Hardware hacker: Walling off China from RISC-V ain't such a great idea, Mr President America could drive innovation... or inject fear and doubt and kill off choice On-Prem07 Nov 2023 | 53
Beijing signals it may let Micron out of the penalty box in the Middle Kingdom Commerce minister would love if US chipmaker took root in Chinese market On-Prem05 Nov 2023 | 2
China's YMTC scrounges for billions to help bypass US sanctions Meanwhile, RISC-V has Uncle Sam rattled Systems02 Nov 2023 | 10
Qualcomm in recovery position following annus horribilis Smartphone sales not nearly so bad and just think of the AI potential for margins Systems02 Nov 2023 | 7
Feds collar suspected sanctions-busting Russian smugglers of US tech Parts sent to Moscow allegedly found on Ukrainian battlefields Security01 Nov 2023 | 15
Don't feel left out, chip designers. Nvidia's made a chatbot assistant for you, too In the lab, anyway AI + ML01 Nov 2023 |
The UK government? On the right track with its semiconductor strategy? Oh, you're not joking Public Sector31 Oct 2023 | 88
Vietnam becomes latest nation to pitch itself as a chip biz hub 50,000-strong alt.China talent pool promised, with Google, Samsung, SpaceX, and Intel interested On-Prem31 Oct 2023 |
Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199 Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 102
Intel CEO Gelsinger dismisses 'pretty insignificant' Arm PC challenge Chipzilla beats revenue guidance but datacenter biz is still in the dumps Personal Tech27 Oct 2023 | 18
Uncle Sam orders Nvidia to cease most AI chip sales in China 'immediately' Chipmaker thought it had 30 days to get last few orders out the door Systems24 Oct 2023 | 14
Qualcomm claims its X Elite PC parts can go toe-to-toe with Apple, Intel Oh, and there's a new Snapdragon 8 Gen3 chip bristling with AI potential Systems24 Oct 2023 | 6
Ex-ASML worker accused of stealing chipmaking secrets for China is Huawei to a new job If true, wages of sin aren't that good Systems24 Oct 2023 | 36
India plans semiconductor research institute to rival the world's finest And gives itself five years to build silicon photonics cores Systems23 Oct 2023 | 4
There's no Huawei Chinese chipmakers can fill Nvidia's shoes... anytime soon Analysis Chinese AI and GPU vendors face a less than fab-ulous dilemma where to get their chips built moving forward Systems22 Oct 2023 | 65
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
India courts IBM, Intel, and Tower for chip partnerships - all in one day Big Blue in early talks to advance local RISC-V designs Systems19 Oct 2023 | 2
Ampere leads a pack of AI startups to challenge Nvidia's 'unsustainable' GPUs AI Platform Alliance probably has Jensen Huang in tears...of laughter AI + ML18 Oct 2023 | 2
TSMC abandons plans for 2nm chip plant after Taiwanese locals protest Foundry giant now searching for new home for high-end fab site Systems17 Oct 2023 |
Intel's 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh turns turbos up to 6GHz, gives i7 an E-core bump TSMC-equipped Meteor Lake mobile parts not coming until December Systems16 Oct 2023 | 4
Tachyum says someone will build 50 exaFLOPS super with its as-yet unfinished chips Interview 'It's a huge, effing big machine' HPC16 Oct 2023 | 4
Canon claims its nanoimprint litho machines capable of 5nm chip production Probably not a threat to ASML's EUV tech just yet, analyst tells El Reg On-Prem13 Oct 2023 | 21
Nvidia's accelerated cadence spells trouble for AMD and Intel's AI aspirations Analysis Or it could, just as soon as they figure out how to make the networking work Systems13 Oct 2023 | 10
UK silicon startups to share £1.3M chump change as part of chip strategy Crumbs compared to the billions thrown about in US and Europe Systems13 Oct 2023 | 27
Qualcomm to shed over 1,000 staff in California, plus some Brits, starting in December Vice-presidents, engineers among those scheduled to have a rotten Christmas Systems13 Oct 2023 | 6
Samsung nabs contract to produce 3nm server chips for mystery US biz Parts reportedly geared toward high-performance compute and leverage advanced packaging Systems13 Oct 2023 |
Beijing-backed server chip startup formed by ex-Arm China execs Almost a quarter of SoftBank-owned chip designer's total revenue comes via Middle Kingdom, um, arm Systems12 Oct 2023 | 16
Latest SiFive RISC-V cores aim to boost performance, accelerate AI workloads Those are some fat vector registers Systems11 Oct 2023 | 4
Microsoft reportedly runs GitHub's AI Copilot at a loss Analysis Redmond willing to do its accounts in red ink to get you hooked CxO11 Oct 2023 | 6
RISC-V org claims export restrictions would stifle innovation Efforts to deny China access will hurt the 'open' part of open standard, says collab body CEO Systems10 Oct 2023 | 6
Boffins propose RISC-V microcontroller to power cubesats Test chip promises crunching on par with 20-year-old chips while sipping power Systems05 Oct 2023 |
Taiwan looks into claims local companies helped Huawei advance China chipmaking Plus: EU is looking its own strategic export controls – and not just to China Systems05 Oct 2023 | 2
Intel's Gelsinger grades his chip flip a hit, but AMD exec thinks it's more silicon slip Canalys EMEA Forum Exiting fab biz was 'turning point' for House of Zen, claims Darren Grasby Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 7
Japan confirms ¥192 billion will flow to help Micron build Hiroshima plant That's $1.3 billion – pocket change compared to CHIPS Acts elsewhere On-Prem04 Oct 2023 | 1
Samsung to fab chips for RISC-V processor world's Tenstorrent For now, chaebol will manufacture AI startup’s 4nm Quasar Systems04 Oct 2023 | 2
Intel spins off FPGA biz with DC boss Sandra Rivera at the helm x86 giant eyes outside cash injections, IPO for Programmable Systems Group within three years Systems03 Oct 2023 | 2
Uncle Sam to tighten chip export chokehold on China... again Red dragon's semiconductor market share continues to grow Systems03 Oct 2023 | 67
From vacuum tubes to qubits – is quantum computing destined to repeat history? Analysis Having seen how conventional computers changed the world, can you really afford to bet against it? HPC03 Oct 2023 | 31
Intel starts mass production on Intel 4 node using EUV in Irish fab First Euro facility to use the next-gen lithography tech for commercial production Systems28 Sep 2023 | 16
Chip firm accused of IP theft bites back, claims Apple's contracts are rotten iGiant says Rivos poached talent and SoC designs in '22 Systems26 Sep 2023 | 16
AI startup Lamini bets future on AMD's Instinct GPUs Oh MI word: In the AI race, any accelerator beats none at all Systems26 Sep 2023 |
Japan's PM hints at semiconductor subsidies as part of wider growth plan Updated Digital transformation and startups at center of stimulus package Public Sector26 Sep 2023 | 1
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better Science26 Sep 2023 | 2
Intel aims to patch semiconductor skills gap with one-year cert program New fabs won't achieve much without specialized staff to fill them Systems25 Sep 2023 | 4
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
FYI: Those fancy 'Google-designed' TPU AI chips had an awful lot of Broadcom help Comment And Meta's tapping up Big B too – it's big bucks for this silicon giant AI + ML22 Sep 2023 | 1
US DoD serves up $238M Chips Act funding to 8 regional hubs Hoping to bridge the dreaded 'lab-to-fab' gap where R&D dreams go to die Systems21 Sep 2023 |
Intel CTO suggests using AI to port CUDA code to – surprise! – Intel chips This is about ending Nvidia's vendor lock-in, insists Greg Lavender AI + ML21 Sep 2023 | 6
A chip off the old block: The 200mm fab supply chain breaker Southeast Asia, China spearheading factory capacity growth for foreseeable future On-Prem20 Sep 2023 |
Intel slaps forehead, says I got it: AI PCs. Sell them AI PCs People try to put us down, talkin' 'bout ML generation AI + ML19 Sep 2023 | 29
Intel thinks glass substrates are a clear winner in multi-die packaging Don't get too excited, tech won't be ready until the end of the decade Systems18 Sep 2023 | 11
TSMC's outlook is so fuzzy it's reportedly stalling fab machine deliveries SEMI predicts factory equipment spending will slide another 15% before rebounding in 2024 On-Prem15 Sep 2023 | 8
Post-IPO, Arm to push purpose-built almost-processors Comment British chip design biz plans to satisfy investors by seeking new customers, while RISC-V and China are already challenges Systems15 Sep 2023 | 18
Arm IPO kicks off today with CPU slinger valued at $54.5B British chip designer to trade on Nasdaq only Systems14 Sep 2023 | 17
TSMC gobbles up $430M slice of Intel's IMS Nanofab unit Taiwanese also plot $100M investment in Arm IPO, x86 giant gets real about Thunderbolt 5 Systems12 Sep 2023 |
The future of the cloud sure looks like it'll be paved in even more custom silicon You're probably using cloud providers bespoke chips already and not even know it Cloud Infrastructure Week12 Sep 2023 | 6
Arm's lawyers want to check assembly expert's book for trademark missteps IPO-hungry chip biz promises to donate copies to universities – may also demand a reprint Software12 Sep 2023 | 50
TSMC warns AI chip crunch will last another 18 months Boss Mark Liu says silicon ready but advanced packaging isn't AI + ML08 Sep 2023 | 4
d-Matrix bets on in-memory compute to undercut Nvidia in smaller AI models Microsoft among in-memory AI chip startup's backers AI + ML07 Sep 2023 | 3
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
After failed takeover, Intel and Tower Semi aren't giving up on the relationship Meanwhile, Arm suffers IPO financial muscle loss with low valuation On-Prem05 Sep 2023 | 1
Rapidus ramps as construction begins on 2nm wafer fab Japanese foundry startup also shipping engineers off to US to study IBM chip tech Systems01 Sep 2023 | 3