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AMD accuses Intel's Arrow Lake of being a 'horrible' product and implies a lack of options for consumers has caused the Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortage
By James Bentley published
News AMD is taking its victory lap a little early.

China's AI chip industry shows signs of strain as two key players look like they might be in trouble
By Andy Edser published
news US export restrictions continue to bite, as China's AI industry starts to show signs of stress.

It's a new week with a new development in the ongoing China-US tech dispute: Now China is going to ban US chips from its telco networks from 2027
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Tit-for-tat.

'I think this is a 10-year gap' – Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says China is majorly behind in chip manufacturing thanks to export restrictions and looks to stay that way for the foreseeable future
By Andy Edser published
news The Intel head honcho seems convinced that China is seriously off the pace, and will remain that way while export restrictions continue.

AMD 'leaving billions of dollars on the table' thanks to laptop AI chip supply issues
By Jeremy Laird published
news AMD laptop chips have been in short supply "for a decade".

Samsung workers union is calling for an indefinite strike, to which the bosses claim there will infeasibly be 'no disruptions' to production
By Nick Evanson published
news All while TSMC enjoys a market cap just shy of one trillion dollars.

Samsung's US chip fab gets a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $16.5 billion deal to supply Tesla's next generation of car processors
By Nick Evanson published
News Meanwhile, Intel Foundry continues to shout into the void for customers, getting only echoes as a reply.

Intel's German megafab dream is over: CEO Lip-Bu Tan kills the project, beset with setbacks from EU funding to ancient neolithic remains, to save cash
By Jacob Ridley published
News The ambitious project was a win for Europe. Now it's resigned to wishful thinking.

Intel's bad news year rolls on as new 18A chip manufacturing node is reportedly in trouble with 10% yields and doubts over profitability of the Panther Lake CPU
By Jeremy Laird published
News Will Intel ever turn the corner?

CEO Jensen Huang reveals that Nvidia is now making chips in the USA but will that help with gaming GPU supplies?
By Jeremy Laird published
News Not just test chips, but 'production silicon'.

Looks like Intel has quietly killed the 20A process, announcing that no Arrow Lake chip will use its first Angstron Era node
By Dave James published
news The Intel 20A process seems like it's going to go down in history as purely a test platform for backside power and GAAFET.

Taiwanese chipmaking bounces back after last week's 7.4 magnitude earthquake
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Chip makers were well prepared.

TSMC takes 'chip binning' to a whole new level as entire wafer 'found in a dumpster'
By Jeremy Laird published
News Anyone know how to slice it up into GPUs?

Intel is asking for an additional $10 billion from CHIPS act subsidies because the chip giant feels it deserves more cash for investing in US developments
By Nick Evanson published
news Good job it's the CHIPs Act, not CHiPs because what would extra motorcycle cops do for CPUs?

The world's biggest chip maker TSMC says it still can't keep up with demand for AI hardware despite tariff uncertainty
By Jeremy Laird published
News Oh well, looks like gaming GPUs are still going to be hard to come by.

Looks like the Taiwanese chip industry is becoming a hot target for Chinese state-sponsored hackers trying to nab trade secrets
By Jacob Fox published
News Get your own chips, these are mine.

Intel follows Apple's lead with Meteor Lake chip with on-package memory
By Jacob Ridley published
News One day we might see on-package DRAM, even.

US promises Samsung $6.4B to build more chips on US soil, which only increases the chance of a Made in USA GPU at some point
By Jacob Ridley published
News Samsung, TSMC, and Intel are all big benefactors from the CHIPS and Science Act cash the US Government is throwing around right now.

Nvidia might be in the blame game with TSMC over Blackwell chip failures, but that doesn't mean it will go back to Samsung
By Jacob Fox published
News It's not impossible, but TSMC's incredibly strong right now.

US Commerce Secretary says if China seized TSMC it would be 'absolutely devastating' to the US economy, as it buys 92% of its cutting-edge chips from the Taiwanese manufacturer
By Andy Edser published
news As Chinese relations with Taiwan remain strained, the US continues to reinforce the importance of chip manufacturing on home soil.

Critical metals for electronic components and gadgets jump in price, as China's trade restrictions with the US begin to bite
By Nick Evanson published
news Gallium, germanium, and antimony are all vital to the semiconductor industry.

'The only way to beat China is to stay ahead of them' says US commerce secretary as she backs CHIPS investments handed out to Intel, TSMC over sanctions
By Andy Edser published
News "We have to run faster, out innovate them. That’s the way to win."

Samsung debated selling off its manufacturing arm as 3 nm yields remain low and the chip giant's stock price drops
By Jacob Fox published
news TSMC's keeping the ball rolling but healthy competition would be better.

Intel's Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs won't have the instability issues affecting 13th and 14th Gen processors
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Oh, and a reminder to update your BIOS if you're running a 13th or 14th Gen chip.

Samsung and TSMC have been eyeballing the Middle East for new locations to build chip factories, says WSJ
By Nick Evanson published
news Don't get too excited; this is probably just about having even more AI stuff.

The US squeezed Nvidia's AI chip export deal with China into negotiations over important rare earth elements, bizarrely claiming 'we put that in the trade deal with the magnets'
By Andy Edser published
News Ah, it's "leaving important bits out" day.

MSI says that the supply of its RTX 5090 cards will be very tight, due to a limited supply of GPUs from Nvidia
By Nick Evanson published
news Artificial supply constraint or a sign of genuine manufacturing limitations?

TSMC taunts Intel, claims superior chip tech for years to come
By Jeremy Laird published
News Our 3nm chips are already as good as Intel's plans for 2025, says TSMC.