TSMC faces severe challenges
Published in News
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 12:10

TSMC faces severe challenges

Free trade for chips is dead warns boss

At a TSMC (TSM) event, founder Morris Chang said the company will soon face its “most severe” challenges in driving growth as free trade of semiconductors falters.

Intel’s woes are a national security problem
Published in News


US will lose its competitive edge

According to the Wall Street Journal, Chipzilla’s woes pose a significant risk to shareholder wealth and US national security.

Samsung about to shun AMD
Published in News
Monday, 06 May 2024 11:43

Samsung about to shun AMD


Will return to making its own in-house chip

The Dark Satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn, claiming that Samsung is set to abandon AMD’s RDNA GPU architecture and revert to using its homegrown integrated graphics for its Exynos SoC.

Chip wizard Jim Keller conjures up Grayskull magic
Published in News


Moving from Zen to something more diabolical

Jim Keller, the tech sorcerer behind AMD's Zen, has pulled another rabbit out of his hat with Tenstorrent's Grayskull.

Samsung invests billions in chip factories
Published in News
Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:08

Samsung invests billions in chip factories


Soon the US will fear South Korea

Samsung will invest around $230.8 billion over 20 years in the South Korean government's push to develop a mega semiconductor hub in the country.

US government wants more sanctions against Chinese chip makers
Published in News


Wants to set the Chinese back ten years

The US government is working on even tighter restrictions to set Chinese chipmakers back nearly a decade.

China getting more hacked off at US chip sanctions
Published in News


History repeats "Ducks versus Onions" conflict 

China is hitting back against the US's arbitory controls over the export on chips and filed a dispute with the World Trade Organisation and escalating the tech war between the two countries.

Loongson reveals Chinese chip progress
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 28 November 2022 11:45

Loongson reveals Chinese chip progress


CPU 3A6000 now in production

The Chinese chipmaker Loongson Technology recently released a performance briefing on its 4th-generation CPU 3A6000 which is now in production.

US chip restrictions on chip inevitable
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 11:19

US chip restrictions on chip inevitable


Intel sees no way out 

Intel Chief Executive [kicking] Pat Gelsinger (pictured) said that recently imposed US restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China. 

Chip supply crunch is easing
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 18 October 2022 11:20

Chip supply crunch is easing


Easing like Sunday morning

Chip delivery times shrank by four days in September, the biggest drop in years, indicating that the industry's supply crunch is easing.