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Friday 26 September 2025
Xiaomi to invest US$7b in chip R&D over 10 years
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said in his September 25 keynote livestream that the company will invest at least CNY50 billion (US$7.01 billion) over the next decade in self-developed chips,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Anpec says share price undervalued in Yageo public tender offer
Taiwanese passive components maker Yageo, on September 11, 2025, unilaterally announced plans to invest over NT$4.8 billion (US$158 million) to acquire a major stake in power management...
Friday 26 September 2025
Microsoft microfluidics cooling claims meet cold shower from industry veterans
Microsoft has introduced microfluidics cooling, a chip-level technique that etches microchannels into silicon, allowing coolant to flow directly across the chip surface. The company...
Friday 26 September 2025
China's new state-backed fusion energy company debuts with reactor design
China is ramping up its nuclear fusion drive with the launch of a new state-backed firm. China Fusion Energy Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC),...
Thursday 25 September 2025
TSMC and EDA partners use AI to boost chip design energy efficiency tenfold
TSMC and its partners have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) software to enhance the energy efficiency of AI computing chips by roughly ten times. The company presented its latest...
Thursday 25 September 2025
Alibaba stakes out AI chip ecosystem, setting up a clash with Huawei
Alibaba is steadily building a vertically integrated chip ecosystem that spans cloud computing, AI chip design, and advanced packaging. People's Daily recently revealed a...
Wednesday 24 September 2025
YMTC closes gap with global rivals: Xtacking 4.0 powers 267-layer NAND, eyes 300+
China's NAND flash race is intensifying, with Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) pushing Xtacking 4.0 into mass production. The company has begun producing 267-layer 3D NAND TLC while...
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Foxconn pushes UK design, Taiwan manufacturing for space industry growth
Driven by its 3+3+3 strategy, Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) is actively participating in the emerging space industry, including low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. In addition...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Huawei declares supernode era to eclipse Nvidia within 2 years
At Huawei Connect 2025, the company rolled out a three-year roadmap for its Ascend chips alongside the debut of its Atlas 950 supernode. Rotating chairman Eric Xu warned that China's...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Renesas showcases 3nm automotive chip, targets 10% of global revenue from India by 2030
Renesas Electronics unveiled its latest semiconductor innovations at the Electronica India 2025 show in Bengaluru, highlighting both its global research and development contributions...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Who defines AI interconnects next? Huawei's UnifiedBus 2.0 takes on NVLink
At Huawei Connect 2025 in Shanghai, Huawei introduced the Atlas 950 SuperPoD and debuted UnifiedBus 2.0 (UB 2.0), its optical interconnect protocol that will be opened to industry...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Apple iPhone 17 launch triggers supply surge with increased production targets
Following the release of Apple's iPhone 17 series, consumer demand has outpaced expectations, prompting Apple to accelerate production efforts. Despite mixed reviews of the devices'...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Yole Group CEO interview (Part 1): TSMC dominates AI era as supply chain dynamics undergo massive shifts
The semiconductor industry is experiencing its most dramatic transformation in decades, driven by artificial intelligence's relentless demand for computing power. Traditional boundaries...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
India emerges as advanced-node chip design leader, says Cadence exec
India's semiconductor engineers are moving from support roles to taking ownership of first-time, advanced-node design work once confined to global headquarters, according to Cadence...
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Oracle appoints co-CEOs; Catz moves to vice chair role
On September 22, Oracle announced that Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia have been appointed CEOs, succeeding Safra Catz, who will transition to Executive Vice Chair of the company's...