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A crude oil shortage tied to the US-Iran war is raising concern about naphtha, a refinery byproduct used deep in industrial supply chains. While a direct semiconductor shortage is not yet seen, higher input costs are already spreading, and global manufacturers may face longer-term pressure if disruptions persist worldwide.

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SK Hynix is pairing a potentially record-scale Nasdaq ADR offering with an aggressive push to expand chip production for artificial intelligence, as the South Korean memory maker prepares to nearly double DRAM wafer input capacity by 2030–2031, The Elecreported.

INFRASTRUCTURE qualcomm npu compiler edge inference Researcher Uncovers Qualcomm NPU Compiler Internals 1 sources | June 20, 2026 6.2 Relevance Score Photo: datavorous.github.io · rights & takedowns QUICK SUMMARY Hide Sagnik Bhattacharjee (datavorous) published a June 2026 reverse-engineering analysis of stripped shared-object files from Qualcomm QAIRT v2.46.0.260424, targeting libHtpPrepare.so u

POSTED ON JUNE 17, 2026 BY JEAN-LUC AUFRANC (CNXSOFT) - NO COMMENTS ON ZHIHE A210 OCTA-CORE RISC-V SOC WITH 12 TOPS NPU POWERS SOM-BASED DEVELOPMENT BOARD Zhihe A210 octa-core RISC-V SoC with 12 TOPS NPU powers SoM-based development board Last year, we noted three upcoming high-performance RISC-V SoCs to watch out for: Zhihe A210, SpacemiT K3, and UltraRISC UR-DP1000. The K3 has already been laun

Semiconductor materials suppliers are moving to rebuild depleted inventories and recover sharply higher costs from Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and other memory chip customers after the 106-day US-Iran war strained supply chains for precursors, specialty gases and other key chipmaking inputs.

LATEST NEWS Qualcomm launches Snapdragon C: entry-level notebooks for around 300 US dollars with Arm chip and NPU 15. June 2026 06:00Samir Bashir 📖 Reading time: approx. 7 minutes · 1,224 words · 7,865 characters To be honest, I had to look at the announcement twice at first: Qualcomm is bringing a chip for $300 laptops? At a time when DRAM prices are exploding and even entry-level notebooks are

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Power semiconductors are taking on a central role as AI data centers move from 800V high-voltage input down through multiple power-conversion stages to the ultra-low voltages used by chips. After the post-pandemic inventory correction, industry players say power semiconductors have shifted "from a supporting role to the lead" under the new AI high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power architecture.

Malaysia's electronics sector is expected to keep expanding into 2026, even as tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and rising input costs weigh on manufacturers. Industry leaders say the country's neutral position in the US-China contest, along with a deepening semiconductor ecosystem, should help sustain export growth for global supply chains.

South Korean fabless chip-design company DeepX is using Computex 2026 to broaden partnerships around its neural processing units, or NPUs, as it pushes low-power AI chips for industrial and edge applications.

Laptops Qualcomm announces Snapdragon C Platform for $300 and up laptops — Windows on Arm and NPUs for the budget tier News By Paul Alcorn published 6 hours ago Qualcomm drops Snapdragon PC range down to a lower tier. (Image credit: Qualcomm) Share this article 7 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Qualcomm announced its