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Monday 30 March 2026
China builds open RISC-V chip platform with Xiangshan, Ruyi OS
China's Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched next-generation chip and operating system co-development alongside the debut of the Xiangshan open-source processor and Ruyi native...
Monday 30 March 2026
Analysis: Terafab's scale raises market doubts; is Elon Musk aiming to dominate chip supply chain?
Elon Musk recently announced the launch of the "Terafab" project, aiming to expand compute production capacity to 1 TW per year, which is about 50 times the current global compute...
Monday 30 March 2026
SEMICON China 2026: JCET CEO makes the case for atomic-level packaging to carry Moore's Law forward
Advanced wafer manufacturing is approaching physical limits near the 1nm node, according to Zheng Li, director and CEO of JCET Group.
Monday 30 March 2026
Samsung invests in AI chip design startup to speed silicon and cut power use
Samsung Electronics has backed AI chip design startup Normal Computing in a US$50 million funding round, expanding its push into AI-driven electronic design automation and next-generation...
Saturday 28 March 2026
Samsung bets on turnkey strategy as non-memory strength becomes critical
Samsung Electronics is aggressively pushing its semiconductor "super-gap" core strategy centered on a turnkey solution model. However, the success of this approach hinges on restoring...
Friday 27 March 2026
Taiwan's ALi bets on custom chips for 2026 turnaround
At a series of year-end gatherings in Hsinchu and Taipei this week, Star Fusion and its affiliated companies outlined their business outlook for 2026, pointing to a shift toward higher-value...
Friday 27 March 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix expand microscope procurement to boost HBM yield
As AI compute demand surges, the rising need for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) testing and failure analysis is reshaping semiconductor inspection equipment markets, affecting chipmakers,...
Thursday 26 March 2026
AI Expo 2026: Surging costs, memory crunch drive shift toward inference, researcher says

Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase in which inference, rather than training, is becoming the dominant driver of computing...

Thursday 26 March 2026
Semicon China 2026: Siemens EDA pushes agentic AI to cut chip design cycles in half
At the SEMICON China 2026 opening keynote, Siemens EDA IC Products Executive Vice President (EVP) Ankur Gupta delivered a clear message: traditional EDA software is no longer sufficient,...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Nvidia and SLB expand AI infrastructure collaboration with global implications
SLB and Nvidia expanded a technology collaboration to design and deploy modular AI infrastructure and domain-specific models for the energy industry, promising faster deployment, lower...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Four reasons that Aspeed dominates the BMC chip market
As Taiwan-based IC design firms face declining global market share due to China, Taiwan's Aspeed stands out by dominating the baseboard management controller (BMC) chip sector.
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Taiwan chipmakers chase drone imaging edge with thermal and AI
Non-China supply chains in the drone sector are emerging as a new battleground for global technology vendors, with Taiwan's chipmakers increasingly expanding into the space. Among...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Arm defends shift into chips as AGI CPU targets agentic AI demand
Arm unveiled its first "Arm AGI CPU" on March 24 at its Arm Everywhere event, marking a major shift in its business model. The chip, conceived three years ago and now ready for mass...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
DNP to open R&D base in Telangana, India, to advance mobility and medical healthcare research
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP)'s decision to open a research and development base in Telangana in April 2026 could accelerate collaborative innovation between the Japanese industry and...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
China's AI GPUs face equipment and software constraints, but system-level design boosts self-reliance
Although it may appear that China's AI GPU development is behind the US by one or more generations, a recent Morgan Stanley report reveals the actual gap is smaller than widely per...