Semiconductors

Christophe Fouquet’s criticism of the EU’s evolving Chips Act is less an attack on industrial policy than a challenge to where sovereignty can realistically be exercised in a global AI …

Marvell is acquiring XConn to strengthen its PCIe, CXL, and UALink switching capabilities, combining electrical and optical interconnect expertise to become a vendor-neutral platform provider for large-scale AI data centers. …

NXP has acquired Port GmbH to integrate industrial protocol software into its processors – as the Dutch firm seeks to assert control over the most critical point in the industrial …

The $35 billion Ansys acquisition is complete, readying Synopsys to offer more holistic and integrated silicon engineering solutions Synopsys has successfully closed on its $35 billion Ansys acquisition, just days …

Synopys and Ansys’ merger will go forward on the condition that some assets are divested to Keysight Technologies Semiconductor design company Synopsys is facing headwinds, as new trade restrictions from …

U.S. export controls cost Nvidia billions, but a pivot to sovereign AI and surging infrastructure demand helped deliver a $44.1B quarter Nvidia reported a record-breaking fiscal first quarter of 2026 …

MediaTek reported consolidated revenue of approximately $4.7 billion USD, an increase of 11.1% from the previous quarter MediaTek reported its Q1 2025 earnings on April 30 — Here are some of …

Qualcomm is calling out Arm for what it sees as a major shift in strategy Qualcomm has filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and the …

Qualcomm Technologies is to integrate its Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Thread combo system-on-a-chip (SoC), which features on-board compute processing for low-power AI workloads on industrial IoT applications, into STMicroelectronics’ STM32 family of microcontrollers (MCUs). …

Direct CHIPS funding would be in addition to $6-$8 billion in tax credit Texas Instruments has signed a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce to receive up to …

The federal CHIPS for America program has released info about a new funding round of up to $1.6 billion, focused on bolstering advanced semiconductor packaging manufacturing in the United States. …

The funding is part of the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which was passed in 2022 The U.S. Biden-Harris administration is seeking proposals from eligible applicants for the development, validation …

The order has dealt a blow to U.S. semiconductor firms Intel and AMD According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have told …

Intel says that the Gaudi 3 AI accelerator will deliver better performance than NVIDIA’s H100 — at a fraction of the cost At Intel Vision 2024, the company detailed its …

Projects in Vermont and New York include factory refurbishment The Biden administration has announced $1.5 billion in potential funding to support multiple semiconductor manufacturing projects in New York and Vermont. …

Chip design company NXP Semiconductors has released two new lines of low-cost and low-power microcontroller units (MCUs) to support intelligent edge applications in industrial and industrial IoT gadgetry, plus in …

Broadcom will reportedly cut 1,267 employees at VMware’s Palo Alto office Broadcom will reportedly cut employees at VMware’s Palo Alto office, following the completion of the $61 billion acquisition of …

Google recently invested $2 billion in Anthropic San Francisco-based generative AI startup Anthropic has revealed that it will be one of the first companies to deploy new AI chips from …

The new set of chip restrictions hitting China are designed to close loopholes in existing regulations The U.S. Department of Commerce has escalated its efforts to restrict the sale of advanced …

Qualcomm will layoff 1,258 workers in San Diego and Santa Clara, beginning in December Pointing to the ongoing poor sales performance of its phone chips, Qualcomm notified the California Employment …

NTT exec: ‘We used to say software is eating hardware; I think AI will eat software’ This week, during Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, NTT and Qualcomm announced a partnership …

The Qualcomm R&D facility in Shanghai, China opened in 2010 and employs nearly 400 staff While Qualcomm has denied rumors that it plans to shut its Shanghai R&D facility or …

Huawei grows with Mate 60 Pro smartphone, 5G chips and HarmonyOS As the old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. The United States tried …

Intel acquired IMS company in 2015 Intel has agreed to sell a 10% stake in its IMS Nanofabrication business to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for roughly $4.3 billion. The …

According to Gartner, AI chip revenue will continue growing to $119.4 billion in 2027 Gartner this week revealed findings that suggest potential revenue from semiconductors designed to run artificial intelligence …