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Saturday 7 June 2025
Samsung taps 5nm node and AI SoCs to expand automotive chip strategy

Samsung Electronics has reportedly partnered with two leading European chipmakers to co-develop next-generation automotive chips using...

Friday 6 June 2025
Can Huawei break Nvidia's hold? 2 key issues undercut Ascend 910C push
Huawei's efforts to displace Nvidia as the leading AI chip supplier in China with its Ascend 910C processor are facing significant setbacks. Industry insiders cite both entrenched...
Friday 6 June 2025
Broadcom reports strong earnings growth on robust AI-driven demand and VMWare boost
Broadcom reported a 20.2% year-over-year revenue jump to a record US$15 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, driven by surging demand for AI chips and strong contributions...
Friday 6 June 2025
Broadcom sees sustained AI momentum, eyes continued growth through fiscal 2026
Broadcom delivered a strong second-quarter performance for fiscal 2025, with AI-driven growth continuing to dominate the company's outlook. In the earnings call, President and CEO...
Friday 6 June 2025
The AI chip wars: ASIC uprising challenges Nvidia's crown as TSMC takes all
As Nvidia tightens its near-monopoly grip on the AI GPU market, tech giants and chipmakers are accelerating efforts to develop and mass-produce ASICs, signaling a brewing showdown...
Friday 6 June 2025
Arm's Zena CSS shaves a year off auto chip development
Arm has introduced Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS), a pre-integrated, safety-certified automotive compute platform designed to cut chip development timelines by up to 12 months. Announced...
Thursday 5 June 2025
As US EDA ban tightens its grip, China's domestic tools step into the breach
The US has issued new export restrictions targeting leading electronic design automation (EDA) firms—Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens—prohibiting them from supplying software...
Thursday 5 June 2025
China debuts first full-stack EDA suite as free alternative to US tools in offensive move
China's semiconductor sector is bracing for a potential escalation in US export restrictions that could sever access to critical electronic design automation (EDA) software. Responding...
Thursday 5 June 2025
AMD acquires AI software firm Brium to strengthen AI stack, expand industry reach
According to a press release, AMD announced the acquisition of Brium, a software company specializing in compilers and AI inference optimization, to enhance its end-to-end AI capabilities...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Samsung and SK Hynix lead AI-driven EDA revolution to power next-gen semiconductor design
South Korea's semiconductor giants, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, are ramping up the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electronic design automation (EDA) to bolster...
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Arm retires Cortex brand, teases proprietary chip as RISC-V heat rises

Arm Holdings has announced a major rebranding initiative and confirmed plans to enter the chip design space—a strategic pivot that...

Tuesday 3 June 2025
How would US Supreme Court rule on Trump's tariffs policy?
A US federal court has granted the Trump administration's request for a temporary stay of a ruling made by the Court of International Trade against its sweeping tariffs policy. The...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Samsung rides GDDR7 wave as Nvidia, AMD shift to comply with US export curbs
In response to intensified US export controls on advanced semiconductor shipments to China, major chipmakers Nvidia and AMD are reportedly adopting Samsung Electronics' GDDR7 graphics...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
TSMC and UMC struggle with strong NT$; Largan faces record foreign exchange losses
The tariff war has temporarily paused, but the biggest challenge currently facing the semiconductor and technology industries is the sharp appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar (NT$)...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
US targets EDA exports as Xiaomi’s XRing O1 raises alarm over China’s IC design gains
Xiaomi has launched the XRing O1, claiming to use a 3nm process, while Huawei and Lenovo have successively introduced 5 nm-class chips. The fact that China can still bypass multiple...