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Thursday 28 August 2025
CoWoP packaging takes on TSMC’s CoWoS, pressures CoPoS in AI chips
Advanced packaging technologies are evolving at breakneck speed, with attention now shifting beyond wafer-level processes to panel and printed circuit board (PCB) platforms. A new...
Thursday 28 August 2025
Broadcom's 'open philosophy' tested: VMware-Nvidia alliance contrasts with chip rivalry
Broadcom, the ASIC powerhouse often cast as Nvidia NVLink's chief rival, hosted the VMware Explore conference in the US this week.
Thursday 28 August 2025
Nvidia warns on China H20 sales, clarifies Singapore billing
Nvidia faces uncertainty over H20 chip shipments to China despite strong second-quarter results
Thursday 28 August 2025
China’s cities outpace Beijing in AI chip race, setting steeper targets than the state
On August 25, Nikkei Asia reported that Shanghai aims to raise the domestic semiconductor share in AI and data center operations to more than 70% by 2027. Guizhou's Guiyang, in the...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Nvidia's CoWoP PCB architecture targets ABF substrates but faces warpage risk
Nvidia's new advanced packaging technology, Chip-on-Wafer-on-Platform (CoWoP), has moved into testing with engineering samples of its base printed circuit boards (PCBs) under verification...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Beyond the chip: uncovering AI's hidden energy drain
Energy consumption in large language models extends beyond AI chips, with Alphabet Inc.'s recent research revealing that measuring only the chip underestimates the total environmental...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
At $30,000 a wafer, TSMC’s 2nm push still draws a rush of customers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to begin volume production of its 2nm chips in the fourth quarter of 2025, despite foundry prices soaring to a record US$30,000...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Research Insights: Broadcom defends Ethernet ecosystem as NVLink and UALink push specialized interconnects
At the OCP APAC Summit, Ethernet and UALink advocates clashed over data center interconnect architectures. Kurtis Bowman, UALink board chair and AMD's director of architecture and...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Saudi AI startup Mumain begins construction of data centers ahead of 2026 launch
Saudi Arabia's artificial intelligence startup Mumain has started building its first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam, with operations expected to commence in early 2026, reports...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
China reportedly enforces blanket halt on Nvidia H20, leaving AI revenue in doubt
Investment bank Jefferies Group LLC has warned in a memo that China has imposed a sweeping ban on Nvidia's H20 AI GPUs, blocking domestic companies from placing any new orders for...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Malaysia advances IC design ambitions with launch of MARS1000 edge AI chip
Malaysia has launched its first locally designed edge AI processor, the MARS1000, developed by SkyeChip Sdn Bhd. Unveiled at the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association Merdeka...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Nvidia’s H20 meets abrupt demise in China

Over the past few months, China's AI chip market has flipped upside down. Nvidia's H20 processor, once touted as a vital stopgap for...

Monday 25 August 2025
Nvidia halts H20 chip production, reportedly seeks downgraded Blackwell for China
The H20 chip faces resistance from the Chinese government, with reports indicating that Nvidia has requested its supply chain partners to halt production of the H20. However, Nvidia...
Monday 25 August 2025
Research Insights: Win-win alliance between Tesla and Samsung strengthens chip and foundry ambitions

Tesla and Samsung have struck a US$16.5 billion chip deal seen as a win-win, with Samsung's Texas...

Monday 25 August 2025
Chipping away at H20: DeepSeek's UE8M0 FP8 signals Beijing's AI pivot toward homegrown chips
DeepSeek has introduced its new large language model, DeepSeek-V3.1, featuring a key upgrade: the "UE8M0 FP8 Scale" precision format. The company emphasized that the format was tailored...