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Semiconductor chips: TSMC wants to consolidate its lead
The semiconductor sector has been booming since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. This is one of the main beneficiaries of the explosion in demand for processors, cloud infrastructure, memory, GPUs and the latest generation mobile devices.
This high-growth sector is currently dominated by Samsung and TMSC which, according to Visual Capital, together account for more than 70% of the market share. As a leader, TMSC could consolidate its already considerable lead by investing more money than the competition in the sector this year.
TSMC reacts to Samsung’s development plan
Samsung has never hidden its desire to become the world leader in semiconductors. For this, the South Korean firm unveiled, two years ago, a plan to put the competition behind it, by 2030. For this, it has planned to increase its investments.
Thus, the company had unveiled at the time an investment plan from 115 to 151 billion dollars. This allowed it to grant 36 billion dollars for the past year. A sum that did not allow him to steal first place from his Taiwanese competitor.
Despite a larger investment in 2020 and 2021, from Samsung in the semiconductor business, TSMC achieved outstanding results in 2021. The Taiwanese company’s revenue increased by nearly 56.8 billion between 2020 and 2021, an increase of 24.9%. This allowed him to generate a net profit of 23.3 billion dollars.
TSMC now intends to use part of this sum to further boost its activities. According to South Korean media, the planned investments by Samsung’s competitor for the 2022 account amount to 44 billion dollars. While the South Korean multinational intends to put in its branch of chip manufacturing (only) 37.7 billion dollars.
With a larger investment this year, TSMC may well outclass Samsung in this chip war.
Samsung is not ready to abdicate
For the moment, TSMC offers better quality chips than Samsung. This allowed him to put in his pocket large customers like Apple, Intel or AMD. According to experts, the 7nm and 5nm process nodes produced by Samsung do not really measure up to those of TSMC.
A situation that is also repeated at the level of the 4 nm process nodes. This means that a good part of customers prefer to bet on TSMC productions. However, things should not stop there. Samsung is thinking of turning things around by bringing to market 3nm process nodes that are more efficient than those of the competition.
For this, the Korean firm relies on its GAA processor. According to some indiscretions, it should have a surface area reduced by 35% as well as a 30% increase in performance, compared to 3 nm chips. The GAA processor should also consume 50% less energy and will be launched a month before its competitor from TSMC.
TSMC seems to be betting more on its 2 nm processor for the moment. This will integrate GAA technology and its production should start from 2025. As for its 3 nm chips, they should not be available before 2023.
Source: SamMobile
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Samsung cheated: the unique S95B QD-OLED TV turned out to be better than the company describes it
Earlier this year, Samsung introduced the S95B QD-OLED TV, which stands out with its new panel and 144Hz support. And with the last point there is a nuance.
The fact is that the frequency of 120 Hz is indicated on the Samsung website, and the company spoke about it during the announcement. However, the TV was found to be capable of running at 144Hz while maintaining 4K UHD resolution.
The author of the HDTVTest channel conducted a series of tests and determined that the TV can indeed operate at a higher frequency than stated. At the same time, it works in full 4K UHD without various tricks like reduced vertical resolution and does not miss a single frame. Is that in this mode the color depth is limited to 8 bits.
In order to get the TV to work in this mode, you will need a PC, since modern consoles only support 120 Hz. You also need a video card with HDMI 2.1 and an appropriate cable. The author tested the novelty with the GeForce RTX 3090. Everything worked fine, including G-Sync.
The Samsung S95B QD-OLED is therefore a unique TV not only because of its new panel, but also because of its support for 144Hz at 4K UHD resolution.
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Xiaomi 12 Ultra camera options have appeared. They are fully consistent with the characteristics of the camera Xiaomi 11 Ultra
It seems that, at least in terms of basic characteristics, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra camera will be completely identical to the Xiaomi 11 Ultra camera.
The source published a list of parameters, indicating a 120x zoom, a focal length range of 12-120 mm (equivalent) and an aperture range of F / 1.95-4.1. All this exactly matches the camera specifications of the current Xiaomi flagship.
That is, the periscope telephoto camera will still be able to provide 10x optical and 120x digital zoom and will be characterized by an aperture of F / 4.1, the main camera will have an aperture of F / 1.95, and the ultra wide-angle camera will offer a focal length of 12 mm equivalent.
But this does not mean at all that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra camera will not change. The company can change all three sensors while maintaining the above parameters. At a minimum, the device is credited with a new Sony IMX 989 main optical sensor with an optical format of about 1 inch.
It remains to be added that the source of information is the Digital Chat Station insider, who was the first or one of the first to correctly list the characteristics of many Xiaomi smartphones and not only.
Motorola seems to have decided to take the bull by the horns and actively expand its smartphone lineup amid impressive sales growth in the US.
Motorola has already launched many new Moto G lineups, and the G42 is on the way. We have renders of the novelty and some characteristics. For example, it is known that the smartphone will receive an AMOLED screen, like the G41 and G52. For Motorola smartphones, this is a good option, as they have an unusually implemented Always On Display feature.
According to the FCC, the novelty will not have 5G support, so the smartphone can receive, for example, SoC Snapdragon 680 or MediaTek Helio G88/G96.
As for the design, it is as typical as possible for the current generation of Motorola smartphones.
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