AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoChip and Robotics: Samsung and Hyundai held their first group-level talks to deepen robotics ties, as Samsung prepares to supply memory for Hyundai’s Atlas robot. Chipmakers are also working on robot-charging standards and deploying robots in wafer fabs. AI Hardware: Taiwan suppliers say demand remains strong despite market jitters, but capacity is tight; one supplier says equipment lead times in the PCB and chip-substrate chain can stretch to three years. Advanced Materials: Diamond Foundry unveiled a 200mm single-crystal diamond wafer aimed at drawing heat from AI chips. The crystal is still unpolished, leaving work before it is ready for manufacturing. Faster Data Links: Silicon photonics is gaining momentum as AI data centers need more bandwidth with lower power use. Malaysian companies already participate in parts of its supply chain. Server Hardware: ASRock Rack showed a motherboard supporting up to 4TB of DDR5 memory in a standard-sized PC case, targeting future Intel server processors.
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