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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 | 48
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Trump official warns they're putting the squeeze on CHIPS Act winners
Commerce secretary wants bigger bang for taxpayers' buck
Systems05 Jun 2025 | 16
Here’s what it’ll take for Nvidia and other US chipmakers to flog AI chips in China
Jensen be limbo, Jensen be quick, Jensen go under the Uncle Sam’s limbo stick
Systems28 May 2025 | 12
Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win
Feldman calls US's AI Diffusion rules ‘bad policy’
AI Infrastructure Month06 May 2025 | 1
US to slap up to 3,521% tariffs on SE Asian solar imports – especially you, Cambodia
world war fee Uncle Sam says Chinese factories use proxies to dodge import taxes
On-Prem22 Apr 2025 | 34
Team Trump readies national security card to justify taxing Americans for foreign chips
World War Fee There's a new tariff in town
On-Prem15 Apr 2025 | 49
BROADER TOPICS
Nvidia paid $1M for Mar-a-Lago meal, US later scrapped AI chip export crackdown
Updated Best after-dinner mint ever
AI + ML09 Apr 2025 | 56
TSMC blew whistle on suspected verboten exports to Huawei – that may cost it $1B+
What did we learn today, hm?
On-Prem08 Apr 2025 | 28
US closes subsidiary loophole on dozens of Chinese entity list members
Bad news for American tech businesses making money off deals with sanction-dodging companies
HPC26 Mar 2025 | 5
Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper
Export controls would limit shipments of GPUs to large swaths of EU
AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 78
Biden said to weigh global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz
updated China faces outright ban while others vie for Uncle Sam's favor
Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 8
US logic in question, but perhaps American memory can still prevail
Comment With Intel's foundry future in doubt, Micron takes center stage in US Chips Act push
Storage03 Jan 2025 | 10
US Commerce Dept coughs up $6.1B Christmas present for Micron
Funding to support development of memory vendor's $125B fab expansion in New York and Idaho
Systems11 Dec 2024 | 9
GlobalFoundries nets $1.5B from CHIPS Act despite sanctions violation fine
DoC claims only 4 non-China foundries match GF's scale
On-Prem21 Nov 2024 |
GlobalFoundries fined $500K for violating US sanctions
Updated Chip slinger fessed up, got off light, says Uncle Sam
Systems04 Nov 2024 | 7
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
Congress to Commerce: Sanction more Chinese chip firms to stop Huawei's evasion
We don't really need a letter full of circumstantial evidence to prove what we already know needs doing
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 39
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
Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor
Minnow of among government funded whales to double production capacity
Systems24 Sep 2024 | 1
US proposes ban on Chinese, Russian connected car tech over security fears
No room for your spy mobiles on our streets
Software23 Sep 2024 | 28
US sets reporting requirements for AI models, infrastructure operators
Washington wants to know what the biggest model-makers are up to
AI + ML10 Sep 2024 | 1
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
Texas Instruments calculates its US CHIPS Act winnings at $1.6B
Another $3B in loans also on the table to support $18B foundry enlargement
Public Sector16 Aug 2024 | 7
GlobalWafers scores $400M to help build US's first 300mm wafer plants in Texas and Missouri
CHIPS ACT grant will help cover the Taiwanese semiconductor firm’s $4B budget
Systems17 Jul 2024 | 3
Uncle Sam relies on manual processes to oversee restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech players
Outdated tech at Bureau of Industry and Security leaves licensing open to human error
Public Sector03 Jul 2024 | 6
Biden admin fuels up Rocket Lab with $24M for space-grade solar cell chip shop
Funding will expand manufacturing by 50% in three years, says Uncle Sam
Science11 Jun 2024 |
Korea's SKC gets $75M in CHIPS change for US-based glass substrate plant
Set up as a gamble, the Absolics subsidiary has just paid off
On-Prem23 May 2024 |
Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership
Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold
Systems13 May 2024 | 7
Semiconductor digital twins to sip $285M from America's CHIPS Act funding pool
Fake it until you make it, literally
Science06 May 2024 |
Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry
Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry
Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 1
Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs
Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership
Systems15 Apr 2024 | 4
TSMC scores $11.6B funding infusion for Arizona fabs, now plans for third plant
Nevermind the fact that the first two plants are facing delays and costs are rising – build, build build!
Systems08 Apr 2024 | 7
UK and US to jointly develop AI test suites to tackle risks
Memorandum of Understanding penned to put models, systems, and agents through their paces
AI + ML02 Apr 2024 | 4
Biden to inject Intel with CHIPS fab cash 'next week'
Samsung and TSMC apparently slated to receive $6B and $5B
On-Prem15 Mar 2024 | 11
Chinese 'connected' cars are a national security threat, says Biden
China's automakers don't sell in America, but the Feds are still going to investigate whether they're a threat
Security29 Feb 2024 | 113
EU sanctions Indian tech outfit that has partnered with New Delhi's IT Ministry
Si2 Microsystems was tapped for silicon photonics expertise, but has Russian ties that worry Washington and Brussels
Public Sector28 Feb 2024 | 9
With over 600 CHIPS fund applicants seeking over $70B, don't get your hopes up
Commerce secretary warns priority will go to shovel-ready projects
Systems26 Feb 2024 | 4
Nvidia readies downgraded chips for China, but will anyone want to buy them?
Once again, export restrictions are having the opposite to intended effects
Systems08 Jan 2024 | 10
Microchip nabs $162M to keep chips for washing machines – and missiles – flowing
Uncle Sam: Nothing goes together quite like a well-pressed uniform and weapons of mass destruction
On-Prem04 Jan 2024 | 3
US willing to compromise with Nvidia over AI chip sales to China
Jensen would rather not play Whac-a-Mole with Huang over every new GPU
Systems13 Dec 2023 | 12
British arms dealer BAE behind F-35 electronics first in line for US CHIPS funds
More awards imminent agency says
Public Sector11 Dec 2023 | 13
US lawmakers want blanket denial for sensitive tech export licenses to China
Committee worries licenses are being issued to boost and suit business, not national security
Legal08 Dec 2023 | 8
Washington pours $3B into silicon smackdown to outpackage Asia
Uncle Sam rolls up sleeves to onshore work and protect supply chain
Systems21 Nov 2023 | 6
Biden admin reveals 31 R&D tech hubs, with $500m up for grabs
Nothing more fattening than CHIPs: Up to ten locations get initial funding, more to come
Public Sector23 Oct 2023 | 4
Biden has brought the ban hammer down on US export of AI chips to China
Analysis Datacenter GPUs and some consumer cards now exceed performance limits
Systems19 Oct 2023 | 12
America extends China chip export bans and acts to cut off backdoor exports
Chips cunningly designed to be less powerful and evade sanctions look to be in trouble
Systems18 Oct 2023 | 6
Uncle Sam mulls spying on clouds being used to train AI
Big Brother wants to watch your big data
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 7
Uncle Sam is this keen to keep US CHIPS funds out of China
Meanwhile, GlobalFoundries scores $3B DoD contract to fab chips for military, aerospace
Public Sector23 Sep 2023 | 8
Washington left with chip on shoulder after Huawei exposes export loophole lapses
Back to the drawing board with those China sanctions then, eh?
Systems12 Sep 2023 | 34
Chinese meme-makers crown US Commerce Secretary as Huawei brand ambassador
Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of Uncle Sam's actions
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 8
Now Middle East nations banned from getting top-end Nvidia AI chips
While ASML says it can keep selling DUV kit to China through 2023
Systems31 Aug 2023 |
China cooks covert chips, recruits global geeks to dodge US restrictions
The Qiming is impeccable
Systems24 Aug 2023 | 14
Hey Joe, those US CHIPS funds still coming? We kinda need them, says Micron
And by kinda, Idaho fab giant means absolutely 'necessary' for the plants it already announced
On-Prem22 Aug 2023 | 6
Biden lines up $42.5B for US broadband boost
You get funding, you get funding, everybody gets funding
Networks26 Jun 2023 | 14
Uncle Sam vows to Micron-manage China's memory chip ban
Commerce Secretary says US 'won't tolerate' Beijing's 'economic coercion'
Systems30 May 2023 | 10
Seagate hit with $300m penalty for selling sanctioned storage to Huawei
Felt it was on the right side of the law when shipping seven million drives worth $1.1 billion. Oops
Storage20 Apr 2023 | 16
Uncle Sam threatens AI with its nastiest weapon: An audit
Commerce Dept knows it needs to know more as it ponders regulation
AI + ML11 Apr 2023 | 8
US chip sanctions may push Brazil, others right into China's arms
Comment Hope you're all looking forward to another cold war
Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 27
Barred from US tech, Huawei claims to have built its own 14nm chip design suite
Beijing's Made in China drive fueled by Washington's export crackdowns
Software24 Mar 2023 | 23
Nvidia in blast radius as Uncle Sam looks to cut off China's Huawei for good
GeForced into a cold war
Systems07 Mar 2023 | 9
US adds Inspur – friend to Intel, IBM, Cisco and hyperscalers – to export ban list
Loongson, China’s most advanced chipmaker and a desktop contender, also added to entity list
On-Prem06 Mar 2023 | 1
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