semiconductors and active components

U.S. to award Samsung $6.4 bln in grants for Texas chip production complex

The Biden administration will award up to $6.4 billion in grants to South Korea's Samsung to expand ...

Taiwan chipmaker UMC warns of muted auto, industrial demand

Taiwanese chipmaker UMC said on Wednesday it expected a rise in wafer shipments in the second quarte...

Global PC shipments grow 3% in Q1 2024; PC makers seek to promote AI devices 

Global PC shipments grew around 3% year-over-year in Q1 2024 after eight consecutive quarters of dec...

Emphasise domestic IP, photomask subsidy for semiconductors: ICEA

Semiconductor design initiatives have to be encouraged with improved domestic fundraising opportunit...

TSMC plans to make 1.6nm chipset to be used in future Apple products: Report 

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC announced plans to produce highly advanced 1.6nm chips that could be used b...

AMD launches new Ryzen 8 F- series processors 

AMD today announced the launch of its new Ryzen 8000 F-series processors. Aimed at entry level gamin...

Nvidia's profit soars, underscoring its dominance in chips for AI

Nvidia on Wednesday overshot Wall Street estimates as its profit skyrocketed, bolstered by the chip-...

AI-generated videos to drive more demand for Nvidia chips, CEO Huang says

For chip designer Nvidia, the generative artificial intelligence boom is a gift that keeps on giving...

Samsung's HBM chips failing Nvidia tests due to heat and power consumption woes, sources say

Samsung Electronics' latest high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips have yet to pass Nvidia's tests for us...

AI darling Nvidia's market value surges closer to Apple

Nvidia's shares rallied around 6% to hit a record high on Tuesday, leaving the AI chipmaker's stock ...

Global AI Chips revenue will grow 33% in 2024: Gartner

Revenue from artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors globally is expected to total $71 billion i...

TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan, but such a move impossible

Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC has held talks with its customers about whether to move its fabric...

Intel battles AMD with new data center chips

Intel launched its next generation Xeon server processors on Tuesday as it looks to claw back data c...

Qualcomm reaches $75 mln settlement over sales and licensing practices

Qualcomm agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a lawsuit in which shareholders accused the chipmaker ...

AMD investigates claims of alleged data heist

Chipmaker AMD is looking into potential cyberattack that allegedly led to a threat actor accessing i...

Wolfspeed plant delayed as EU's chipmaking plans flounder

Wolfspeed has delayed plans to build a $3 billion plant in Germany, highlighting the European Union'...