Huawei Said to Be Building Secret Chip Network Across China to Skirt US Sanctions: Report

[ad_1] Huawei Technologies is building a collection of secret semiconductor-fabrication facilities across China to let the company skirt US sanctions, a Washington-based semiconductor association has warned, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The Chinese tech giant moved into chip production last year and is receiving an estimated $30 billion (roughly Rs. 248,800 crore) in state funding … Read more

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Other Arm Clients Turn Chip Firm’s IPO Into Tug of War for Semiconductor Influence

[ad_1] A scramble among Arm Holdings’s clients, comprising the world’s biggest technology companies, to snap up shares in its initial public offering (IPO) is testing the semiconductor designer’s adherence to not picking sides in the chip industry. Customers of Arm that have held talks about taking a piece of the IPO include Apple, Amazon, Intel, … Read more

Apple Supplier Foxconn to Apply for Chipmaking Incentives in India After Pulling Out of $19.5 Billion Vedanta JV

[ad_1] Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Tuesday it plans to apply for incentives that India is offering under its semiconductor manufacturing policy, a day after the company parted ways with Vedanta on a $19.5 billion (roughly Rs. 1,60,600 crore) chipmaking joint venture. “Foxconn is committed to India and sees the country successfully establishing a robust semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem,” … Read more

Amazon Web Services May Use New AMD AI Chips

[ad_1] Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing provider, is considering using new artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices, though it has not made a final decision, an AWS executive told Reuters. The remarks came during an AMD event where the chip company outlined its strategy for the AI market, which is dominated … Read more

Nvidia Close to Becoming First Trillion-Dollar Chip Firm as AI Boom Drives Stellar Forecast

[ad_1] For Nvidia, the boom in generative artificial intelligence (AI) is everything, everywhere, all at once. The chip designer’s shares extended their rally this year on Thursday, soaring 25 percent after a stellar forecast showed that Wall Street has yet to price in the AI potential of the company that has already doubled in value … Read more