Shanghai maps global financial hub plan to 2035, for world-class and socialist metropolis
Shanghai has laid out a full spectrum of goals on finance for the next five years and beyond,…
Why Your Next Smartphone Will Be Significantly Pricier—And It’s Not Just Inflation
If you have spent any time browsing tech retailers lately, you have likely felt a familiar sting in…
Trump administration imposes a 25 percent tariff on high-end chips
President Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff on “certain advanced computing chips,” the White…
Trump’s greenlight for Nvidia AI chips to China draws fire from lawmakers, former officials
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers and former officials on Wednesday questioned President Donald…
Windows on Arm had another good year
In 2024, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that struggled…
STMicro has shipped 5 billion chips for Starlink in past decade; that could double by 2027
By Nathan Vifflin Dec 15 (Reuters) – STMicroelectronics has shipped more than 5 billion radio-frequency antenna chips to…
Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to Acquire Chip Startup SambaNova
Intel has signed a term sheet to acquire the AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, two sources with direct…
Qualcomm reveals its not-so-elite Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
When Qualcomm announced its high-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset in November, it mentioned that a non-Elite…
Nvidia CEO says the company is in a no-win situation amid AI-bubble chatter, leaked meeting reveals
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told employees this week that the company has been pushed into a no-win situation…
China to suspend some rare earth curbs, probes on U.S. chip firms
China will effectively suspend implementation of additional export controls on rare earth metals and terminate investigations targeting US…
Germanium flips to superconducting state for the first time ever
Scientists have successfully made germanium, a key semiconductor used in computer chips and fiber optics, superconducting for the…
China’s Most Extreme AI Move Yet: Stripping Chips From Nvidia GPUs to Power Its Homegrown AI
Inside the scramble for AI hardware In the wake of tightening U.S. export controls, Chinese companies are turning…