Neowin News Feed for: Chips

Elon Musk wants to build "Tesla terra fab" for AI as TSMC and Samsung just aren't enough

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:34:02 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that a Tesla terra fab would need to be built to produce enough chips for the company's AI and robotics push. Read more...

This is how Chinese tech companies are bypassing US chip restrictions

Hamid Ganji — Mon, 26 May 2025 15:58:01 +0000

Chinese tech firms affected by U.S. chip curb are learning how to adapt to these restrictions while continuing to advance in AI development. Read more...

Nvidia reportedly left its Chinese customers uninformed about the latest chip clampdown

Hamid Ganji — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:08:01 +0000

While Nvidia's Chinese customers expected the delivery of their H20 orders, the company has left them in the dark about the recent curb on chip exports. Read more...

The US CHIPS Act in jeopardy as 80 percent of its staff are laid off

Hamid Ganji — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:42:02 +0000

The office that oversees distrusting funds for the US CHIPS and Science Act has reportedly laid off 80 percent of its staff. Read more...

China piles up tons of US-made chips before Trump enters the White House

Hamid Ganji — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:26:02 +0000

China has reportedly started importing vast amounts of chips from the United States before Donald Trump could begin his new term as POTUS. Read more...

TSMC might have possibly violated U.S. export bans after its chip was found in Huawei device

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:38:01 +0000

TSMC might be in trouble after its chip was found in a teardown of a Huawei device, which is a possible violation of U.S. export restrictions on Chinese companies. Read more...

Biden administration promises an additional $6.6 billion to TSMC for expanding Arizona fab

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:12:01 +0000

The U.S. government, as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, has pledged to provide TSMC up to $6.6 billion for expanding its under-construction Arizona semiconductor fabrication units. Read more...

Vodafone details its new silicon photonic chips that are in development

Steve Bennett — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:14:01 +0000

Vodafone R&D has shared an update on the developments of its silicon photonic chips, which are reported to be faster, more efficient and more reliable than the current electronic offering. Read more...

Samsung is on track to see its lowest quarterly operating profits since 2009

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:30:01 +0000

Samsung is expected to see its lowest quarterly operating profits since Q1 2009 if its guidance figures are correct. If accurate, Samsung will see a 96% drop in operating profits year-over-year. Read more...

Micron is set to build semiconductor assembly plant in India next month

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:22:02 +0000

US semiconductor company Micron will break ground on a new assembly plant in India next month. The project is expected to cost $2.75 billion and should output semiconductors from December 2024. Read more...

Chip companies that get U.S. subsidies will have to relinquish significant excess profits

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:22:01 +0000

The Biden administration has said that companies receiving funds from the CHIPS subsidy will be required to pay the government if they do exceedingly well and accrue "excess profits". Read more...

Google Chrome 110 is the first build in new Early Stable channel, rolling out today

Usama Jawad — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:08:01 +0000

Google Chrome 110 is the first version of the browser that is expected to hit the new "Early Stable" channel. It contains a lot of new features that will be available for Stable on February 7. Read more...

Google Chrome 109 now available, last version to support Windows 7 and 8.1

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:34:01 +0000

Chrome 109 is the last version of the browser to support Windows 7 and 8.1, has an alternative implementation for third-party cookies, MathML, and a way for developers to monitor CPU utilization. Read more...

Huawei unlocks EUV chip manufacturing process according to patent filings

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:46:01 +0000

Huawei has cracked the EUV chip process according to patent filings made by the company in November. Huawei Chairman Eric Xu also declared that the company is now out of crisis mode. Read more...

TSMC grapples with slowdown in demand as orders are reduced

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:16:02 +0000

Tech companies are reportedly cutting down on chip manufacturing orders to TSMC due to economic slowdown and lower chip demand worldwide. The trend will continue to be seen until Q1 2023. Read more...

Italy and Intel choose Veneto for the location of a new chip factory

Paul Hill — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 14:53:00 +0000

Intel is expected to build a new European chip factory in Veneto, Italy, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. The area is ideal as it has good rail and road links. Read more...

US tech companies banned from building "advanced tech" facilities in China for 10 years

Steve Bennett — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:02:01 +0000

Recent plans unveiled by the US government to give $50bn to the local semiconductor sector includes a restriction on tech companies from building "advanced tech" facilities in China for 10 years. Read more...

Intel close to deal with Italy to build chip factory to reduce reliance on Asia

Paul Hill — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:30:02 +0000

Intel and Italy are close to a deal that will see a chip manufacturing facility be built in the country. The deal is worth $5 billion and will help Europe reduce its dependence on Asia for chips. Read more...

Companies across different sectors see chip shortage finally easing

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 23:52:01 +0000

Companies across various sectors that are reliant on semiconductor chips have said the shortages seem to be starting to ease. This was due to increased capacity and lower consumer electronics demand. Read more...

Samsung begins initial production of 3 nm chips with improved performance and power use

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:20:01 +0000

Samsung has begun the production of 3 nm chips. They deliver improved performance and power usage compared to 5 nm chips. Samsung is also planning even better second-gen 3 nm hardware. Read more...

EU and U.S. to avoid 'subsidy race' as they seek to boost chip output

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 May 2022 08:24:01 +0000

The United States and European Union will try to avoid a subsidy race as they look to boost chip output. The parties want to avoid manufacturing pooling in a handful of areas, weakening supply chains. Read more...

Vodafone wants to boost Open RAN capabilities with new chip designs

Paul Hill — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:32:01 +0000

Vodafone has announced plans to develop new chips for Open RAN hardware. It will employ 50 people to develop the new hardware at its new digital skills hub in Málaga, Spain which opened today. Read more...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says Intel won't consider UK for factory

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:46:01 +0000

Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger has ruled out the UK as the site for the firm's European factory. He said the company is considering 70 proposals from 10 countries inside the European Union. Read more...

Mac and iPhone chip supply hit by gas contamination issue

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:36:04 +0000

TSMC has said it suffered from a gas contamination leak where it manufactures chips for Apple. It has rectified the issue and shouldn't cause a big impact but it needs to perform follow-up checks. Read more...

The global chip shortage is finally over... almost, says Goldman Sachs

Sayan Sen — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The industry is currently struggling with a global chip supply crisis but Goldman Sachs' Andrew Tilton believes that things will soon be better as we move into the second half of the year. Read more...

Intel CEO says semiconductor shortage could last years

Paul Hill — Mon, 31 May 2021 15:36:02 +0000

Intel's new CEO Pat Gelsinger has warned the world could be facing several years of semiconductor shortages thanks to the shift to working and study from home due to the coronavirus. Read more...

China asks the United States to stop suppression of firms

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 May 2020 17:02:01 +0000

China has asked the United States government to stop being unreasonable following the latter's attempts to prevent Huawei buying chips from international firms such as Taiwan's TSMC. Read more...

Samsung's new USB Type-C power controller chips support up to 100W-charging

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 28 May 2019 09:06:01 +0000

Samsung has announced two new USB Type-C power delivery controllers, the SE8A and MM101, which can support up to 100W-charging. The SE8A is in mass production while the other is being sampled. Read more...

Samsung starts production of EUV-based 7nm LPP process

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:38:01 +0000

Samsung has announced that it has begun the production of its EUV-based 7-nanometer LPP process chips. It brings drastically increased battery life, better performance and improves area efficiency. Read more...

Intel packs 10 cores in its Broadwell-E Extreme Edition i7 chips, pricing is extreme too

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 31 May 2016 07:34:02 +0000

Intel has unveiled its new line of Broadwell-E processors, designed for gaming and VR. The top-end of this already powerful line packs 10-cores and all the chips are unlocked for overclockers. Read more...

Intel unveils ten new chips, focuses on graphics

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:12:01 +0000

On stage at Computex, Intel unveiled ten new processor models, divided equally between mobile and desktop classes. All of the new chips feature Iris graphics and focus on media performance. Read more...

Researchers create new material and one-atom-thick transistors

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:44:01 +0000

Scientists have made a breakthrough in efficiently manufacturing a whole new material that might revolutionize computing and chip manufacturing. Despite the news, the technology is many years away. Read more...

Samsung to supply bulk of chips for Apple's next iPhones

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:00:01 +0000

According to a new report from South Korea the two companies will once again work together, with Samsung pegged to ship 75% of the chips Apple needs for its next generation of iPhones. Read more...

Apple reportedly switching to Intel chips for iPhone/iPad

Ben Buffone — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:48:24 +0000

Apple has reportedly been in talks with Intel regarding manufacturing iPhone/iPad chips, amid falling stock prices and reduced shareholder interest for both Silicon Valley companies. Read more...

Intel investigates counterfeit processors; 300 fake chips [Updated]

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:52:21 +0000

As Neowin reported during the weekend, Newegg shipped out counterfeit Intel i7 processors to customers, where customers received a clay mold of a heatsink, and even a piece of scrap metal as the processor. ... Read more...

Apple potentially dropping NVIDIA chips after disagreements

Sam Symons — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:27:13 +0000

Last week, a website named Semi Accurate reported that heated words were exchanged between the computer maker Apple and graphics chip producer NVIDIA, regarding their current agreement. It seems that NVIDIA was being "arrogant", according... Read more...

Apple to build its own chips?

Brad Sams — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:19:30 +0000

If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacks like a duck then that must mean that Apple is about to start producing its own chips for its products. Apple is... Read more...

AMD Goes Hollywood With New Graphics Chips

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:03:13 +0000

Imagine turning a movie into a game instantly, with the audience driving storytelling by defining the character. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) wants to make that possible in the future, with the company releasing new graphics... Read more...

Nvidia Debuts Chips for Tiny PC's

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:02:56 +0000

Graphics card provider Nvidia has just shown off two Tegra processors designed for tiny laptops or netbooks. Tegra processors are designed so that devices fitted with them would be able to browse the web, show... Read more...

Chips pass two billion milestone

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:40:11 +0000

The first chip to pack more than two billion transistors has been launched by silicon giant Intel. The quad-core chip, known as Tukwila, is designed for high-end servers rather than personal computers. It operates at... Read more...