With the U.S. announcing Taiwan’s 20% tariff rate at the last minute—set to take effect August 7—the Commercial Times reports limited direct impact on Taiwanese IC design houses and foundries. Still, higher prices triggered by tariffs could dampen end-user demand, the report warns. However,...

According to CNBC, Alibaba on Monday introduced a pair of smart glasses powered by its Qwen large language model and AI assistant, Quark—marking the company’s first step into the smart glasses market. The Chinese tech firm said the Quark AI Glasses will launch in China by the end of 2025, as not...

As part of its global cost-cutting drive, Intel is pulling back on new fab plans in Germany and Poland —and its long-delayed Ohio project has now been pushed beyond 2030-31, with no clear timeline in sight. So, what’s next for the Ohio site? According to The Columbus Dispatch and NBC4i, Intel no...

Arm CEO Rene Haas said the company is stepping up investment in the potential development of chiplets and integrated solutions, according to a report from Reuters. As Reuters notes, Haas did not provide a timeline for when these investments might begin to generate profits, nor did he share specif...

Shortly after White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett hinted at NVIDIA’s H20 AI chip shipments to China, Chinese authorities unexpectedly demanded NVIDIA explain the security risks and possible backdoors in its H20 chips, according to Chinese media outlet ijiwei. The report suggests that th...