As SoftBank unveiled a $2 billion Intel investment Monday, the Financial Times reported that prior talks between founder Masayoshi Son and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan explored ways to back Team Blue’s chipmaking business, including a potential outright buy of its foundry division—an option that ultimat...

Caught between China’s push for domestic AI chips and U.S. export controls, NVIDIA is reportedly developing a new China-focused AI chip based on its Blackwell architecture. According to Reuters, the chip, tentatively called the B30A, aims to outperform the H20—the most advanced model it is curre...

According to ijiwei, Chinese EDA giant Empyrean Technology has reportedly launched the country’s first full-process EDA solution for memory chips that supports mass production of Flash and DRAM, enabling one-stop design–verification–manufacturing. The report adds that the solution is expected ...

As a key supplier of HBM3 and HBM3e to NVIDIA and a major beneficiary of the AI boom, SK hynix showcases its strong industry position in its freshly released 2025 semi-annual report, highlighting the close partnership with the U.S. chip giant. According to Yonhap News, the company reportedly earned ...

Market rumors suggest NVIDIA has kicked off development of its own HBM base die, sending ripples through the supply chain as it could reshape the next-generation HBM landscape. According to the Commercial Times, the chip is expected to be built on the 3nm node, with small-batch trial production sche...