One of the biggest supply constraints the AI industry faces is with advanced packaging, and given that every entity relies on TSMC, it appears the firm is gearing up to add significant capacity. TSMC's Advanced Packaging Supply Constraints Force the Firm to Rapidly Add New Capacity, or Risk Losing Customers We have discussed advanced packaging (AP) bottlenecks extensively on the website, but it is important to note that without adding new capacity, there is no other way to solve this bottleneck in the future. Based on a new report by Taiwan's CNA, it appears that TSMC is now ready to […]

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While NVIDIA has been mostly keeping itself away from the PC market in recent times, a new rumor suggests that the company might be looking towards an AIB acquisition. NVIDIA's Acquisition of an OEM Could Spearhead the Company's Entry Into the Laptop Segment, But Details Are Slim [Update - 4/14/2026] - NVIDIA has denied any such reports and offered us an official statement on the matter: “The media report is false; NVIDIA is not engaged in discussions to acquire any PC maker." NVIDIA rep to Wccftech The PC industry hasn't been in its best state recently, as AI and shortages […]

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The memory industry saw a rollercoaster ride in the past few weeks following the debut of Google's TurboQuant, but the idea of shortages being over is seen as a "misinterpretation", to say the least. Google's TurboQuant Isn't Slowing Down the Memory Supercycle At All; the Demand Will Stay For Several Quarters With DDR prices coming down over the past few days, we did discuss the role of Google's TurboQuant algorithm; however, tying it to the end of memory shortages was a mere misperception, according to The Financial Times' latest report. Following the blog post about TurboQuant, we saw a huge […]

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China's semiconductor industry could witness a potential shock, as US lawmakers are now moving towards banning the export of critical ASML equipment to the region. US Lawmakers Are Looking To Ban the Export of ASML's DUV Technology to China, Targeting Huawei, SMIC & Many Others China has been battling US export restrictions, particularly on the semiconductor front, for quite some time now, and the industry saw a massive downturn when the US administration imposed an indirect export ban on EUV equipment to China via the Netherlands' ASML. While this did prompt Beijing to bolster efforts to build a domestic chip […]

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Well, you read the headline right, and we are talking about a critical element in AI chips that is not only in tremendous shortage but also originally comes from an MSG maker. Ajinomoto, the MSG Maker, Controls the Production of ABF That Is Absolutely Crucial For Advanced Packaging The aggressiveness of the AI demand cycle has left almost every supply chain entity involved facing shortages, whether in semiconductors, advanced packaging, OSAT services, and more. Traditionally, the computing industry has an idea of demand cycles, given how they have historically evolved, but with the AI datacenter buildout, the scale of customer […]

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While memory shortages have been a problem for almost everyone, Samsung and other businesses have started to see revenue figures that would've never been anticipated a few years ago. Samsung's DRAM Business Alone Has Managed To Achieve $37 Billion In Q1, And The Growth Won't Stop Here DRAM has become a commodity in the AI industry, in high demand, and suppliers like Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are unable to meet customer requirements, driving a wider shortage across the supply chain. With that, a report by Counterpoint Research has talked about Samsung's Q1 financial results, but the interesting parallel drawn […]

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Amazon's CEO, Andy Jassy, issued a letter to shareholders about the company's custom chip business, and his words showed strong optimism about the in-house infrastructure stack. Amazon's Andy Jassy Hints Towards Selling Their Custom Silicon To External Customers, Given Their Internal Success There's no doubt that hyperscalers are experiencing what we call a 'compute crunch' today, with current infrastructure unable to meet the demand driven by AI and related services. We have seen giants like Amazon, Google, and Meta resort to custom silicon efforts as a way to address this gap in compute capabilities, but out of the bunch, Amazon's […]

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The PC industry is entering a 'tough period', as IDC warns that the upcoming quarters could be very difficult for both vendors and customers, due to the current market conditions. PC Shipments Did See a Modest Growth In Q1, Driven By Buyer Interest to Get Protection From the Upcoming Price Hikes The consumer market has been difficult to navigate for the past few months, as shortages of key components like CPUs, GPUs, memory, and SSDs have prompted retailers to hike prices, giving the impression that the shortages have been factored in. However, OEMs have now held off on price hikes […]

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While many of us rejoice when gamers get multiple RAM sticks despite ordering a single unit, this has been a nightmare for Amazon retailers, who, interestingly, cannot avoid it. Retailers Are 'Tired' By The Negligence of Amazon's Warehouse Staff, Saying That They Are Dispatching Entire Boxes of Components We have noticed a rather interesting trend among those in the PCMR: those who find it very appealing when Amazon screws up someone's package, ultimately benefiting them. We have reported numerous incidents where a particular buyer orders a unit of a PC component, prominently RAM or SSD, and in return, they manage […]

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TSMC's dominance over the semiconductor industry also stems from how disciplined its supply chain partners have become, and rivals are now looking to capitalize on this edge. TSMC's Supply Network Has Created a Moat For Them In The Chip Industry, After Passing Them Through Stringent QC Tests The Taiwan chip giant has been known for its work in the semiconductor industry, not just in terms of the process technology it has brought into the market, but also how it has created standards that have become industry benchmarks, whether it is customer relations, dealing with geopolitical tensions, or managing the supply […]

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Dell's CEO, Michael Dell, has discussed his estimates of the AI memory supercycle at a recent event, claiming that the explosive demand will persist for several years. If Hyperscalers Do Not Spend Money on Memory, There's a Fear Within Them of Getting Behind the Competition We have been tracking the memory supply chain for quite some time now, noting that the supply-demand gap has widened in the past few quarters; however, questions remain about how long we will see such conditions in the memory industry. Following the recent TurboQuant fiasco and the wider selloff within memory companies, there was a […]

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AMD's first processor to feature the dual 3D V-Cache layout is finally here, but official disclosures show the 9950X3D2's pricing isn't for gamers at all. AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Offers Dual Cache Tiles, With Up to 200W TDP, But the Pricing Isn't Worth it For Gamers At All Team Red's newest X3D processors weren't just a leap in core/thread configurations; rather, the firm introduced a massive design revision, especially with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which marks the first time AMD has adopted a dual-cache tile strategy. We will talk about specifications in a bit, but for now, according to AMD's […]

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Inference is the next area of focus for compute providers, and after the NVIDIA-Groq partnership, the AI industry has realized it needs far more than just GPUs. This has led to a new pair emerging: Intel and SambaNova. Intel's Xeon 6 CPUs Will Act as the Host For Agentic Systems, Backed By SambaNova's SN50 Chip For Decode At this year's GTC, we saw NVIDIA talking about disaggregated inference, and how it has become important for them as a manufacturer to shift from their 'GPU-only' mentality, and instead bring in a relatively newer form of compute units into the infrastructure race. […]

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China has been consistently looking to crack into NVIDIA's CUDA, and one of the proposed workarounds is defintely worth highlighting. China's Semiconductor Official Advises the Domestic AI Industry To Shift Towards Software-Defined Chips When Jensen is asked about what one of the biggest reasons is behind NVIDIA's dominance in the AI industry, he always refers to CUDA as the "strongest moat", saying that the persistent work done in uplifting the software ecosystem is what distinguishes Team Green from others. And it appears that China is worried about its industry's reliance on CUDA, which is why Wei Shaojun, an executive at […]

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Intel Foundry might have witnessed its latest breakthrough, as Intel announced plans to join Tesla's TeraFab project, aiming to deliver 1 TW of compute capacity per year. Intel's Joining of Tesla's TeraFab Venture Could Bring 18A Directly To the Upcoming Production Lines This is a surprising development, but one that we have been expecting for quite some time now. Tesla's TeraFab project was detailed extensively by Musk a few days ago, with the highlight being the facility's production scale, which Tesla's CEO revealed. However, given that Tesla doesn't have a node IP or semiconductor industry experience, we anticipated a joint […]

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Intel's advanced packaging services have been a significant opportunity for the foundry division in recent times, and now it seems customer interest is flowing in. Intel's Advanced Packaging Has Already Seen "Billions" In Customer Commitments This Year Advanced packaging has become a commodity for the tech industry, as significant as semiconductors in today's market, given that manufacturers like NVIDIA have resorted to using it to scale performance without entirely relying on Moore's Law. Right now, TSMC entirely sources advanced packaging demand, with customers looking at products like CoWoS-L for their AI architectures. The important point to note here is that […]

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TSMC's earnings call is scheduled for April 16, and one of the key factors the industry is watching is the potential consequence of supply chain disruptions, amid the Middle East crisis. Taiwan's Reliance on LNG Imports From the Middle East Has Turned Out To Be a Costly Bet, One That Could Influence TSMC On a Larger Scale The AI industry is centered on TSMC's semiconductor services, with not just entities such as NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, but also hyperscalers and ASIC manufacturers. It won't be wrong to say that a disruption in TSMC's production lines could affect the supply chain […]

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Amid cries of a decline in the memory industry, supply chain reports suggest that hyperscalers are locking into long-term contracts with suppliers to secure a consistent supply. Hyperscalers Are Willing To 'Risk It All' to Secure DRAM Supply, Even Entering Into Contracts That Could Backfire The memory markets entered an interesting phase over the past few weeks, as 'widespread' panic among retailers and some elements of the supply chain led them to believe that the release of Google's TurboQuant compression algorithm would end the supercycle. This resulted not just in a wider selloff in memory stock capitalization, but also, at […]

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NVIDIA's gaming GPUs have been hit by the 'Rowhammer' vulnerability, a security flaw that has existed for more than a decade and is troublesome for the average consumer. New Research Indicates that Rowhammer Attacks Can Now Target GDDR Memory, Which Is in All Gaming GPUs Vulnerabilities in hardware components aren't uncommon, and intruders have long meddled with your CPUs to compromise systems. However, in the case of GPUs, the vulnerabilities haven't been as common; according to a report by Ars Technica, there appears to be a flaw that directly targets GDDR memory. The attacks are labeled 'Rowhammer,' and the latest […]

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