According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration has eased certain export license requirements for selling EDA software to China. As part of a trade agreement finalized last week, the U.S. agreed to permit shipments of chip design tools, ethane, and jet engines—on the condition that Beijing honors...

Amid speculation that Intel may halt promotion of its 18A process to foundry customers, another initiative is reportedly under review. According to Wccftech, citing German outlet ComputerBase, industry sources suggest that Intel is considering abandoning its glass substrate efforts. As noted by C...

As TSMC doubles down on advanced node development to ride the AI wave, it's steadily pulling back from legacy businesses. According to the Commercial Times, citing a press release from Navitas Semiconductor, TSMC will wind down its Gallium Nitride (GaN) wafer foundry services by July 31, 2027. No...

On June 26, China officially launched its independently developed next-generation general-purpose processor — the Loongson 3C6000 (LS3C600) — in Beijing. The LS3C600 is built on China’s self-designed instruction set architecture, LoongArch, and requires no foreign licensed technologies. As ...

According to Anue, Chinese GPU unicorns Moore Threads and MetaX had their STAR Market IPO applications accepted on Monday, June 30. Moore Threads plans to raise RMB 8 billion. MetaX aims to raise RMB 3.904 billion, with a total investment of RMB 5 billion. As noted by Economic Daily News, this move ...