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Monday 22 September 2025
CAS showcases China's de-Nvidia strategy with 76B-parameter LLM on domestic chips
Amid the US–China tech war, China is accelerating its move away from Nvidia. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Automation reported new results for its brain-inspired...
Monday 22 September 2025
Taiwan eyes Southern expansion for TSMC as AI demand fuels chip boom

As Taiwan cements its role at the heart of the global semiconductor supply chain, the head of the National Science and Technology Council...

Monday 22 September 2025
Nvidia-Intel US$5B deal shakes up chip industry and puts TSMC on edge

Nvidia and Intel's new partnership is reshaping the global semiconductor landscape and raising questions about how it could influence...

Monday 22 September 2025
MediaTek shrugs off Nvidia-Intel deal
Nvidia recently announced an investment in Intel, along with a strategic technology collaboration focused on data center and PC applications, sending shockwaves through the semiconductor...
Sunday 21 September 2025
Huawei patents SiC cooling tech to power next-gen AI chips
Huawei has disclosed two new patents in China targeting advanced cooling solutions for AI chips, highlighting the rising urgency around thermal management as chip power consumption...
Sunday 21 September 2025
China's Cambricon taps into unprecedented boom in AI chips
Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies is seizing what chairman and CEO Chen Tianshi describes as an "unprecedented opportunity" in intelligent computing. Surging domestic demand...
Saturday 20 September 2025
Nvidia and Broadcom find wins in overlap, not rivalry
With Broadcom securing more application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) orders, speculation has arisen about Broadcom attempting to overthrow Nvidia. In reality, the two companies...
Saturday 20 September 2025
xMEMS technology aims to cut heat and weight in AI wearables
As tech companies push the boundaries of next-generation edge AI devices like smart glasses, two major hurdles remain: weight and heat. These issues, often overlooked in a device's...
Friday 19 September 2025
SiTime launches Titan timing chip for wearable devices
MEMS design company SiTime Corporation has introduced its new timing chip, Titan, aimed at the growing wearable device market. The new chip measures just 0.46mm by 0.46mm, significantly...
Friday 19 September 2025
STMicroelectronics to build PLP pilot line in Tours, aiming for 3Q26 production
STMicroelectronics (STM) has announced a US$60 million investment to establish a panel-level packaging (PLP) technology pilot production line at its Tours facility in France, with...
Friday 19 September 2025
Huawei's Ascend chips to surpass Nvidia's China-only GPUs with up to 8 PFLOPS, 14.4TB/s bandwidth
US export controls have capped the performance of Nvidia's "China-only" GPUs, opening the door for domestic chipmakers to compete. Huawei's Ascend roadmap, announced at its 2025 Connect...
Friday 19 September 2025
Drone supply chains decoupling from China creates opportunities for Taiwan chipmakers
The Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE 2025) highlighted advanced drones and AI chips, with local firms like Elan Microelectronics targeting non-red supply...
Friday 19 September 2025
Huawei Ascend 950 to feature in-house HBM in 2026, advancing China's AI memory independence
Huawei unveiled its next-generation Ascend AI chip roadmap at the 2025 Connect summit, highlighting a milestone for China's semiconductor ambitions. Starting in early 2026, the Ascend...
Friday 19 September 2025
Domestic AI chips forecast to capture over half of China's market by 2027
Once confined to gaming arcades, GPUs have transformed into the lifeblood of the AI revolution. Nvidia, the undisputed industry titan, wields what many call the "golden shovel" in...
Thursday 18 September 2025
Japanese chipmakers abandon legacy lines, rattling automakers
As the world races ahead with cutting-edge advances in artificial intelligence, the automotive sector faces a quieter but potentially disruptive challenge: the slow, steady disappearance...