Chips

Synopsys Halts Sales, Services In China

Synopsys reportedly tells staff in China to stop all sales and services in country after receiving order from Department of…

2 weeks ago

Nvidia Plans New AI Chip For China, Rules Out Hopper

Nvidia confirms it is developing new AI accelerator chip for Chinese market after H20 ban, rules out using Hopper architecture

2 weeks ago

US Restricts Chip Design Software, Chemicals To China

Donald Trump orders a range of US chip software suppliers to stop selling to China, and withdraws export licences

3 weeks ago

Foxconn ‘Interested’ In Buying Singapore’s UTAC

Apple assembler Foxconn reportedly a potential bidder for Singapore-based chip assembler and tester UTAC as Chinese owner looks to sell

3 weeks ago

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Hits Out At US Chip Export Controls

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang says US chip export controls are a “failure”, as they just spur China's own…

4 weeks ago

Intel Blasts ‘Irrational’ EU Fine From 16-Year-Old Case

Intel tries to convince EU General Court to scrap 376m euro competition fine stemming from alleged monopolistic practices 20 years…

4 weeks ago

Intel Chief ‘Focusing On Existing Strategy’

Intel finance chief says Lip-Bu Tan planning no major shake-up of foundry strategy, as company tests latest tech with outside…

1 month ago

Head Of Chinese Chip Tools Company Drops US Citizenship

Gerald Yin, founder, chairman and chief executive of key Chinese chip tools maker AMEC, drops US citizenship following new US…

2 months ago

Intel Chief Flattens Leadership Structure

New Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan flattens company's leadership structure as he seeks to end 'suffocating' culture, boost innovation

2 months ago

Intel Sells Majority Stake In Altera To Silver Lake

Intel sells 51 percent of programmable chip unit Altera to Silver Lake Partners in deal that values it at half…

2 months ago

China Exempts Outsourced Chips From Tariffs

China will not levy duties on imports of US-branded chips unless they are actually manufactured there, in potential blow to…

2 months ago

China’s YMTC Publishes Memory Patent Applications

US-sanctioned YMTC publishes nearly 20 memory patent applications, showcasing innovations in efficiency and chip construction

2 months ago

Intel, TSMC Strike Preliminary Deal On Foundry Venture

Intel, TSMC executives reportedly agree preliminary deal to form joint venture to operate Intel's factories

2 months ago

SMIC Sees Record Revenue, But Halved Profits

SMIC sees revenues rise 27 percent for 2024, but profits fall nearly 50 percent amidst sanctions, intensified competition

3 months ago

MEPs Ramp Pressure For Second EU Chips Act

MEPs add to Commission pressure for second EU Chips Act amidst industry calls for renewed support for European semiconductor sector

3 months ago

New Intel Chief Lip-Bu Tan ‘Considers’ Job Cuts, Factory Revamp

Incoming Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan considering cuts to middle management, revamp of Intel Foundry, report says

3 months ago

South Korea Sees China Chip Exports Slump

South Korean chip exports to China fall by nearly one-third after US government restricts sales of AI-friendly HBM memory

3 months ago

New Huawei Chip Appears As Company Shifts Away From Windows, Intel

Huawei's Kirin X90 chip receives security certification ahead of rumoured launch of HarmonyOS-based PC next month

3 months ago

TSMC To Spend $100bn On New US Plants

Taiwan's TSMC to invest additional $100bn in new plants, other facilities in Arizona as US administration seeks chip renewal

3 months ago

Nvidia, Broadcom Running Manufacturing Tests With Intel

Nvidia and Broadcom run manufacturing tests with Intel's foundry unit in early show of confidence for delayed offering

3 months ago

TSMC In Talks To Take Over Intel Chip Factories

TSMC considers taking controlling stake in Intel's US factories under Trump administration proposal to safeguard US tech manufacturing

4 months ago

Nvidia’s Huang Meets With Trump After DeepSeek Chaos

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang meets with US president Trump at White House after Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek rattles markets

4 months ago

YMTC Achieves Memory Breakthrough In Spite Of US Sanctions

Latest manufacturing process from China's YMTC shows industry-first technologies in spite of US sanctions, finds research

5 months ago

Low-Cost Chinese AI Chatbot Roils Tech Stocks

AI chatbot from Chinese start-up DeepSeek jumps to top of iOS free downloads in US, shaving billions off tech stocks…

5 months ago

TSMC Begins 4nm Chip Production In Arizona

TSMC begins production of advanced 4nm chips at Arizona plant as US seeks to bring more chip production within borders

5 months ago

China Chip Imports Surge Ahead Of New Export Controls

China's semiconductor imports grow by double-digits in 2024 ahead of new US export controls that seek to close loopholes for…

5 months ago

US Rules Divide World To Conquer China’s AI

New US export controls divide world into three tiers as outgoing administration seeks to cut off China's access to AI…

5 months ago

TSMC Cuts Off Singapore Company Amidst Huawei Fallout

TSMC cuts off Singapore-based PowerAIR as it investigates chip it produced appearing in AI accelerator made by US-sanctioned Huawei

5 months ago

China Aims To Deliver Open Source Chip This Year

Head of Chinese government research academy promises high-performance chip based on open source RISC-V standard, amidst chip tensions

5 months ago

US Begins Investigation Into Legacy Chinese Chips

The Biden Administration has launched a last-minute investigation into older Chinese-made legacy semiconductors - weeks before Donald Trump's administration takes…

6 months ago