Apple’s latest iPhone 17 series officially went on sale last Friday, but some users who received their new devices quickly discovered some issues. In the past few days, many users have reported on the MacRumors forum, Reddit, and Apple’s official support community that their iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone … Read more
Source: Learning About Things Original Author: Xiao Chen Po Po This article introduces the five typical failure modes in chip packaging: gold wire displacement, chip cracking, interface cracking, substrate cracking, and reflow soldering defects. In the field of integrated circuit packaging failure analysis, gold wire displacement, chip cracking, interface cracking, substrate cracking, and reflow soldering … Read more
According to executives interviewed exclusively by EE Times, startup chip manufacturers Celestial and OpenLight are set to produce their first chips this year, providing faster photonics and lower power consumption for large-scale customers running AI data centers, such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. In August, Celestial secured $255 million in funding from TSMC’s VentureTech Alliance … Read more
Every industry has its pitfalls and scams, and the chip industry is no exception. The biggest fear for newcomers is not a lack of technical knowledge, but rather the inability to identify what seems off. The first step in fraud prevention is to know what the pitfalls look like. As a core component of modern … Read more
The durability of smartphones has become a common feature, with the latest generation of rugged phones offering a smooth user experience lasting up to 6 years. However, this durability alone does not guarantee a smooth experience; for gaming, higher performance requirements are essential. The OPPO K13s meets the demand for high performance and durability. Compared … Read more
Storage chips are the second largest sector in the chip industry, following logic chips such as CPUs and GPUs. Since 2025, Micron Technology has led the price increase trend for storage chips, and in September of this year, SanDisk announced a price increase of over 10% for all channels and consumer customers. This adjustment is … Read more
Alibaba’s subsidiary, Tsinghua Unigroup, has made significant progress in chip development, achieving a major breakthrough in 2025 with its new generation AI inference chip, PPU, which matches the performance of NVIDIA’s H20. The actual measured performance of ResNet50 reaches 125 TOPS with a power consumption of 350W, marking the official entry of domestic AI chips … Read more
Recently, the chip leader with a market value exceeding 40 billion yuan, AmLogic (688099.SH), announced its intention to acquire 100% equity of Chip Micro Semiconductor (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Chip Micro”) for 316 million yuan in cash. This seemingly ordinary acquisition has sparked heated discussions in the industry due to a shocking detail: … Read more
In September 2025, the AI glasses sector is heating up—Meta’s Orion 2 and Apple’s Vision Pro 2 have officially announced the integration of 12GB LPDDR5X and Micro-OLED optics, supporting on-device 7B parameter large models. Domestic companies like Starry Meizu and Rokid have also released consumer-grade AI glasses, clearly defining the three essential components: “display + … Read more
Smart locks, as an important component of the smart home ecosystem, bring great convenience to users’ daily lives, but the accompanying security risks cannot be ignored. In the field of smart locks, the ease of copying card keys is a prominent issue and security concern. In the field of smart access control and locks, the … Read more