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Samsung Foundry this week outlined its longer-term roadmap covering its next-generation fabrication processes as well as expansion of its production capacities. The company has no plans of slowing down development and deploying new manufacturing technologies as well as expanding its manufacturing capacities to meet demand for advanced chips going forward. Samsung Foundry intends to start making chips using its next-generation 2nm fabrication process by 2025 as well as its 1.4nm production node by 2027, according to a report by Nikkei . Earlier this year Samsung began to make semiconductors using its first-generation 3nm manufacturing technology (also known as 3GAE , or gate-all-around early). In 2024 the company will adopt its second-generation 3nm node (also known as 3GAP, or gate-all-around plus). Because it is getting harder to develop new fabrication processes and adopt them for mass production, it is not particularly surprising that Samsung's 2nm (or 20 angstroms) node … [Read more...] about Samsung Plans to Adopt 1.4nm Process Tech by 2027

Google is once again ushering in the fall tech season this year with another “Made by Google” hardware event to show off the next-generation Pixel 7 lineup , reveal its long-awaited Pixel Watch , and possibly even offer up another surprise or two. Contents How to watch Made by Google on October 6 What we expect Google to announce Google typically holds two events each year: the spring Google I/O conference provides a broad overview of everything that Google is working on, from Android to Google’s cloud ecosystem, while its fall Made by Google events (as the name implies) are focused solely on the company’s newest hardware products. How to watch Made by Google on October 6 Made by Google 2022 will kick off at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT on October 6. While Google is inviting the press to attend the event in person in New York City this year, others can tune in to the livestream from the comfort of their own home or office. For most folks, the best place to … [Read more...] about How to watch Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch event on Oct 6 | Digital Trends

Chinese GPU start-up Moore Threads has taken the very significant step of shipping its first graphics cards, according to a report published by PC Watch. The fledgling MTT S10 graphics card is listed on Taobao, a Chinese retail site for 800 Chinese Yuan, noted the source, but didn’t provide any seller links. Moore Threads is a particularly interesting Chinese “unicorn” start-up, as it is well funded and aims to market “fully featured” domestic GPUs. Moreover, its core engineering team is purportedly laden with ex-Nvidia talent. Conversely, Chinese GPU rival MetaX Tech is said to be majority staffed with engineers who have previous experience at AMD. Moore Threads isn’t afraid of announcing products, but so far this MTT S10 graphics card appears to be the first to actually hit retail. Back in March, Moore Threads announced the MTT S60 for PC desktop and the MTT S2000 for server markets. Neither of those products have been seen since, but now the little MTT S10 is here we could … [Read more...] about Moore Threads MTT S10 Graphics Card Hits Retail at $112

Nvidia has announced that it will close its remaining offices in Russia. The move comes six months after the firm decided to cease product shipments to the country. No precise reasoning about the timing of this decision was divulged, but the Wall Street Journal reports that Nvidia signaled this significant move was precipitated by recent events related to Ukraine. Since March, Nvidia’s presence in Russia has been quite limited. According to the WSJ report, Russia-based employees will be given the opportunity to continue their work for the green team in another country. The complete withdrawal of Nvidia from Russian business could potentially mean forgoing participation in a market that traditionally contributed about 2% to the firm’s revenues. Tom’s Hardware has previously reported on other big PC tech companies withdrawing sales and other business activities from Russia since the conflict began. AMD , Intel , Microsoft , HP, IBM, Asus and others have … [Read more...] about Nvidia Stops All Activity in Russia, Shutting Offices

Black Friday is closing in, but if you’re in the market for an Apple Watch or any of the best fitness trackers , Amazon has some news that should be of interest to you. The retail giant has announced it will be holding a second sales event for Prime members in 2022. The Prime Early Access Sale will be taking place on October 11 and October 12, and Amazon is promising huge discounts. With the Apple Watch at the top of the wearables list for many shoppers, it will be a popular device to keep an eye on. Contents Today’s best Prime Day Apple Watch deals Should you shop these Prime Day Apple Watch deals or wait until Black Friday? The Prime Day Apple deals earlier in 2022 included discounts on the popular Apple Watch SE , and Prime Day deals during the Prime Early Access Sale are expected to compete with the discounts we saw previously. Apple has even released the Apple Watch Series 8 in the time since Prime Day, and its presence in the Apple Watch lineup … [Read more...] about Best Prime Day Apple Watch Deals: Sale Starts October 11 | Digital Trends