At TSMC's third-quarter earnings call on the 17th, Chairman C.C. Wei was asked about potential interest in Intel's spin-off of its IDM business. According to a report from TechNews, Wei responded with two decisive "No's," indicating that TSMC has no interest in acquiring the businesses. C.C. Wei...

Intel, having given a heads-up that it plans to let go 15,000 employees by year-end, has reportedly fired the first shot. According to Tom’s Hardware, the struggling giant has started issuing formal layoff notices to 1,300 employees at its Gordon Moore Park facility in Oregon. The report notes ...

On October 15th, Intel and AMD announced the formation of an x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group. According to the press release, these two tech giants established this group to enhance architectural interoperability and simplify software development for the x86 system. Other members of this x86 Ecosyst...

In September, Qualcomm was rumored to be investigating the possibility of acquiring parts of Intel's design business to enhance its product portfolio, as it is reportedly interested in Intel’s PC business. Now a latest report by Bloomberg indicates that the smartphone chip giant might wait until a...

As ASML accidentally released its financial report nearly a day ahead of its schedule due to a “technical error,” the Dutch semiconductor giant’s Q3 performance and its forecast for 2025 have also startled all by reporting orders at half of what the market predicted, raising concerns on the la...