With building self-reliance for the chip industry becoming one of its top priorities, China plans to promote open-source RISC-V chips nationwide for the first time, according to Reuters. The policy could be issued as soon as this month, the report suggests. Eight government bodies, including Chin...

Amid concerns that Singapore may be a key intermediary in funneling NVIDIA chips to restricted nations, the country is taking action. According to Bloomberg, Singapore is investigating whether Dell and Supermicro servers shipped to Malaysia contained NVIDIA chips banned in China. Law minister K S...

As indicated by Korean Economic Daily, South Korean memory giant SK hynix, amid potential U.S. restrictions, is conducting an urgent review of Chinese EDA software, a move Samsung may likely follow suit. However, industry experts cited by ijiwei warn that as U.S. EDA costs twice as much as Chines...

The AI frenzy is not over yet, as U.S. chip giant NVIDIA beats Q4 estimates and gives a strong outlook for the current quarter. The company forecasts Q1 sales to hit $43 billion, up 65% YoY. As highlighted by Reuters, this signals strong AI demand from Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants, easin...

China appears to be quickly catching up in the memory sector, with CXMT and YMTC leading the charge. Now, the country seems to be making strides in AI chips as well, an area dominated by U.S. giant NVIDIA. According to the Financial Times, Huawei has boosted the yield of its latest AI chips to nearl...