Chips

China GPU Start-Up Dissolves, Lays Off Staff

Chinese start-up that aimed to develop high-performance GPU designs to compete with Nvidia lays off all staff, dissolves

3 months ago

Beijing Sets Up $1bn Semiconductor Fund

Beijing municipal government sets up $1bn semiconductor investment fund in China's latest move to boost domestic chip manufacturing

3 months ago

AMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI Battle

AMD plans to retain 1,000 engineers from acquisition of ZT Systems to help it more rapidly roll out AI GPU-based…

4 months ago

Texas Instruments Receives $1.6bn In US Gov’t Chip Funding

Texas Instruments to receive $1.6bn in grants and billions more in loans and tax credits toward construction of three new…

4 months ago

Intel Sued By Shareholders After Dividend Suspension, Stock Price Crash

Shareholders alleged being blindsided after Intel's weak Q2 results, job losses, dividend suspension, triggered share price plunge

4 months ago

Intel, Nvidia Stocks Slide Amidst Chip Turmoil

Intel stock price plummets most in 50 years after it announces job cuts, as Nvidia declines on report of AI…

4 months ago

SK Hynix To Invest $6.8bn In Yongin Memory Chip Plant

SK Hynix to invest $6.8bn in first plant in emerging chip hub of Yongin amidst soaring demand for memory used…

4 months ago

US Cracks Down On Tech Shipments To Russia

Shipments of high-end chips and other electronics to Russia via China and Hong Kong said to fall by 20 percent…

4 months ago

Nvidia Said To Develop ‘Blackwell’ AI Chip For China

Nvidia said to be developing version of next-gen 'Blackwell' AI chip for China market as US mulls further export controls

4 months ago

Huawei Completes Massive $1.4bn R&D Campus With ‘100 Cafes’

Huawei Technologies completes work on massive centralised R&D campus as it seeks to develop domestic chip technologies

5 months ago

China Memory Chip Maker YMTC Sues Tech Consultancy For Libel

Chinese memory chip maker YMTC sues Danish tech consultancy Strand Consult for libel in California amidst geopolitical hostilities

5 months ago

AI Fuels Local Memory Chip Demand For China’s Sanctioned YMTC

China chipmaker YMTC sees surge in demand from local companies, government projects amidst AI infrastructure boom, in spite of US…

6 months ago

Intel Halting Construction Of Israel Plant, Says Report

Intel reportedly halting construction of $25bn semiconductor plant in southern Israel as executives transfer to Ohio

6 months ago

Huawei Claims AI Chip Equals Nvidia

Huawei executive claims its AI chip meets or surpasses one of Nvidia's most popular GPUs as company becomes serious rival…

6 months ago

Nvidia, AMD Hawk AI Chips As Computex Opens

Nvidia's Huang, AMD's Su kick off Computex in battling speeches with plans for AI data centres, AI-tuned desktop chips

6 months ago

US Extends Probe Into Applied Materials Over Alleged China Shipments

Chip equipment maker Applied Materials receives new subpoena in ongoing probe into alleged sanctions-breaking shipments to China's SMIC

6 months ago

China Forms Biggest-Ever Chip Investment Fund

China officially launches third phase of semiconductor 'Big Fund' valued at $47.5bn as it seeks chip manufacturing self-sufficiency

6 months ago

US To Make 30 Percent Of Advanced Chips By 2032

US to triple domestic chipmaking capacity and control 30 percent of advanced chips by 2032 after Chips Act subsidy boost

7 months ago

SoftBank-Owned ARM To Develop AI Chips

SoftBank-owned UK chip design firm ARM Holdings to develop AI accelerator chips for data centres amidst investment boom

7 months ago

US Revokes Some Intel, Qualcomm China Export Licences – Report

Chip giants Intel and Qualcomm complain of sales impact after United States revokes some of their export licences to China

7 months ago

Taiwanese Chip Giant Exits China Mainland

Major Taiwan chip assembly and test firm KYEC to sell Jiangsu subsidiary, exit mainland China manufacturing amidst political tensions

7 months ago

Intel Shares Sink As AI Surge Hits Chip Revenue

Intel shares sag after company shares gloomy revenue predictions, as data centre chip demand hit by priority for AI spending

7 months ago

Raimondo Downplays Huawei Smartphone Chip

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says Huawei's flagship smartphone chip 'years behind' US technology, shows export controls working

8 months ago

TSMC Shocks Investors With Lower Chip Growth Forecast

TSMC pulls back on forecast of global chip industry growth for 2024, stirring concerns around expected recovery this year

8 months ago

Intel Foundry Assembles Next Gen Chip Machine From ASML

Key milestone sees Intel Foundry assemble ASML's new “High NA EUV” lithography tool, to begin 14A production

8 months ago

US Awards $6.4bn To Samsung For Expanded Texas Chip Production

US awards $6.4bn to Samsung Electronics under Chips Act as it seeks to expand domestic chip production following years of…

8 months ago

Samsung More Than Doubles Texas Chip Plant Investment

Samsung reportedly raises Texas investment to $44bn as it plans second chip plant, advanced packaging facility for AI memory

8 months ago

Samsung Expects 900 Percent Profit Jump Amidst AI Boom

Samsung estimates more than 900 percent year-over-year profit increase for first quarter as demand for AI drives chip recovery

8 months ago

Intel Shares Slide After Foundry Business Posts $7 Billion Loss

Intel's share price falls 8.2 percent after its contract chip-making business posted an operating loss of $7 billion

8 months ago

The Netherlands To Spend Billions To Retain ASML Operations

Dutch government will spend 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) to improve infrastructure in Eindhoven, to ensure ASML doesn't move abroad

8 months ago