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Friday 19 December 2025
Commentary: Why China's GPU start-ups command billion-dollar valuations despite losses
China's GPU start-ups are back at the center of a capital-market frenzy. Following Moore Threads, five-year-old MetaX has listed on Shanghai's STAR Market, with its shares surging...
Friday 19 December 2025
Onsemi and GlobalFoundries sign agreement to develop 650V GaN power devices
Onsemi has signed a collaboration agreement with GlobalFoundries to develop and manufacture next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, expanding its power semiconductor portfolio...
Friday 19 December 2025
USITC investigates AMD, Lenovo, and Supermicro over semiconductor patents
The US International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into alleged patent infringement by Advanced Micro Devices, Lenovo, and Supermicro, following a complaint from Adeia,...
Friday 19 December 2025
India's iVP Semi targets 30% of renewable energy chip market through guaranteed supply model
Chennai-based iVP Semiconductor is betting it can crack India's power semiconductor market by solving a problem that global chipmakers largely ignore: the poor service experience of...
Friday 19 December 2025
South Korea's Uniqconn partners with TSMC to mass-produce 60GHz communication chip
A South Korean logic IC startup is moving closer to cable-free device design with the development of a 60GHz millimeter-wave communication chip designed to replace short-range wired...
Thursday 18 December 2025
China's AMD- and Nvidia-bred GPU rivals meet on the IPO stage
As global demand for AI computing power intensifies, China's domestic GPU sector has reached a milestone. Following Moore Threads' successful IPO earlier this month, MetaX, a GPU developer...
Thursday 18 December 2025
AMD CEO pledges greater investment in China amid efforts to boost US-China chip cooperation
AMD CEO Lisa Su has announced plans to increase investment in China during a recent visit aimed at strengthening collaboration in the semiconductor and artificial intelligence sectors...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Rapidus launches AI design tools to support 2nm semiconductor development
On December 17, Rapidus announced a new suite of AI-based semiconductor design tools under its Rapidus AI-Assisted Design Solution (Raads), aimed at supporting the company's Rapid...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Google reportedly launches TorchTPU project to boost TPU compatibility with PyTorch
Google has reportedly initiated the TorchTPU project to enhance support for the PyTorch machine learning framework on its tensor processing units (TPUs), aiming to challenge the software...
Thursday 18 December 2025
imec and Japan's ASRA align on automotive chiplet standards
imec said it has launched a strategic alignment initiative with Japan's Advanced SoC Research for Automotive (ASRA) to coordinate efforts on standardizing chiplet architectures for...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Why OpenAI is courting AWS chips—and what it signals about cracks in its AI expansion
OpenAI is reportedly in negotiations with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to secure funding and collaborate on AWS's in-house developed application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)....
Thursday 18 December 2025
Taiwan targets four research priorities to maintain semiconductor leadership
Taiwan has long dominated advanced semiconductor manufacturing, with TSMC's global R&D headquarters in Hsinchu alone employing over 10,000 researchers. The government continues...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
MetaX jumps in Shanghai IPO as China pushes homegrown GPUs
MetaX, a Chinese graphics processor startup founded by former Advanced Micro Devices engineers, soared in its trading debut on Shanghai's STAR Market on December 17, 2025. The rally...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Korea Lighting pivots from conventional LEDs to bio-opitcal chips, targeting high-value markets
Facing intensifying competition in the traditional LED lighting market, Incheon-based Korea Lighting is repositioning itself as a supplier of bio-optical semiconductor solutions, targeting...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
China's AI chip war: Domestic GPUs challenge Nvidia H200 dominance

Nvidia's H200 GPU is set to reshape China's high-end AI computing market, driving a surge of activity among domestic chipmakers. Chinese GPU and...