Samsung profit surges over eight-fold to beat estimates as AI boom fuels memory chip crunch

The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung Electronics reported an over eight-fold increase in first-quarter operating profits on Thursday, hitting a new record and beating analysts’ estimates on the explosive growth of…

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Quantum Breakthrough: CSIRO Uses 5-Qubit Model to Enhance Chip Design

Researchers at Australia’s CSIRO have achieved a world-first demonstration of quantum machine learning in semiconductor fabrication. The quantum-enhanced model outperformed conventional AI methods and could reshape how microchips are designed. The team focused on modeling a crucial—but hard to predict—property called “Ohmic contact” resistance, which measures how easily current flows where metal meets a semiconductor….

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‘Once-in-a-generation opportunity’: Silver Lake may have struck gold with controlling majority in chip designer once worth almost $17bn

Intel sells 51% of Altera to Silver Lake for $4.46bn, valuing business at $8.75bn Altera gains independence as largest pure-play FPGA semiconductor company Raghib Hussain named new CEO as Intel shifts its strategic focus Intel, now under the leadership of new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, has been facing a number of challenges in recent years, to…

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‘Copper’s time has run out’: Nvidia, AMD and TSMC have invested millions in a startup which may hold the key to faster chip connectivity to quench AI’s thirst for bytes

Ayar Labs is valued at $1 billion and is on the slicing fringe of silicon photonicsThe agency has raised cash from a flurry of traders together with Intel and International FoundriesIt says copper has nearly reached its bodily limitations for chip interconnections, and now it desires to see what’s subsequent The speedy growth of AI…

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