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A US$6 billion tender offer key to Japan’s chip ambitions is slated to begin next week
A JAPANESE state-backed investment vehicle is going ahead with its US$6 billion buyout of chipmaking materials linchpin JSR, after securing assurances of China’s approval for a deal that Tokyo...
Samsung to use chipmaking tech favoured by SK Hynix as AI chip race heats up: sources
SAMSUNG Electronics plans to use a chipmaking technology championed by rival SK Hynix, five sources said, as the world’s top memory chipmaker seeks to catch up in the race...
STMicroelectronics CEO says China is a growth market despite US chip war
CHINA remains an important growth market for French-Italian semiconductor STMicroelectronics (STM), despite increasing US-China tensions over semiconductors, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday (Mar 12). Speaking at a...
Singapore-based Silicon box to invest US$3.5 billion in new chip plant in Italy
SEMICONDUCTORS startup Silicon Box will invest US$3.5 billion in Italy to build a chip factory in the north of the country, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Monday (Mar...
US: Wall Street slips as chip stocks slide from record highs
WALL Street’s two major indexes turned red on Friday (Mar 8) with Nasdaq leading losses as high-flying chip stocks went into reverse and a labor market report showed that...
AMD hits US roadblock in selling AI chip tailored for China
ADVANCED Micro Devices (AMD) hit a United States government roadblock in attempting to sell an artificial intelligence (AI) chip tailored for the Chinese market, according to sources familiar with...
TSMC surges to record high on AI optimism, global chip rally
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing rose to its highest-ever level, tracking a global rally in chip stocks fuelled by optimism about artificial intelligence. The world’s top chip foundry jumped 5.2 per...
Intel sees AI opportunity for standalone programmable chip unit
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) offers a growing and potentially lucrative opportunity for Intel’s freshly standalone programmable chip unit, its CEO Sandra Rivera said. Intel’s programmable chip unit began operating as...
