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Nissan to cut more output at Kyushu plant on chip supply troubles
Japan’s Nissan will cut production by another 1,400 vehicles at its Kyushu plant next week, as the fallout from chip supply disruptions…
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Samsung hikes memory chip prices by up to 60% as shortage worsens: sources
[SEOUL/SINGAPORE] Samsung Electronics this month raised prices of certain memory chips, now in short supply due to the global race to…
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IBM says ‘Loon’ chip shows path to useful quantum computers by 2029
The chip remains in its early stages, and it is not yet known when outsiders can test it International Business Machines (IBM) announced…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI chip sales to China are blocked for now
The company is not trying to revive efforts to get Blackwell AI chips to Chinese firms Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said…
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Some Nexperia chip shipments resume as Germany welcomes ‘de-escalation’
[BERLIN/TOKYO] Semiconductor maker Nexperia has resumed some shipments of its vital chips, auto executives said on Friday (Nov 7), with…
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Netherlands ready to drop Nexperia control if China chip exports resume: sources
The Netherlands is prepared to suspend a so-called ministerial order that gave it control over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia in a move…
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Volkswagen to develop chip for China smart cars with Horizon Robotics
The move would deepen the carmaker’s research and development capability ‘in China, for China’ Volkswagen said on Wednesday (Nov 5) that…
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Trump says Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip not for ‘other people’
Nvidia has not sought US export licenses for the Chinese market because of Beijing’s stance on the company, CEO Jensen Huang says…
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Samsung’s chip profit soars after AI fuels demand for memory
The spending spree is spilling over into demand for conventional memory products, where the chipmaker dominates Samsung Electronics’…
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Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu pledges to ‘refocus’ chip giant on AI, foundry
Intel chief executive officer Tan Lip-Bu said he is working to “refocus” the beleaguered chip company on engineering after its struggles…
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Nexperia’s China unit resumes chip sales to domestic distributors, requires renminbi-only payments: sources
The chipmaker is seeking chip packaging partners outside China as the dispute drags on [BEIJING/TAIPEI] Dutch chipmaker Nexperia’s Chinese…
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Chip crunch: how the AI boom is stoking prices of less trendy memory
The global rush by chipmakers to produce AI chips is tightening supply of less glamorous chips used in smartphones, computers and servers,…
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Nvidia unveils first Blackwell chip wafer made with TSMC in US
Companies have been racing to meet the broader AI industry’s voracious appetite for computing power as they develop AI technology that…
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Micron to exit China server chip market after failing to recover from 2023 ban: sources
The ban on Micron products in critical infrastructure has shut the company out of the country’s data centre expansion boom…
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Apple rolls out devices with more powerful M5 chip
Apple unveiled a series of product updates on Wednesday (Oct 15), including a refreshed MacBook Pro, an iPad Pro and a second generation…
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US: Wall St opens higher on positive bank results, chip stocks' rally
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Oct 15), boosted by solid results from major banks, while chipmakers rallied after…
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Intel signals return to AI race with new chip to launch next year
Nvidia has dominated the market to build large artificial intelligence models such as the one used for ChatGPT Intel announced on Tuesday…
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Broadcom to launch new networking chip, as battle with Nvidia intensifies
The Thor Ultra will rival Nvidia’s chips and strengthen Broadcom’s dominance in AI data centre networking Broadcom is launching a new…
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Samsung expects highest quarterly profit in over three years, lifted by AI chip demand
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday (Oct 14) projected a 32 per cent rise in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, beating…
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OpenAI taps Broadcom to build its first AI processor in latest chip deal
The agreement extends a wave of AI chip investments driving the race toward human-equivalent intelligence OpenAI has partnered with…
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Megaspeed, Singapore firm at centre of US chip probe, goes dark
The streets outside the Central Business District were bustling with the lunchtime crowd. But on the seventh floor of Ocean Financial…
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Megaspeed, Singapore firm at centre of US Nvidia chip probe, goes dark
The streets outside the Central Business District were bustling with the lunchtime crowd. But on the seventh floor of Ocean Financial…
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SoftBank’s Graphcore plans £1 billion chip investment in India
The US’s tensions with China have helped the country rise in prominence for global tech companies, but its AI infrastructure is still…
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Intel to reveal tech details on forthcoming PC chip: sources
The Panther Lake chips are the company’s high-end mobile processors that are typically included in more expensive laptops Intel plans to…