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Wednesday 30 July 2025
US AI Action Plan sparks criticism from China over technological rivalry
The US recently introduced its AI Action Plan, featuring about 90 recommendations to guide AI development. Chinese experts strongly criticize it, viewing the plan not just as a technical...
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Samsung's in-house chips get another shot with Galaxy S26 if 2nm yields deliver
Rising Qualcomm chip prices and improving Exynos yield rates have prompted Samsung to consider using its in-house Exynos 2600 in the 2026 Galaxy S26 base model. South Korean industry...
Wednesday 30 July 2025
An Optoelectronics veteran's journey to reshape biomedicine's future
Backlight module manufacturer Darwin Precisions has invested in MicroDoctor Biomedical, a company founded in June 2024 that focuses on microneedle patch technology and biosensor system...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Samsung-Tesla US$16.5 billion chip pact ignites Texas fab push; Musk hints at expansion
Samsung Electronics will produce 2nm chips for Tesla, targeting use in the automaker's supercomputers, autonomous vehicles, and humanoid robots. The chips will be manufactured at...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Intellifusion's stealth mission: AI chips in every device by 2030
Ahead of the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Shenzhen Intellifusion Technologies Co. launched a comprehensive portfolio of AI inference products, including the...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
How Intel fell behind: Missed iPhone deal and CEO missteps sparked its slide

Intel's decline didn't happen overnight.

Tuesday 29 July 2025
LG makes semiconductor comeback with HBM Bet

More than two decades after being pushed out of the chip industry, LG Electronics is making a surprise return—this time with its...

Monday 28 July 2025
Google's OpenAI partnership heats up global ASIC competition
Google has confirmed its partnership with OpenAI at its second-quarter earnings call. OpenAI's ChatGPT and API services will adopt Google's cloud platform, with Google data centers...
Monday 28 July 2025
Huawei's shadow fab (3): key 'mature process' piece on the US radar
While global attention focuses on the arms race in advanced semiconductor processes below 7nm, China is quietly setting up a formidable strategy in another area considered a "non-strategic...
Friday 25 July 2025
Nvidia's flagship chips pour into China via gray channels: US$1B smuggled in 3 months
Despite stricter AI chip export controls under the Trump administration, over US$1 billion worth of Nvidia's high-end GPUs have reportedly entered China through black-market channels...
Friday 25 July 2025
China targets 22/28nm as wafer sourcing landscape shifts
China's continued investment in mature semiconductor foundry capacity has become a focal point in the industry. Many worry that China's mature process output could flood global markets,...
Friday 25 July 2025
Rapidus touts threefold boost in chipmaking speed over TSMC with unified 2nm process
Rapidus is developing an innovative semiconductor production system designed to significantly speed up the manufacturing process of 2nm and sub-2nm chips by combining wafer fabrication...
Thursday 24 July 2025
Samsung delays HBM4 rollout to 2026 due to yield challenges, all while SK Hynix strengthens lead in AI memory

Samsung Electronics is reportedly pushing back the mass production of its next-gen high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips to 2026, signaling...

Thursday 24 July 2025
Trump weighed Nvidia breakup but was told it'd be 'hard'
President Donald Trump said he considered attempting to break up Nvidia to increase competition in artificial intelligence (AI) chips before finding out "it's not easy in that busi...
Thursday 24 July 2025
'Awkward' fit: Nvidia's H20 snubbed in China as Qihoo 360 turns to Huawei AI chips
Nvidia's H20 chip has re-entered the Chinese market but is facing an underwhelming reception, as influential tech leaders increasingly favor local semiconductor alternatives. Zhou...