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Coronavirus: Chip Makers Ask To Be Classified As Essential Businesses

Group representing major US chip makers ask US federal authorities to be classified as essential businesses, so factories can remain…

5 years ago

US Considers Blocking Chip Shipments To Huawei – Report

Taiwan's TSMC could be ordered to halt shipments of silicon chips to Huawei under potential new US restrictions

5 years ago

Unified Silicon Architecture Touted With Cisco Silicon One

First-ever single, unified silicon architecture launched with Cisco Silicon One, as foundation for all routers going forward

5 years ago

AWS Developing Powerful Data Centre Chip – Report

Second generation data centre chip is being designed by Amazon Web Services, based on ARM technology

5 years ago

Intel Mulls Sale Of Connectivity Chip Division – Report

Intel said to be considering sale of its connected home division, as it reportedly seeks a buyer for the unit

5 years ago

GlobalFoundries And TSMC Settle Patent Infringement Differences

Kiss and make up. Legal hostilities between GlobalFoundries and TSMC have been settled

5 years ago

ARM Will Continue To Supply Huawei With Chip Tech

British chip designer ARM will continue to supply Huawei with chip designs, after ruling the designs do not contain any…

5 years ago

Intel Sues Fortress Investment Over Patent Lawsuits

Lawsuit from chip giant Intel, alleges that investment company is a semiconductor patent troll

5 years ago

Broadcom Ordered To Halt Exclusivity Deals By EC

Chip giant ordered to halt exclusivity deals after European watchdog utilises powers last used 18 years ago

5 years ago

Samsung Display Confirms Plans For $11 Billion Screen Investment

Despite a global oversupply of screens, Samsung confirm plans to plough huge investment into production of more advanced displays

5 years ago

US Adds More Chinese Firms To ‘Entity List’

Another 28 Chinese companies have been added to US blacklist over alleged mistreatment of Muslim minorities

5 years ago

US Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin’s Apple Patent Appeal

Victory for Apple after rejection of patent challenge, but a Midwestern university is not giving up its legal fight against…

5 years ago

Samsung Display To Invest $11 Billion In LCD Plant – Report

Huge investment is planned by Samsung to upgrade its display panel production facilities in South Korea

5 years ago

Speedy USB4 Specification Confirmed

Specs for next generation USB connections will deliver greater speeds and Thunderbolt compatibility

5 years ago

Cerebras Delivers World’s Largest Computer Chip For AI

New chip is the size of an iPad and contains 400,000 cores to handle machine learning challenges

5 years ago

Samsung Display Mulls LCD Production Suspension Amid Oversupply

Panel maker considers suspending one liquid crystal display (LCD) production line amid oversupply

5 years ago

Samsung Profit Halves Amid Flagship S10, Memory Chip Slowdown

Galaxy S10’s sales momentum is ‘weak’, but slow sales of memory chips is also not helping matters

5 years ago

Apple Spends $1bn To Acquire Intel Modem Biz

Chip independence? Apple makes its second ever largest acquisition with Intel modem unit purchase

5 years ago

Apple In ‘Advanced Talks’ To Acquire Intel Modem Business

Another report has suggested that Apple is close to acquiring Intel’s smartphone modem business

5 years ago

Qualcomm Fined £217m By EU For ‘Predatory Pricing’

Chip giant used 'predatory pricing' to drive a British competitor out of the market for 3G phone hardware

5 years ago

Exports To Huawei Still Subject To ‘Highest Scrutiny’

Easing Huawei blacklisting? Not really, as US Commerce Dept insists it will apply highest national security scrutiny

6 years ago

Apple Poaches Top ARM Engineer

One of ARM's top chip engineers has been hired by Apple as it seeks to expand its inhouse expertise

6 years ago

Broadcom Faces EU Antitrust Probe

European regulators to investigate whether it operated monolopy for modem and TV chipsets

6 years ago

Apple Explores Purchase Of Intel’s Modem Unit – Report

So long Qualcomm? Apple is reportedly mulling a purchase of Intel’s smartphone modem business

6 years ago

Qualcomm Seeks Antitrust Enforcement Delay, Ahead Of Appeal

Chipmaker disputes US judge ruling, and asks her not to enforce the antitrust order until it can appeal

6 years ago

Intel Finally Reveals First 10th Gen Core Processors

After many years delay, Intel finally reveals its 10 nanometer” 'Ice Lake' processors for tablets and laptops

6 years ago

US Judge Rules Qualcomm Violated Antitrust Law

US judge rules Qualcomm's policies strangled competition for years, but an appeal against the ruling is planned

6 years ago

ARM Memo Tells Staff To Halt Huawei Work – Report

ARM becomes latest chip firm to distance itself from Chinese firm after memo tells staff to halt co-operation

6 years ago

Google Faces Italian Antitrust Probe Over Smart Devices

Alleged smart device domination by Google is under investigation by Italy's competition watchdog

6 years ago

Intel ‘Zombieload’ Fix Prompts Processor Slowdown Fears

Meltdown and Spectre flashback? Researchers warn of data centre processor slowdown from Zombieload fix

6 years ago