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Prices for the construction of new factories for the production of microcircuit chips are skyrocketing
The chip manufacturing plant South Korea’s Samsung is building in Taylor, Texas, will cost the world’s largest memory chip maker more than $25 billion, up $8 billion from initial estimates, according to Reuters.
According to three people familiar with the matter, the increase in value is primarily due to inflation. A second source said the new cost estimate could rise even more if construction of the Taylor plant is delayed: “The later the plant is completed, the higher the costs will be.”
Samsung, the world’s second-largest contract chipmaker, has announced its Taylor, Texas, plant in 2021. It aims to produce advanced chips for features such as artificial intelligence, 5G and mobile phones and promises to create 2,000 high-tech jobs.
One source told Reuters that the company is rushing to complete the plant by 2024 in order to begin chip production by 2025, allowing the company until 2026 to receive investment tax credits on tools for the plant.
Two sources said Samsung has already spent half of the $17 billion originally planned for the Taylor plant and noted that the company may eventually decide to build additional plants.
US Department of Commerce officials said earlier this month that most government subsidies would only cover up to 15% of the cost of new plants. Meanwhile, over the past three years, the cost of labor has risen sharply along with the price of building materials such as steel.
Last year, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, announced it more than tripled its planned investment in a new plant in Arizona to $40 billion.
Meanwhile, Intel announced a $20 billion Ohio chip plant, but the total cost could rise to $100 billion. Also last year, chipmaker Micron said it plans to invest up to $100 billion over the next 20-plus years to build a computer chip manufacturing facility in upstate New York.
Hyundai introduced the new Hyundai Mufasa crossover, which is positioned as a replacement for the Hyundai ix35 model. So far, this is a concept, but the serial production version can be seen during the Shanghai Motor Show on April 18, and sales will begin in early July.
The car has high ground clearance, a pronounced off-road body kit and matching tires, as well as running boards and reinforced bumpers. Above is an unusual trunk. In the area of the rear left pillar is a strange element, the purpose of which is still unclear.
At the rear, Hyundai designers have created brake lights in the shape of an oval, inside which is the letter logo of the Hyundai brand. A duplicate brake light is located on the rear spoiler.
Body dimensions are 4475 x 1850 x 1665 mm, wheelbase is 2680 mm. Salon Hyundai Mufasa will be minimalistic. There are practically no physical buttons on the front panel, and all control is placed on the touch screen. The driver also has access to a digital dashboard.
The production car will be equipped with a 2.0-liter naturally aspirated G4NJ engine with a maximum output of 161 hp. A hybrid version will also be available.
Huawei introduced the FreeBuds Pro 2+ wireless headphones. According to her, these are the world’s first headphones with the function of measuring the pulse and body temperature of its owner. The novelty is equipped with a dual-mode heart rate sensor and supports the “industry’s first 3D intelligent temperature measurement algorithm.” Data on the user’s heart rate and body temperature in real time is sent to his smartphone, and in case of suboptimal performance, the owner of the headphones will receive a notification.
As for the direct duties of Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2+, sound reproduction, the headphones received 11 mm drivers, support for “deep bass” (low frequencies reach 14 Hz) and active noise reduction: a three-microphone system allows you to block extraneous noise up to 47 dB. The headphones also support Huawei L2HC and LDACTM codecs and provide high-definition spatial sound transmission. Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2+ has several sound playback modes, for example, as in a concert hall or a cinema, and a six-axis position sensor is responsible for tracking the movements of the user’s head.
Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2+ wireless headphones are made in white with a golden rim. They will go on sale in the Chinese market on April 7 this year at a price of 1,499 yuan (about $219).
According to recent data, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 single-chip system can receive a 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 format configuration.
According to insider Kuba Wojciechowski, we are waiting for one Hunter ELP super-core, which Qualcomm itself will call Kryo Gold Plus, two Hunter cores (Titanium), three Hunter cores (Gold) and two Hayes (Silver). The platform itself is codenamed Lanai or Pineapple.
If we compare this with early information, then we are probably talking about Cortex-X4, Cortex-A715, Cortex-A710 and Cortex-A510 / 515. However, the insider says that the Hunter and Hayes cores, that is, all cores, will be completely new solutions, that is, apparently, not Cortex-A715 and the others listed above. The new cores will not support 32-bit computing, which means that all 2024 flagships that will receive Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be fully 64-bit following the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro.
In addition, the new platform will receive an Adreno 750 GPU with a frequency of 770 MHz, although this is not the final value.
Wojciechowski was previously the first to point out that Xiaomi will switch to using JLQ platforms. In addition, he was the first to discover information about the modified configuration of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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