Just weeks after Trump hit pause on Biden’s sweeping AI Diffusion Rule—which tried to rank every country in a strict three-tier system—Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly teased a revamped version is coming pretty soon, though he could not provide a specific timeline. Speaking on J...

As the U.S. moves to restrict NVIDIA’s H20 chip in China, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said China still can’t mass-produce advanced semiconductors, adding that the country can make only around 200,000 high-end chips, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg, citing Lutnick, sees this as clear e...

After Huawei’s Kirin X90 reportedly entered mass production on 5nm and Xiaomi wowed the world with its self-developed XRING O1—rumored to be built on 3nm—all eyes are now on China’s chip scene. However, with Washington blocking EDA giants like Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens from supportin...

As the U.S. tightens chip export rules, pressing Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens to halt EDA support in China without approval, Chinese firms are pushing back. Shanghai-based UniVista Industrial Software has announced free trials of its key EDA tools for domestic users, according to ijiwei and China ...

TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei said at yesterday’s shareholder meeting that AI demand remains strong despite tariff concerns—and the momentum is clear. On June 3, major client Broadcom announced it has begun shipping its latest AI-focused networking chip, the Tomahawk 6, according to its press release. ...