Uncle Sam lays out plans for $825M EUV R&D site in New York
Given the cost of EUV litho machines, the Netherlands' ASML might be the real winner here
Systems31 Oct 2024 | 22
Semiconductor
Samsung blames 'one-off costs' as Q3 chip profits plummet 40%
Unexpected expenses in semiconductor division overshadow revenue gains
Systems31 Oct 2024 |
Equinix to pad Thai coffers with $500 million investment
Another Asian country declares ambition to be a tech hub
Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 6
Brit Apple semi supplier IQE's CEO departs amid reshuffle
Big personnel changes happening as semiconductor materials seller looks set to list Taiwan biz in 2025
Systems30 Oct 2024 | 3
OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon
Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it's a secret
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 7
Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist
Wouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 3
NARROWER TOPICS
TSMC reportedly cuts off RISC-V chip designer linked to Huawei accelerators
You know what they say, where there's a will there's a Huawei
Systems28 Oct 2024 | 4
Intel to expand Chengdu facility, despite US China tension
Chipzilla unlikely to give in when it comes to its biggest sales market
Systems28 Oct 2024 | 2
Mature node chip output to surge 6% in 2025
TrendForce reports significant capacity gains as Beijing targets reduced reliance on imported semiconductors
Systems25 Oct 2024 | 8
Ex-Intel board members make an ill-conceived case for spinning off Foundry
Comment Save America’s most important manufacturer? More like save our portfolio and let Uncle Sam pick up the pieces
Systems23 Oct 2024 | 34
Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses
Qualcomm brands ploy as 'unfounded' cash grab
Legal23 Oct 2024 | 48
Uncle Sam extends 25% CHIPS Act tax credit to wafer, solar panel manufacturing
Meanwhile, Infinera snags up to $93M of the dwindling subsidies
Public Sector22 Oct 2024 |
TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei
Chip giant tells Uncle Sam someone could be making orders on the sly
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 11
It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat
Opinion Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla?
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 92
AI's energy appetite has Taiwan reconsidering the nuclear option
Premier indicates possible shift in post-Fukushima policy
Science22 Oct 2024 | 17
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip
Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China
Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5
China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions
AI innovation and geopolitical tensions push Middle Kingdom filings up 42%
Systems21 Oct 2024 | 2
ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays
Analysis Samsung halts fab orders, deliveries slow, China restrictions continue – but company expects Beijing sales bounce
Systems21 Oct 2024 | 5
Intel hits back at China's accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors
Chipzilla says it obeys the law wherever it is, which is nice
Security18 Oct 2024 | 27
Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds
Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg
Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5
Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California
Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements
On-Prem16 Oct 2024 | 12
Intel, AMD team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul
Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list
Systems15 Oct 2024 | 23
Samsung's HBM3E has been a disaster, but there's a path back
Comment 274% profit increase belies missed deadlines, botched launches, and scrambling leadership
Systems15 Oct 2024 | 1
US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse
Fabless chip shop alleged to be hiring 'litigation hit men' to kneecap rival
Legal09 Oct 2024 | 4
Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors
But not hard to believe of business units with over $2 billion in operating losses in 2023
Systems07 Oct 2024 |
Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on
Chip boom continues as demand surges, but challenges remain
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 1
TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside
Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing
Systems04 Oct 2024 | 7
TSMC preps facilities as Taiwan braces for powerful Super Typhoon Krathon
Plants in Tainan and Kaohsiung face heavy rainfall
Systems01 Oct 2024 | 3
Canon ships first nanoimprint chipmaking machine to R&D lab
Lithography technique does not require a light source, unlike ASML's complex extreme ultraviolet approach
Science01 Oct 2024 | 23
UK Ministry of Defence gets into chipmaking game, buys gallium arsenide fab
State-owned semiconductor production: What is it planning to make there? It's classified
Systems30 Sep 2024 | 25
India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense
PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone'
Systems30 Sep 2024 | 1
Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel
Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology?
Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21
Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027
Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs
Systems26 Sep 2024 | 5
Samsung fined just $8K for exposing chip fab workers to X-ray radiation
Nothing says 'oops' like a penalty that won’t even dent the electronics giant’s coffee budget
Offbeat26 Sep 2024 | 16
Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor
Minnow of among government funded whales to double production capacity
Systems24 Sep 2024 | 1
Vietnam finds a formula – C = SET + 1 – to grow its semiconductor industry to $100bn
It only adds up to being as big as Nvidia today, in 2050
Public Sector24 Sep 2024 | 1
Intel has officially entered the grin and bear it phase of its recovery
Comment Gelsinger sold the world on his foundry vision. Walking away won't be easy
Systems22 Sep 2024 | 29
There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is
Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia?
Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22
Intel frees its Foundry biz – and that's just one of many major shake-ups today
Pauses European fabs, scores secret US gig, teams up with Amazon, re-orgs its innards, and more!
On-Prem17 Sep 2024 | 30
EU OKs $1.9B aid for Intel Polish plant, assuming x86 giant doesn't end up cutting it
Updated That's zloty money but is it too little, too late?
On-Prem13 Sep 2024 | 13
Ex Samsung execs reportedly arrested for alleged IP theft in China chip caper
Duo accused of stealing $3.2B of 20nm tech and secrets
Legal10 Sep 2024 |
US spends CHIPS Act cash to explore Indian chipmaking collabs
Starting with an analysis of what India has to offer, which is plenty
Public Sector10 Sep 2024 | 6
DoE drops $23M in effort to reinvigorate supercomputing
Challenges span energy efficiency, memory, programmability, and national security
Systems09 Sep 2024 | 3
Rapidus, rapidly running through funds, needs $700M for 2nm chip plant
Japanese government has also earmarked $6.4B for the project
Systems09 Sep 2024 |
Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel's PC design biz and more
Chipzilla hasn't collapsed yet but the vultures are circling
Systems06 Sep 2024 | 2
Dutch government takes ASML export measures off Uncle Sam's hands
Photolithography giant assures customers it is under no new restrictions
Systems06 Sep 2024 | 5
Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy
Comment Foundry faces a reckoning
CxO06 Sep 2024 | 66
VMware revenue bounces for Broadcom, chips were a little undercooked
CEO says market for non-AI silicon has bottomed out
Virtualization06 Sep 2024 | 7
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia
Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech
Public Sector06 Sep 2024 | 4
Intel Arrow Lake to be made elsewhere as 20A process node canned
Meanwhile, Broadcom reportedly displeased with 18A wafers
Systems05 Sep 2024 | 12
What is this computing industry anyway? The dawning era of 32-bit micros
Part 3 And you may ask yourself, 'How do I work this?' And you may ask yourself, 'Where is that large computer?'
Personal Tech04 Sep 2024 | 109
European chip lobby seeks more government cash and policy clout
Last year's €43B was a nice snack. Now for a feast of regulatory capture
Public Sector04 Sep 2024 | 13
Dow-ward spiral: Intel share price drop could see it delisted from blue-chip index
50% dive in market cap during 2024 forcing CEO Pat Gelsinger to revisit strategy
Channel03 Sep 2024 | 22
China outspending US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined on chipmaking kit
$25B semiconductor shopping spree leaves rivals in the dust
Systems03 Sep 2024 | 19
China is beating the world at scientific research, think tank finds
Could monopolise 24 key techs if current trends continue
Science30 Aug 2024 | 35
HP secures $50M CHIPS Act boost to adapt inkjet tech for life sciences
Major funding backs printer giant's microfluidics work as market waits to see if regular printing revs recover
Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 10
Tenstorrent's Blackhole chips boast 768 RISC-V cores and almost as many FLOPS
Hot Chips Shove 32 of 'em in a box and you've got nearly 24 petaFLOPS of FP8 perf
Systems27 Aug 2024 | 6
Cerebras gives waferscale chips inferencing twist, claims 1,800 token per sec generation rates
Hot Chips Faster than you can read? More like blink and you'll miss the hallucination
Systems27 Aug 2024 | 7
Intel enlists Morgan Stanley to defend against activist investors
Multiple lawsuits doesn't mean investors are coming for the board yet, but better safe than sorry, right?
Systems26 Aug 2024 | 11
China's chip tech still lags the West – by up to five generations
Think tank warns US and friends they can't assume Beijing won't catch up
Systems21 Aug 2024 | 27
Chipmaker Microchip reveals cyber attack whacked manufacturing capacity
Defense contractor gets hacked – what's the worst that could happen
Security21 Aug 2024 | 3
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