South Korea plugs chip spying loophole
South Korea has widened its espionage laws to cover foreign powers as Seoul tries to…
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Belgium probes theft of GaN chip secrets
Belgian prosecutors are investigating a former semiconductor researcher suspected of shifting valuable gallium nitride chip…
Qualcomm lands $60 billion Amazon AI chip deal
Qualcomm has struck a long-term deal with Amazon covering up to $60 billion in AI…
Huawei folds its silicon for more speed
Huawei has unveiled the Kirin 9050 Pro, using its new LogicFolding architecture to squeeze more…
Samsung stuffs €3 billion into Mistral AI
French AI outfit Mistral has raised €3 billion in fresh funding, pushing its valuation beyond…
Huawei takes charge of China’s lithography push
Huawei has taken a central coordinating role in China’s effort to build domestic DUV lithography…
Samsung and ASML want bigger masks for High NA EUV
Samsung Electronics has joined an industry initiative developing 12-inch photomasks for future High Numerical Aperture…
China trails ASML by decade
China’s chip toolmakers are still a decade away from catching ASML’s EUV machines, UBS reckons.…
Intel reckons 14A is finally behaving
Intel claims its 14A node is shedding defects faster than anything it has built since…
Nvidia predicts 70 per cent increase in sales
Nvidia’s shares went from sulking to soaring after its earnings call convinced investors it is…