China's semiconductor industry is speeding up integration amid U.S. tensions, as the country’s chip equipment giant Naura Technology plans to acquire a 9.5% stake in local photolithography coating equipment maker Kingsemi for RMB 1.69 billion (USD 232.8 billion), according to ijiwei and the Econom...

Is the new U.S. Chip National Team in the making? According to Reuters, TSMC, after an additional $100 billion in the American soil on March 3rd, has reportedly approached NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about investing in a joint venture to run Intel's foundry operations. The report suggests...

Tech giants are ramping up in-house AI chip development to cut costs and reduce reliance on NVIDIA, and Meta is following suit. According to Reuters, Meta is testing its first in-house AI training chip, while another Commercial Times report suggests the chip will be built on TSMC’s 5nm process, wi...

Japan’s Rapidus is making waves with its 2nm chip push, positioning itself against foundry giants like TSMC, Intel, and Samsung. But questions loom over its hefty investments and the absence of major client orders. A recent Asahi Shimbun report argues that Rapidus’ focus on extreme semiconductor...

According to Economic Daily News, citing Reuters, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow (the 11th) on Chinese-made “legacy” semiconductors. This investigation was launched before the end of the Biden administration. The report indicates that the U...