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Nvidia steps up next-generation chip design with in-house Vera CPU

Nvidia is deploying its in-house Vera CPU in semiconductor design processes to accelerate development of next-generation chips. The company said it worked with Cadence and Synopsys to optimise core electronic design automation applications. As chip design grows more complex, key EDA workloads such as logic simulation and formal verification still rely heavily on CPU performance. In tests, Cadence Jasper and Synopsys VCS delivered up to 1.5 times higher performance on some workloads with the same core count.

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LG Innotek Q2 operating profit jumps 2,057 percent

LG Innotek said on July 27 it posted second-quarter revenue of 55.27 trillion won and operating profit of 245.8 billion won. Revenue rose 40.5 percent and operating profit climbed 2,057 percent from a year earlier. Revenue was a record for a second quarter, and first-half revenue topped 100 trillion won for the first time. The company cited steady demand for mobile camera modules and strong supply of high value-added semiconductor substrates.