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US seeks allies’ help in curbing China’s AI chip progress
A SENIOR American official is set to visit Japan and the Netherlands to ask the two countries to add fresh restrictions on China’s semiconductor sector, including on its ability...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher on soft inflation data, chip boost
THE Nasdaq and S&P 500 rose on Thursday (Jun 13), led by a jump in chip stocks, after lower-than-forecast producer inflation data fanned expectations of interest rate cuts from...
South Korean AI chip developers Rebellions and Sapeon to merge
SOUTH Korean AI chip developers Rebellions and Sapeon Korea are pursuing a merger, Sapeon parent SK Telecom said on Wednesday (Jun 12), in the latest attempt in South Korea...
MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft’s AI laptops: sources
TAIWANESE chip design giant MediaTek is developing an Arm-based personal computer (PC) chip that will run Microsoft’s Windows operating system, according to three sources familiar with the matter.Last month,...
Chip stocks lose shine as hedge funds snap up software instead
HEDGE funds made an about-face last week dumping semiconductor stocks – beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom – while snatching up software.Fund managers net sold US technology stocks...
TSMC’s premium over SMIC shows challenges for China’s chip fund
THE share-price gap between Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and China’s biggest chipmaker is near its widest in almost two decades, highlighting the difficulty Beijing faces in building up...
Inside the race to train more workers in the chip-making capital of the world
HSINCHU, Taiwan — Build the technology of the future. Protect the nation from attack. Buy a sports car.These were some of the rewards of working in the semiconductor industry, 200...
ASML to ship its US$380 million chip machine to TSMC this year
ASML Holding will ship its latest chipmaking machine to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) this year.Two of ASML’s biggest customers, TSMC and Intel, will get the so-called high-NA extreme...
