5G

MediaTek announced the 7nm Dimensity 800 SoC that features a built-in 5G modem, a 2.4 TOPS AI processing unit and an octa-core CPU with four A76 cores clocked at 2GHz.

The MSI MEG Aegis Ti5 combines top-end components with a radical design, 5G support and a “Gaming Dial.”

Lenovo announced its Yoga 5G today at CES 2020. The laptop runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx CPU.

Lenovo’s first foldable PC, the ThinkPad X1 Fold, will launch later this year starting at $2,499 with Windows 10 Pro.

Intel is closing two German sites by the end of the year, causing 450 employees to lose their job. It is a result of the modem division sale to Apple.

In a EUV update at the IEDM 2019 conference, ASML has disclosed that the number of wafers run through an EUV tool reached 4.5 million at the beginning of 2019. The latest NXE:3400C achieved 170WPH.

According to JK Wang, the TSMC's senior vice president for fab operations, the company is on track to begin volume production of 3nm chips in 2022.

Intel announced that it's officially sold the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple.

Intel announced it filed an amicus brief in order to dispute Qualcomm's appeal of an FTC ruling on its anti-competitive practices.

Intel is working with MediaTek to define a specification for 5G PC modems, with the latter making the chips.