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Thursday 20 July 2023
Memory and data strategies key to China's AI supremacy
At the press conference for 2023 China Computing Power Conference, held on July 17, the director-general of China's Information and Communication Development Department, Xie Cun,...
Thursday 20 July 2023
MicroBT launches cryptomining machines with 3nm ASIC
MicroBT has released its 3nm ASIC miners, but supply is limited probably due to insufficient yield rates at its IC foundry partner, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 19 July 2023
China's tech overseer promises to back AI computing push
China plans to craft policies to accelerate the build-out of nationwide computing infrastructure, seeking to lay the digital foundation for artificial intelligence.
Wednesday 19 July 2023
ASML Q2 2023 results show shipment to China speeding up
ASML announced its second-quarter 2023 results on July 19. The Netherlands-based company reported revenue of EUR6.9 billion (US$7.74 billion), with gross margin at 51.3%. Net income...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
US and Europe take different approaches when addressing China's compound semiconductor strategy
China has always hoped that, through compound semiconductors like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), it can leapfrog Europe, the US, Japan, and Korea and break their...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Why automotive suppliers cannot ignore Toyota's EV ambition
Toyota announced an updated business plan for battery EVs after the new leadership took office. According to sources, automotive suppliers will not ignore the opportunities that Toyota...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
China-based GPU suppliers eyeing AI opportunities
As the AI age comes, leading to high demand for computing power, GPU suppliers have experienced a boom. China-based GPU startups are trying to catch up and seek expansion to capitalize...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
TechInsights: Samsung's 3nm GAA process identified in a crypto-mining ASIC designed by China startup MicroBT
Semiconductor industry research firm TechInsights said it has found that Samsung's 3nm GAA (gate-all-around) process has been incorporated into the crypto miner ASIC (Whatsminer...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
SMIC chairman replacement implies Big Fund pulls the strings
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) announced on July 17 that Liu Xunfeng, who was recommended by the National IC Industry Investment Fund (the "Big Fund"),...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Chip CEOs to meet Brainard, Sullivan over China restrictions
National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are joining a White House meeting Monday with the chief executive officers of America's...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
US plans narrow China tech investment limits, likely by 2024
The Biden administration's plans to restrict investments in China will be narrowly focused on cutting-edge technology, only new investments, and likely won't go into effect until...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Trump accuses Taiwan of taking away America's semiconductor business
Former US President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview, accused Taiwan of taking away American's semiconductor business and said the US government should have tariffed Taiwan,...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Semiconductor suppliers turn to 2Q24 for PC and handset recovery
Seeing demand for handsets and PCs likely to remain sluggish for the second half of 2023, many semiconductor suppliers are now eyeing a recovery in the second quarter of 2024, according...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
SK Hynix to brace for market segmentation amid its Chinese business crisis
SK Hynix, despite previously denying rumors of withdrawing from its operations in China, has acknowledged that the recovery of the Chinese market has fallen short of expectations...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Germany's China strategy: a false sense of autonomy without addressing the elephant in the room
Germany published its first China strategy on July 13, following an eventful June as Europe geared up to face China's growing heft and as the US-China tech war further escalated....