chips

Global chips battle intensifies with US billion subsidy surge
Global chips battle intensifies with US$81 billion subsidy surge
May 12, 2024
SUPERPOWERS led by the United States and European Union have funnelled nearly US$81 billion towards cranking out the next generation of semiconductors, escalating a global showdown with China for...
Arm Holdings plans to launch AI chips in 2025: report
Arm Holdings plans to launch AI chips in 2025: report
May 12, 2024
SoftBank Group’s Arm Holdings plans to develop artificial-intelligence (AI) chips, seeking to launch the first products in 2025, Nikkei Asia reported on Sunday (May 12).UK-based Arm will set up...
SoftBank sells off Vision Fund assets as Son pivots to AI, chips
SoftBank sells off Vision Fund assets as Son pivots to AI, chips
May 10, 2024
SOFTBANK Group’s flagship Vision Fund has quietly sold off or written down billions of US dollars’ worth of its publicly-listed holdings in recent years, a sign of founder Masayoshi...
Apple to power AI tools with in-house server chips this year
Apple to power AI tools with in-house server chips this year
May 9, 2024
APPLE will deliver some of its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) features this year via data centres equipped with its own in-house processors, part of a sweeping effort to infuse...
Nvidia supplier SK Hynix says HBM chips almost sold out for 2025
Nvidia supplier SK Hynix says HBM chips almost sold out for 2025
May 2, 2024
SOUTH Korea’s SK Hynix said on Thursday (May 2) its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets were sold out for this year and almost sold...
Huawei’s pivotal role in the US-China tech war, from 5G to chips
Huawei’s pivotal role in the US-China tech war, from 5G to chips
April 30, 2024
WHEN the Trump administration blacklisted Huawei Technologies in 2019 over spying concerns, the move almost wiped out the Chinese company’s global smartphone business. Yet it bounced back with the...
Beijing city to subsidise domestic AI chips, targets self-reliance by 2027
Beijing city to subsidise domestic AI chips, targets self-reliance by 2027
April 26, 2024
BEIJING city authorities have announced subsidies for firms that purchase domestically produced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as China seeks to develop its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on foreign...
China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show
China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show
April 23, 2024
CHINESE universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips through resellers, despite the US widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology...
Why making computer chips has become a new global arms race
Why making computer chips has become a new global arms race
April 21, 2024
THE incredibly complex, high-stakes business of making semiconductors has always been a battle of corporate giants. Now it’s also a race among governments. These critical bits of technology –...
SK hynix, Taiwan’s TSMC to collaborate on next-gen chips
SK hynix, Taiwan’s TSMC to collaborate on next-gen chips
April 19, 2024
SOUTH Korea’s SK hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday it will collaborate with Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC to make next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in...