Qualcomm takes RISC on Arm alternative with Ventana acquisition
California chipset giant says it’ll develop Arm and RISC-V CPU cores in parallel
The Future of the Datacenter10 Dec 2025 | 3
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Intel to explore making chips with mega-corp Tata in India’s first fab
Chipzilla doesn’t need 28nm product, so maybe this is about landing another outsourced packaging partner
On-Prem09 Dec 2025 | 6
Pat Gelsinger's EUV lithography gig gets $150M wink from Uncle Sam
Commerce Department wants equity in xLight as it backs a free-electron laser to challenge ASML
Systems03 Dec 2025 | 13
Amazon primed to fuse Nvidia's NVLink into 4th-gen Trainium accelerators
Re:Invent Meanwhile, Trainium3 makes its debut promising million-chip training clusters
AWS Re:invent02 Dec 2025 | 4
Pentagon pumps $29.9M into bid to turn waste into critical minerals
It's unclear how much scandium and gallium ElementUSA will contribute to the supply chain, or when
Public Sector21 Nov 2025 | 8
Baidu answers China's call for home-grown silicon with custom AI accelerators
Chinese search giant plans to bring custom silicon to the rack scale in 2026 with 256- and 512-chip systems
AI + ML13 Nov 2025 | 1
NARROWER TOPICS
China warns Dutch away from Nexperia as it lets chip exports resume
Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmaker
Systems07 Nov 2025 | 16
Cloud's new performance leader: Arm beats x86
AWS's Arm Neoverse-based Graviton4 chips set a new bar, beating AMD and Intel in performance and price-performance Signal65 benchmarks
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NextSilicon Maverick-2 promises to blow away the HPC market Nvidia left behind
The one chip startup building accelerators for something other than AI boasts performance up 10x that of modern GPUs using a fraction the power
Supercomputing Month22 Oct 2025 | 2
Nexperia drama intensifies as Dutch chipmaker denies ousted CEO's claims of Chinese split
The government in the Netherlands has taken control of the company
Systems20 Oct 2025 | 11
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Beijing blocks exports after Netherlands imposes special measures on Chinese-owned chipmaker
Systems17 Oct 2025 | 20
ASML shrugs off China slump with faith in AI-fueled chip demand
Beijing's self-reliance push and US export limits hit orders
Systems15 Oct 2025 | 5
Dutch government puts Nexperia on a short leash over chip security fears
Minister invokes powers to stop firm shifting knowledge to China, citing governance shortcomings
Systems13 Oct 2025 | 15
Inside the belly of the beast: A technical walk through Intel's 18A production facility at Fab52
deep dive Now if Lip Bu Tan can just find a willing customer
On-Prem12 Oct 2025 | 24
Senate says Nvidia chips are for America first as China tightens import controls
Xi to the left of me, Trump is to the right; Huang I am, stuck in the middle with GPUs
Public Sector10 Oct 2025 | 22
China is building a thriving semi industry off US leftovers, export controls be damned
House Committee on China wants more comprehensive ban on chipmaking equipment exports to Middle Kingdom
Public Sector07 Oct 2025 | 52
Cerebras CEO insists dinner-plate-sized chip startup will still go public
Inference service launched a month before IPO filing turns out to have been a much bigger business than initially thought
AI + ML06 Oct 2025 | 6
Export controls now a key factor in AI chip development – adding risk for the whole industry
Analysis The physics of transistors and politics of trading licenses are colliding on the AI frontier
Systems01 Oct 2025 | 8
EU member states pile pressure on Brussels for Chips Act rethink
Semicon Coalition presses European Commission for stronger funding, strategy, and skills drive
Systems29 Sep 2025 | 8
Trump’s tariff‑shaped stick can’t beat reality on US chip fabbing
Comment The proposed 1:1 chip rule means nothing but pain for US tech until he’s out of office
Systems28 Sep 2025 | 67
Intel reportedly wants TSMC's help to end its reliance on ...TSMC
Chipzilla seeks investment from its top fab frenemy
On-Prem26 Sep 2025 | 3
X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC
Plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite turns 5
Systems25 Sep 2025 | 8
Think tank warns China's polysilicon subsidies are frying Western fabs
US boffins say Beijing's bargain wafers are burning rivals below cost
Systems12 Sep 2025 | 34
Intel talent bleed continues as Xeon chip architect heads for the escape hatch
Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month
Systems11 Sep 2025 | 16
Nvidia's context-optimized Rubin CPX GPUs were inevitable
Analysis Why strap pricey, power-hungry HBM to a job that doesn't benefit from the bandwidth?
Systems10 Sep 2025 | 2
Intel shuffles executive deckchairs, tosses 30-year veteran chief overboard
Michelle Johnston Holthaus' tenure as Intel Products CEO lasted just ten months
Systems08 Sep 2025 | 11
Chip designer SiFive aims to cram more RISC-V cores into AI chips
Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia?
AI + ML08 Sep 2025 | 1
AI chip startup d-Matrix aspires to rack scale with JetStream I/O cards
Who needs HBM when you can juggle SRAM speed and LPDDR bulk across racks
AI + ML08 Sep 2025 | 1
Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC's China chip-building effort
World's largest foundry operator joins Samsung and SK Hynix, which recently lost their validated end-user status
Systems03 Sep 2025 | 16
India hails 'first' home-grown chip as a milestone despite very modest specs
It’s been to space. It likely won’t launch India as a semiconductor superpower
Systems03 Sep 2025 | 16
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference
Chinese cloud provider reportedly joins the homegrown silicon party
Systems29 Aug 2025 | 7
Intel’s deal with Trump includes a penalty clause against selling off its fabs
The $5.7B check has cleared, CFO says
Public Sector29 Aug 2025 | 10
More than 100 companies are chasing an AI chip gold rush. Few will surive
Quick, get some investment money before the bubble bursts
Systems27 Aug 2025 | 3
Azure apparatchik shows custom silicon keeping everything locked down
Hot Chips From hardware security chips and trusted execution pipelines to open source Root of Trust modules
Cloud Infrastructure Month26 Aug 2025 | 7
Trump made Intel an offer it couldn't refuse
Comment 10 percent equity and maybe that $8.9 billion in CHIPS funds you're waiting on doesn't get lost in red tape
Systems25 Aug 2025 | 43
Chinese funding backs sale of British microLED specialist
Plessey sold to Haylo Labs, financed by $100M Goertek loan
Systems20 Aug 2025 | 9
Uncle Sam eyes slice of Intel in return for CHIPS Act cash
Hmmm, state ownership of private corps... what does that remind us of?
Public Sector20 Aug 2025 | 33
Fried chips: UK's nascent semi industry risks faltering
Feature Good start, but you have to keep it up, say key players
Personal Tech20 Aug 2025 | 31
Grow a new Arm: UK advisory body wants investment in local AI chips
Report recommends that the UK become a leader in chip design
Public Sector19 Aug 2025 | 28
India's PM laments missing out on global chipmaking dominance – in 1964!
Prime Minister promises first local silicon will appear this year, decades after Fairchild Semi's Robert Noyce made polite inquiries
Systems18 Aug 2025 | 2
Trump calls for Intel CEO's head over alleged China links
Chipzilla boss accused of huge conflict of interest
Systems07 Aug 2025 | 62
Arm plots move up the stack with push into end-to-end silicon
Brit chip biz sees demand surge for turnkey compute subsystems, chiplets, and complete SoC designs
Systems31 Jul 2025 | 7
Trump pushes EU into trade 'deal' that several EU leaders aren't happy about
world war fee Europe is acting like the victim of a bully
Public Sector28 Jul 2025 | 136
Intel abandons chip plants in Germany and Poland, confirms more layoffs
CEO Lip-Bu Tan says strategy shift will focus on customer needs, efficiency, and cutting costs
Systems25 Jul 2025 | 30
US tariff terrors prompt Nokia profit drop, TI inventory binge
Uncertainty continues to knock tech industry confidence
Networks23 Jul 2025 | 2
How AI chip upstart FuriosaAI won over LG with its power-sipping design
Testing shows RNGD chips up to 2.25x higher performance per watt than.... five-year-old Nvidia silicon
AI + ML22 Jul 2025 | 3
Foundry competition heats up as Japan’s Rapidus says 2nm chip tech on track for 2027
That's just... checks notes... two years behind everyone else
Systems18 Jul 2025 | 8
Intel's leaders have stopped pretending – and it's about time
Comment Not even in the top 10, CEO Lip-Bu Tan reportedly tells employees
CxO10 Jul 2025 | 75
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries acquires chip designer MIPS
A big bet that RISC-V can make a dent in the AI market
Systems09 Jul 2025 | 6
Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry
Climate risks threaten to fry the supply chain for essential chipmaking metal
Networks08 Jul 2025 | 56
Gone in 40 days: US drops ban on export of chip design tools to China
World War Fee Vendors have reason to celebrate as geopolitics recalibrate
Systems03 Jul 2025 | 27
Huawei's latest notebook shows China is still generations behind in chipmaking
Kirin X90 SoC made on two-year-old 7nm N+2 process
Systems23 Jun 2025 | 50
Wolfspeed to file for Chapter 11 in deal cutting 70% of debt
Power chip biz to hand over equity to lenders, wipe out most shareholders, and keep running during restructuring
Systems23 Jun 2025 | 10
China just two years behind USA on chip design, says White House tech Czar
Expects Huawei to start exporting AI chips soon, creating global fight for tech stack dominance
Public Sector20 Jun 2025 | 36
Intel reportedly chips away at fab workforce – but hey, maybe there's a tax break coming
Layoffs loom at Foundry biz despite CHIPS Act relief on the horizon
Systems17 Jun 2025 | 9
Penn State boffins create silicon-free two-dimensional computer
Clock speed of 25 kHz means 2D CMOS system won't run Doom quite yet
Science16 Jun 2025 | 34
Huawei founder says USA overestimates its semiconductor prowess
Ren Zhengfei says his company is a generation behind, but he knows Huawei to catch up
Systems10 Jun 2025 | 16
Alphawave Semi swallowed in Qualcomm's $2.4B connectivity conquest
Another tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange
Systems09 Jun 2025 | 4
Trump official warns they're putting the squeeze on CHIPS Act winners
Commerce secretary wants bigger bang for taxpayers' buck
Systems05 Jun 2025 | 16
If it can’t double our money, we’re not building it, Intel Products chief says
New products must show potential for 50% gross margin to get the greenlight
Systems04 Jun 2025 | 29
GlobalFoundries commits $3B more to US fabs in Trump tariff flex
Silicon photonics and gallium nitride a major focus
Systems04 Jun 2025 | 11
Chip designers latest casualties in US-China trade war
Cadence Systems, Synopsys, and Siemens among those subject to export licenses targeting Middle Kingdom
Systems30 May 2025 | 31
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