AI capabilities, security, and virtualization.
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Monday, March 18th, 2024
By Bob Brennan, VP, GM, Intel Foundry Services, Customer Solutions Engineering
 Bob Brennan Artificial intelligence isn’t just driving headlines and stock valuations. It’s also “pushing the boundaries of silicon technology, packaging technology, the construction of silicon, and the construction of racks and data centers,” says Intel’s Bob Brennan.
“There is an insatiable demand,” Brennan adds. Which is great timing since his job is to help satisfy that demand.
Brennan leads customer solutions engineering for Intel Foundry, which aims to make it as easy and fast as possible for the world’s fabless chipmakers to fabricate and assemble their chips through Intel factories.
“We are engaged from architecture to high-volume manufacturing—soup to nuts—and we present the customer with a complete solution,” Brennan asserts.
Inviting New Chipmakers in by Turning Intel Inside Out
That contrasts with a foundry like TSMC, which offers research and development, wafer fabrication and selected advanced packaging. Intel Foundry offers those services and a lot more—going beyond construction and helping with testing, firmware (the software that makes hardware work) and the intricacies of the global semiconductor supply chain.
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Tags: artificial intelligence, Intel Foundry
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
In the realm of desktop computing, speed and power are the twin pillars upon which the ultimate user experience rests. Today, Intel has once again affirmed its commitment to these principles with the announcement of its Intel® Core™ 14th Gen i9-14900KS processors, heralding a new epoch in desktop processor speeds.
Intel’s latest marvel, the i9-14900KS, bursts through previous boundaries by offering a staggering 6.2 gigahertz (GHz) max turbo frequency straight out of the box. This isn’t just another incremental step forward; it’s a giant leap that cements Intel’s status as the purveyor of the world’s fastest desktop processor. For the legion of PC enthusiasts, gamers, and content creators, this represents not just an upgrade but a transformation in what they can expect from their desktop systems.
 Intel Core 14th Gen i9-14900KS Special Edition Unlocked Desktop Processor Provides Record-Breaking 6.2GHz frequency right out of the box – giving high-end PC enthusiasts the cutting edge power they look for in their desktops. (Credit: Intel Corporation) “The Intel Core i9-14900KS showcases the full power and performance potential of the Intel Core 14th Gen desktop processor family and its performance hybrid architecture,” says Roger Chandler, Intel’s vice president and general manager of the Enthusiast PC and Workstation Segment. His words underscore a fundamental truth about today’s computing demands: they are evolving, and Intel is leading the charge in meeting these demands head-on.
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Friday, March 1st, 2024
India’s recent approval of three semiconductor plants, representing a colossal investment of $15.2 billion, marks a significant leap towards its ambition of becoming a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design. This initiative not only underscores India’s strategic efforts to reduce its dependency on foreign semiconductor supplies but also highlights its push to claim a stake in the highly competitive and geopolitically sensitive semiconductor industry.
The announcement comes at a time when the global semiconductor industry is facing unprecedented demand coupled with supply chain bottlenecks, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions. Semiconductors, or chips, are integral components of a vast array of products, from basic consumer electronics to advanced defense systems, making them crucial for national security and economic growth. India’s entry into semiconductor manufacturing is not just about economic development but also about securing its position in the global supply chain and enhancing its technological sovereignty.
The projects involve two fabrication plants (fabs) and one packaging facility, with Tata Group and CG Power among the key investors, in collaboration with international partners such as Taiwan’s Powerchip, Japan’s Renesas Electronics, and Thailand’s Stars Microelectronics. The construction of these plants is expected to begin within the next 100 days, highlighting the urgency and priority the Indian government places on this sector.
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Tags: India, packaging, Semiconductors
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