The Industry Gathers in Anaheim to ‘Reimagine the Possibilities’ at IPC APEX 2025
It’s the 25th anniversary of APEX and time for OEMs, EMS providers, PCB manufacturers and industry professionals from around the globe to get together to access the latest technical content, contribute to standards development, and network with the industry’s largest gathering of capital equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and product innovators in design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly, and test.
Omdia predicts display glass supply to be constrained in 2025
LONDON: The market for flat panel display (FPD) glass is expected to face significant supply constraints during 2025 according to the latest analysis from Omdia. Leading glass makers including Corning, AGC, and NEG have historically engaged in intense price competition, prioritizing market share expansion. However, over the past several years, the combination of rising energy costs […]
Intel’s Initial 18A Wafers Reportedly Roll Out in Arizona; Early Mass Production Likely to Follow
Just as semiconductor veteran Lip-Bu Tan steps in as Intel’s CEO, the company’s 18A node seems to be making early strides. TechPowerUp, citing Intel’s engineering manager Pankaj Marria, reports that initial 18A wafers are already rolling out from the Arizona plant. The progress, according to ijiwei and Commercial Times, implies that Intel’s 18A mass production is likely to be […]
Tencent Reportedly Makes Massive NVIDIA H20 Chip Purchase for WeChat’s DeepSeek Integration
According to the Chinese media outlet Calian News, Chinese tech giant Tencent has reportedly purchased a batch of new chips from NVIDIA. The report indicates that Tencent’s large-scale procurement of H20 chips is primarily to support the integration of DeepSeek into WeChat. NVIDIA’s H20 AI chip was specifically developed for the Chinese market to comply with U.S. […]
Foxconn unveils first large language model, reports Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW), opens new tab said it has launched its first large language model and plans to use the technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain management. The model, named “FoxBrain,” was trained using 120 of Nvidia’s (NVDA.O), opens new tab H100 GPUs and completed in about four weeks, the world’s largest contract […]