Despite the market downturn, SK hynix, a leader in the HBM sector, is expanding into the NAND business. According to Business Korea, the company is set to complete its $8.844 billion acquisition of Intel's NAND business in March, aiming to strengthen its position in the global NAND market, particula...

Eager to showcase its edge in advanced nodes, Intel has launched a website for its 18A (1.8nm) process, highlighting its readiness for third-party customers and planned tape-outs in the first half of 2025. According to Liberty Times, this puts Team Blue slightly ahead of its archrival, TSMC, whic...

President Trump may not stop the $53 billion CHIPS Act outright, but his moves could slow fund distribution for U.S. chip fabs. Bloomberg and The Register report that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Commerce Department, plans to cut up to 500 probationary staffer...

According to a report from MoneyDJ, citing Semiconductor Digest and Tom’s Hardware, building a semiconductor fab in the U.S. costs twice as much and takes twice as long as in Taiwan, as highlighted by Herbert Blaschitz, Executive Vice President at Exyte, a leading provider of engineering solutions...

As Trump pushes tariffs to boost U.S. chipmaking, rumors of a TSMC-Intel deal intensify. Intel’s Principal Engineering Program Manager, Joseph Bonetti, called the move a "horrible, demoralizing mistake" in a now-deleted LinkedIn post, arguing that Intel 18A will be more advanced, as per Tom’s Ha...