Monthly Archives: December 2025

[News] TSMC Advanced-Node Materials Reportedly Found at Lo’s Residence Amid Controversial Intel Hire

TSMC senior vice president Wei-Jen Lo has moved to Intel, drawing industry attention over potential risks to sensitive advanced-process expertise, and new details are now emerging. According to Liberty Times, industry sources say investigators searched Lo’ s residence in late November, …

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[News] NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Spotlights SRAM Shift—MediaTek NPU Already On Board

With markets staying muted over the Christmas holiday, NVIDIA made an unexpected move, agreeing to spend about $20 billion in cash to license Groq’s LPU (Language Processing Unit) technology. As highlighted by the Commercial Times, the deal signals that the …

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[News] Chinese Scientists Achieved New Breakthrough in Next-Gen Optical Computing Chips

According to Xinhua News Agency, researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have recently made a major breakthrough in next-generation optical computing chips, successfully realizing—for the first time—an all-optical computing chip capable of supporting large-scale semantic generative models. The research …

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[News] Five-Year-Old Chinese EDA Firm Univista Sets Sights on IPO, Led by Ex-Synopsys and Cadence Team

As China accelerates its push for chip self-reliance, EDA — often called the “mother of chips” — is moving into the spotlight. According to EE Times China, Shanghai-based Univista filed for IPO guidance on December 26, marking a key milestone …

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[News] Samsung Reportedly Pushes In-House CPU and GPU for Exynos 2800 to Cut Qualcomm, AMD Reliance

Samsung recently unveiled the Exynos 2600 built on its in-house 2nm GAA process, signaling a renewed push in advanced manufacturing and a long-term effort to reduce reliance on Qualcomm, a shift expected to accelerate with next-gen Exynos. According to Wccftech, sources …

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