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MediaTek has announced the Dimensity developer conference, which will be held on 11 April. The new flagship Dimensity 9400+ chipset is expected to be unveiled at the event.
Samsung Foundry, a chip manufacturing company, has announced that it has begun mass production of semiconductor chips using the fourth-generation 4nm (SF4X) process node.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced its first quantum processor called Ocelot, designed to reduce quantum error correction costs by up to 90 per cent.
The new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D processors have appeared in the popular Geekbench benchmark, showing significant performance improvements over previous generations.
MediaTek has unveiled its new Dimensity 6400 chipset, which is a slight update to last year's Dimensity 6300.
Intel has confirmed the release of new gaming handhelds based on Panther Lake and Arrow Lake-H processors. Intel Vice President and General Manager Robert Hallock said that the company plans to expand its line of mobile chips not only for notebooks, but also for future gaming handhelds.
Apple's manufacturing partners have begun mass production of the new M5 chip, according to South Korean press. The chip will be manufactured on TSMC's 3-nanometre node (N3P), which promises a 5% increase in performance and a 5-10% improvement in power efficiency.
AMD achieved a major success in Germany, capturing over 93 per cent of processor sales revenue in a single day, leaving Intel with just 6.55 per cent.
According to the latest leaks, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 foldable smartphone will be the first device in the Z Flip series to run on its own Exynos chipset. Specifically on the Exynos 2500. If the rumours about the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE are confirmed, it will also feature this chip.
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Another leak has surfaced on the internet which leads to mixed thoughts about the Galaxy S25 Slim model. Informant Yogesh Brar hints that this smartphone will get a cut-down version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, as the new chip is designed for ultra-thin smartphones, which is the Galaxy S25 Slim.
MediaTek could release a new Dimensity 9400+ chip as early as March this year, according to insider Digital Chat Station. According to him, the processor of the new chip will be overclocked and devices using this chip will appear on the market soon after that.
TSMC has officially started mass production of 4nm chips at its Fab 21 fab in Arizona, USA. This is a major milestone for the US semiconductor industry.
Last October, Qualcomm unveiled its latest flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Now the specs of another version of this processor, the Snapdragon 8s Elite, which has the model number SM8735, have been revealed.
Xiaomi recently unveiled the Redmi Turbo 4 smartphone in China, which is also rumoured to make its global debut as the POCO X7 Pro next week. The Turbo 4 is powered by MediaTek's new Dimensity 8400 chipset, which will compete with upcoming mid-range chips from Qualcomm such as the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 4. The Dimensity 8400 has been tested in several benchmarks and has shown the kind of performance we should expect from it.
