The US' escalation of the chip war with China has prompted more companies to shift their orders to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries. However, contract prices provided by TSMC and...
At the ongoing GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Nvidia unveiled its breakthrough in computational lithography. The new Nvidia cuLitho software library introduces accelerated computing...
China's Baidu recently announced the AI product "ERNIE Bot," which uses the second generation of Kunlun AI chip in its model. Besides focusing on AI chip development, Baidu is also...
Despite persistently weak demand for PCs, handsets, and consumer electronics devices, the automotive and industrial sectors continue to see robust momentum, with supplies of certain...
TSMC has seen a ramp-up in orders from Nvidia for the GPU vendor's A100 and H100 chips, as well as lower-spec A800 series explicitly designed for the Chinese market, according to...
The global chip shortage has resulted in countries elevating semiconductor manufacturing to a "national security issue." Not only are the Chinese and Korean governments continuing...
As Qualcomm is set to place wafer starts with TSMC for new handset APs, RF chips, networking chips, and even PC CPUs to be launched in the second half of 2023, its backend supply...
Part of TSMC's fab utilization rates, including those for 7/6nm process nodes, will begin to recover in April, sooner than previously predicted by the market, according to sources...
The efforts of system device vendors to develop new chips in-house have been stalled since the third quarter of 2022, but they have recently resumed their "acceleration track," according...
Apple will reportedly have its own 5G modem chip, with OSATs such as the ASE Technology Holding (ASEH) and Amkor Technology competing for orders, according to market sources.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced at the end of February the first funding opportunity for its incentives program for the domestic semiconductor industry. Starting from...
A wave of USB interface upgrades, as well as a potential PC replenishment later this year, will drive demand for USB device chips in 2023, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
China smartphone vendor Xiaomi has set up a CNY10 billion (US$1.43 billion) fund with other partners to invest in companies dedicated to developing chip technologies related to AI,...
Weltrend Semiconductor, specializing in USB power delivery (PD) controller chips, expects demand for its PD chips and other power management ICs (PMIC) to pick up in the second half...
ChatGPT emerged and sparked an AI frenzy as the United States and China's global power struggle continues. The software industry is blessed with abundant AI business opportunities...
