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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

Update: Samsung scores Tesla chip contract as Elon Musk confirms $16.5B AI6 deal

Samsung Electronics has secured a $16.5 billion contract to produce Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chips, marking a major boost for its foundry business. The chips will be manufactured...

Monday 28 July 2025

Intel to spin off Network and Edge Group as part of strategic refocus

Intel has announced plans to spin off its Network and Edge Group (NEX) as an independent company, continuing a wave of restructuring aimed at sharpening the company's focus on core...

Monday 28 July 2025

Weekly News Roundup: MediaTek wins Meta's ASIC orders, Asus revives Xbox hardware, and YMTC plans China-made NAND Line

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from July 21 to 27, 2025. The top three topics include MediaTek winning Meta's order for 2nm ASIC; Asus, Microsoft revive Xbox hardware with...

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

Taiwan's NSTC unveils results of 33 chip development projects based on mature processes

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has outlined four main strategies for the development of semiconductor technology in Taiwan: sustaining current advantages, global...

Friday 25 July 2025

Trump's Nvidia breakup idea fizzles as Intel cries for intervention

At the "Winning the AI Race" summit in Washington, President Donald Trump revealed he once considered breaking up Nvidia to spur competition in the US artificial intelligence (AI)...

Friday 25 July 2025

Qualcomm's 2nm wildcard: is Samsung back in play or just leverage?

Qualcomm is reportedly weighing a return to Samsung Foundry for its 2nm flagship smartphone SoCs in 2026, raising questions about a potential pivot from TSMC. Yet conflicting reports...

Friday 25 July 2025

The end of blank checks: Intel kills European fabs, doubles down on Vietnam and Malaysia

Intel's era of building first and finding customers later is over.

Friday 25 July 2025

Lip-Bu Tan’s Intel pivots harder toward austerity in latest earnings report

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has launched a sweeping campaign of fiscal restraint, marking a sharp break from the ambitious expansionism of his...

Friday 25 July 2025

Rebellions partners with CoAsia SEMI to deliver AI chiplets to data centers worldwide

South Korean AI semiconductor startup Rebellions has inked a strategic partnership with system-on-chip (SoC) design house CoAsia SEMI...

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,...

Thursday 24 July 2025

China-Taiwan trade heating up amid US tariffs saga

Business exchanges between Chinese and Taiwanese makers have shown significant increases amid concerns over US tariffs, trade restrictions, and global supply chain restructuring,...

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...

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