Wanna save Intel? Fire the board, bring back Pat, ex-CEO Craig Barrett says
Comment Shareholders urged to press CTRL-Z on loyal Gelsinger's 'retirement'
On-Prem03 Mar 2025 | 2
Semiconductor
Intel slows its roll on $28B Ohio fab expansion, pushing production to 2030s
x86 giant still expects to ramp 18A process tech this year
On-Prem28 Feb 2025 | 7
Network edge? You get 64-bit Armv9 AI. You too, watches. And you, server remote management. And you...
Arm rolls out the Cortex-A320 for small embedded gear that dreams of big-model inference
Networks26 Feb 2025 | 6
Apple promises to spend $500B, hire 20K over 4 years to swerve Trump import tariffs
Sorry, that should read: Boost US manufacturing and R&D, believe in the American people, etc etc
On-Prem24 Feb 2025 | 28
Intel cranks up accelerators in Xeon 6 blitz to outgun AMD
But you're probably not cool enough for Chipzilla's 288-core monster
Systems24 Feb 2025 | 3
ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics
It's Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 6
NARROWER TOPICS
Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it
Comment Reported layoffs suggest R&D functions may be hobbled, fab subsidies also at risk
On-Prem19 Feb 2025 | 79
Trump teases 25% semiconductor tariffs that will go ‘substantially higher’
Envisions phased introduction dependent on manufacturing commitments
Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 174
The future of AI is ... analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice
Interview EnCharge claims 150 TOPS/watt, a 20x performance-per-watt edge
AI + ML17 Feb 2025 | 17
UK court says Chinese operation must sell Scottish chip biz stake without delay
'Satisfied' the risk to national security is 'a real and significant one' that should not be 'prolonged'
Systems17 Feb 2025 | 24
TechUK demands that Britain's chip strategy is crisped up
Trade body wants recommendations fast-tracked and fabs designated critical national infrastructure
Systems17 Feb 2025 | 9
Not even Nvidia's Jensen Huang can talk President Tariffs out of chip import taxes
GPU giant could just wait eight minutes for Donald to change his mind
AI + ML04 Feb 2025 | 28
Intel rakes in €515M from EU after ancient antitrust fine nixed
A glimmer of light in an otherwise gloomy year for troubled chipmaker
Systems03 Feb 2025 | 14
Trump’s tariffs, cuts may well put tech in a chokehold, say analysts
Forrester's take on President's economic agenda offers little optimism for the industry
On-Prem31 Jan 2025 | 231
Intel sinks $19B into the red, kills Falcon Shores GPUs, delays Clearwater Forest Xeons
Imagine burning through $72B in one year. Did it make Sam Altman the CEO already?
On-Prem31 Jan 2025 | 52
ASML makes hay while suns shines, but Trump could rain on its parade
Netherlands biz riding AI boom, though China crackdown looms
Systems29 Jan 2025 | 21
Trump eyes up to 100% tariffs on foreign semiconductors, TSMC in crosshairs
No wonder OpenAI needs $500B for Stargate
Systems28 Jan 2025 | 271
First all-Indian chips to debut this year, 25 more local designs in the works
28nm and fatter processes first, says minister, as semiconductor supply chain players move to cash in
Systems24 Jan 2025 | 20
China to probe US chip subsidies as export curbs rattle allies
Beijing investigating claims of unfair competition in mature semiconductors
Systems17 Jan 2025 | 10
TSMC plans to have 1.6nm chips in 'volume production' by 2026
You've got to spend money – like $36 billion+ – to make, er, AI chips
Systems16 Jan 2025 | 3
US adds Chinese RISC-V player that TSMC suspected of helping build Huawei GPUs to risky company register
Sophgo scores a place on Entity List, Indian nuclear boffins taken off
Legal16 Jan 2025 | 4
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
MediaTek rings in the new year with a parade of chipset vulns
Manufacturers should have had ample time to apply the fixes
Security06 Jan 2025 | 5
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
IBM and GlobalFoundries settle multibillion-dollar trade secret and contract lawsuits
Clears way for 'new opportunities' for collab, say pair
Systems03 Jan 2025 |
Jury spares Qualcomm's AI PC ambitions, but Arm eyes a retrial
Analysis The victory may be short lived as the chip designer gears up for second round
Legal23 Dec 2024 | 15
Intel sued again over struggling foundry business
Derivatives claim seeks damages from execs and board members
Legal18 Dec 2024 | 8
Jury trial kicks off Arm's wrestling match with Qualcomm
The Nuvia buyer's alleged violations of license terms expected to last through Friday
Legal16 Dec 2024 | 11
Intel execs discuss the possibility of spinning off foundry
'Does it ever fully separate? I think that's an open question for another day,' interim co-CEO says
Systems13 Dec 2024 | 11
Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom
Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use
Systems12 Dec 2024 | 10
Intel turmoil prompts S&P Global to downgrade chipmaker's credit rating
Finance house finds x86 giant's lack of strategy disturbing
Systems11 Dec 2024 | 8
China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door
Chip imports up more than 14% this year in anticipation of fresh restrictions
Systems11 Dec 2024 | 3
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
Beijing wants Chinese outfits to seek alternatives to US silicon
And American components may be in short supply as Middle Kingdom bans rare earth exports
Public Sector05 Dec 2024 | 22
RISC-V's AI champion just scored $693M cash infusion
Architecture may be good for more than cut-rate SoCs and high-volume microcontrollers after all
AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 5
Cost of Gelsinger's ambition proves too much for Intel
Comment At least he'll have company as he joins 15K colleagues headed for the door
Systems02 Dec 2024 | 46
TSMC bets big on 2nm by 2025 – but can it deliver?
analysis Ambition meets reality as geopolitical, technical, and logistical challenges loom
Systems29 Nov 2024 | 14
Ten years under Dr Su: How AMD went from budget Intel alternative to x86 contender
From post-Athlon 64 dive into near obscurity to chip market stalwart
Systems27 Nov 2024 | 43
Intel locks down $7.86B in funding from US CHIPS Act
Outgoing administration rushes to allocate money ahead of Inauguration Day
Systems26 Nov 2024 | 3
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 |
TSMC confirms 'unexploded ordnance' removed from wafer fab construction site
Probably a relic of a Japanese WWII naval site
Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 6
Southeast Asian nations revise semiconductor strategies as Trump's shadow looms
Analysis Korea wants to get rid of overtime cap while Japan splashes cash with vague funding
Systems13 Nov 2024 | 4
AWS opens cluster of 40K Trainium AI accelerators to researchers
Throwing novel hardware at academia. It's a tale as old as time
Systems12 Nov 2024 | 2
AMD grabs a quarter of x86 market with desktop gains, but server growth slows
Arm-powered PCs are still nowhere
Systems12 Nov 2024 | 22
TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies
Move to suspend 7 nm and smaller processes follows US pressure
Systems08 Nov 2024 | 4
$50M semiconductor fraudster pleads guilty to Russian chip-exporting scheme
And separately, alleged ex-military traitor also arrested in Frankfurt
Systems08 Nov 2024 | 9
Former SK hynix chip engineer gets 1.5 years in prison for IP theft
Printed around 4,000 pages of tech before leaving for a job at Huawei
Systems08 Nov 2024 | 10
TSMC prioritizing high-NA EUV scanners for R&D
May not see full use until 2030 – even if it arrives this year
Systems07 Nov 2024 |
Arm's royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza
Q2 climbs 23% on Armv9 adoption, but licensing dips
Systems07 Nov 2024 | 2
The Register takes AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D for a spin
Review Zen 5 3D V-cache is here at last, and priced at $479 – one for the gamers or multi-purpose desktop chip for all?
Systems07 Nov 2024 | 34
AI chip startup Tenstorrent to train Japan's engineers in $50M government deal
Government wants to make semiconductors big on home turf again
Systems07 Nov 2024 | 5
UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker
Government invokes National Security and Investment Act
Systems06 Nov 2024 | 26
New Jersey man admits shipping sanctions-busting tech to Russia
Smuggler busted on the border carrying naughty items
Systems05 Nov 2024 | 16
GlobalFoundries fined $500K for violating US sanctions
Updated Chip slinger fessed up, got off light, says Uncle Sam
Systems04 Nov 2024 | 7
Intel losses hit $16.6B in Q3 and Wall Street is … loving it?
Improving revenue outlook has Chipzilla's shares back on a positive trajectory – for the moment anyway.
On-Prem01 Nov 2024 | 24
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
Samsung blames 'one-off costs' as Q3 chip profits plummet 40%
Unexpected expenses in semiconductor division overshadow revenue gains
Systems31 Oct 2024 |
Equinix to pad Thai coffers with $500 million investment
Another Asian country declares ambition to be a tech hub
Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 6
Brit Apple semi supplier IQE's CEO departs amid reshuffle
Big personnel changes happening as semiconductor materials seller looks set to list Taiwan biz in 2025
Systems30 Oct 2024 | 3
OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon
Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it's a secret
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 7
Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist
Wouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 3
TSMC reportedly cuts off RISC-V chip designer linked to Huawei accelerators
You know what they say, where there's a will there's a Huawei
Systems28 Oct 2024 | 4
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