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Wednesday 23 April 2025

China's AI data centers resort to reselling graphics cards; Nvidia 4090 becomes lifeline

Following the US government's export control of Nvidia's China-specific H20 chips, rumors have surfaced that the flagship gaming graphics card RTX 5090D, also tailored for the Chinese...

Wednesday 23 April 2025

Huawei Ascend 910C chip set for mass rollout as China hunts for an Nvidia stand-in

Huawei is reportedly set to begin mass shipments of its next-gen AI chip, the Ascend 910C, as early as May 2025. Positioned as China's homegrown rival to Nvidia's H100, the chip is...

Tuesday 22 April 2025

Hygon delivers blowout 1Q results amid surge in domestic AI, compute demand

On April 22, Hygon Information Technology, a top Chinese high-performance chipmaker, posted its first-quarter 2025 earnings, surpassing analyst forecasts. Driven by accelerating demand...

Tuesday 22 April 2025

Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan for more power, data centers to fuel AI

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on April 21 to push for more electricity generation to meet artificial intelligence's...

Tuesday 22 April 2025

Taiwan chipmakers face mounting pressure from Trump's trade policies

Taiwan's semiconductor industry confronts growing uncertainty as the Trump administration escalates trade tensions with threats of new tariffs and investigations. Minister of Economic...

Tuesday 22 April 2025

SEMI Country: Taiwan's gamble in a fracturing global economy

As Washington and Beijing continue to unleash tariff volleys in their escalating trade war, few countries can remain untouched. But for...

Monday 21 April 2025

Hon Hai Research Institute invests in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor development

The Semiconductor Research Center at the Hon Hai Research Institute (HHRI), together with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYMCTU) in Taiwan and the University of Texas at...

Monday 21 April 2025

Cadence to acquire Arm's Artisan foundation IP business

According to the official press release, Cadence has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Arm's Artisan foundation IP business, expanding its design IP portfolio and entering...

Monday 21 April 2025

Tenstorrent aligns with Rapidus for 2nm chip validation, targets year-end tape-out

Tenstorrent, a US-based semiconductor design firm, held a press conference on April 17 at its newly established Tokyo office to discuss its deepening collaboration with Rapidus in...

Monday 21 April 2025

Cambricon posts breakout 1Q as AI chip revenue soars over 4230%

Cambricon Technologies, a top Chinese AI chip designer, reported its full-year 2024 and first quarter 2025 earnings, revealing a sharp turnaround. After ending 2024 with losses, the...

Monday 21 April 2025

Nvidia's China workaround crumbles as Huawei, domestic rivals race to fill void

Nvidia's China strategy recently suffered a major blow as the US Department of Commerce placed its China-specific H20 chip under indefinite export control. The move came just a day...

Monday 21 April 2025

IC distributor Supreme reports sharp rise in orders as us tariffs trigger stockpiling

Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based IC distributor, is seeing a significant uptick in customer demand and price levels as US tariff policies prompt inventory stockpiling across global...

Monday 21 April 2025

Nvidia CEO's suit diplomacy plays out amid US$5.5 billion China inventory setback

Jensen Huang's Beijing appearance in formal attire rather than his trademark leather jacket signals deeper strategic maneuvers as Nvidia navigates increasingly complex US-China tech...

Monday 21 April 2025

Weekly news roundup: Huawei accelerates, Nvidia reels, and TSMC anchors next wave of US chip reshoring

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 14 – April 20.

Saturday 19 April 2025

Huawei's AI ambitions face energy efficiency test

Huawei's CloudMatrix 384 (CM384) is making waves as the most ambitious AI hardware rollout in China to date—a rack-scale system powered...

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