As silicon photonics becomes a cornerstone of the AI era, AI chip leader NVIDIA and AMD have joined the competition alongside traditional foundries. Yet, Nikkei reports that Intel—the early pioneer in this sector—has seen its patent filings slump, with TSMC overtaking the U.S. giant since 2023. ...

Hot on the heels of similar moves against Samsung and SK hynix, Washington has now targeted TSMC—informing the chipmaker it will revoke the Nanjing fab’s “validated end user” (VEU) status by December 31, 2025, Bloomberg reported, citing a company statement. As Central News Agency explains...

According to Liberty Times, citing German media outlet BR24, the Bavarian state government has announced a collaboration with TSMC to establish an AI chip research and development center at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The center, officially named the Munich Advanced-Technology Cente...

Shortly after the TSMC 2nm leak involving former and current staff came to light, Taiwan’s High Prosecutors Office indicted three engineers on August 27 for misappropriating national core technology secrets. Prosecutors are seeking 7–14 year prison terms under national security and trade secret ...

Huawei’s first server CPU, the Kunpeng 920, was introduced in 2019, built on the Arm architecture and the 7nm process. Since then, the industry has closely tracked speculation about its successor, and details have now begun to surface. According to Wccftech, X platform user @Kurnalsalts says they ...