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Intel Corp is the world's biggest semiconductor chip-maker, based on revenue. It invented the x86 series of microprocessors, which are found most personal computers, but has found itself on the back foot with the move to mobile devices powered by operating systems created by Apple and Google.

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23 August, 2024

Intel executives appear to have softened on the idea of spinning off the company’s chip manufacturing operations, but said it is something for the next CEO to handle. Photo: Reuters

Semiconductors

Intel says chip manufacturing spin-off is an ‘open question’ for next CEO

Executives broke with former CEO Pat Gelsinger’s more bullish messaging and emphasised that it will take time to fix Intel’s competitiveness.

13 Dec 2024 - 12:00PM

Semiconductors

China industry bodies call for ‘caution’ in buying US chips amid latest sanctions

4 Dec 2024 - 12:06AM

Semiconductors

Intel CEO Gelsinger forced out as chip giant falls behind Nvidia

3 Dec 2024 - 10:50AM

United States

Intel gets US$7.9 billion from Biden’s Chips act ahead of Trump’s return

The agreement funds projects in Arizona, Oregon, and New Mexico, crucial for the Biden administration’s semiconductor goals and Intel’s recovery.

26 Nov 2024 - 11:13PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

From chip war to TikTok ban: what tech can expect from Donald Trump

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, tech companies are bracing for a revamp of tech policies imposed by Joe Biden.

7 Nov 2024 - 10:20AM

Semiconductors

Intel set for sharp drop in quarterly revenue as chip maker struggles to recover

The once-iconic American semiconductor giant is expected to report this week an 8 per cent decline in quarterly revenue to US$13.02 billion.

29 Oct 2024 - 8:45PM

Semiconductors

Intel invests US$300 million in China chip packaging and testing plant

The US chip giant aims to expand an existing chip packaging and testing facility in China, its largest market.

28 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Intel is investing US$300 million in a plant in Chengdu, China. Photo: Shutterstock

TSMC

TSMC’s Arizona chip plant outperforms Taiwan’s, boosting US drive

Early production yields at the first TSMC plant in Arizona have surpassed similar factories in Taiwan, an executive says.

25 Oct 2024 - 11:15AM

Semiconductors

Qualcomm unveils smartphone chip with laptop-level capabilities

The latest version of the Snapdragon line-up will include Qualcomm’s in-house design, as the company invests more in home-grown technology.

22 Oct 2024 - 9:46AM

US presidential election 2024

Mexico’s new government considers tax incentives to lure foreign companies

Mexico is assessing how to spark more investment as companies look to move supply chains closer to their main market, the United States.

22 Oct 2024 - 3:06PM

Trucks wait in a long queue for border customs control to cross into US at the World Trade Bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Photo: Reuters

TSMC

TSMC’s third-quarter profit handily beats forecasts on AI boom

Asia’s most valuable publicly listed company saw profit jump 54 per cent last quarter.

17 Oct 2024 - 2:27PM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world’s largest contract chip maker. Photo: Reuters

Cybersecurity

China cybersecurity group seeks review of Intel products for possible breaches

Initiating a review would help safeguard national security and the interests of Chinese consumers, the group said.

17 Oct 2024 - 3:12PM

Semiconductors

Qualcomm’s bid to buy Intel hinges on US election, China scrutiny

Qualcomm, which has made informal inquiries with Chinese regulators, could wait until January to make a decision, sources say.

16 Oct 2024 - 11:45AM

Semiconductors

China claims breakthrough that could clear chip-design hurdle

A Wuhan-based lab has announced a ‘milestone’ that could help China overcome restraints imposed by traditional chip-design technology.

6 Oct 2024 - 10:00AM

A state-funded lab in China has announced a breakthrough in chip-design technology. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

Chinese start-up Numemory claims memory chip breakthrough amid US sanctions

The Wuhan-based firm recently introduced to the domestic market its 64-gigabyte NM101, a type of storage-class memory chip.

2 Oct 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

Numemory’s new product shows how Chinese memory chip companies continue to push advances in technology, despite US sanctions. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

Intel rebuffs Arm after British firm asked to buy US chip maker’s product unit

In the high-level inquiry, Arm did not express interest in Intel’s manufacturing operations.

27 Sep 2024 - 2:52PM

Semiconductors

Intel secures Amazon as AI chip client, outlines turnaround plans

CEO Pat Gelsinger outlined steps that Intel would take to revive itself, after it reported disastrous second-quarter earnings.

25 Sep 2024 - 3:37PM

Artificial intelligence

Lenovo launches new AI-capable PCs powered by Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors

The latest AI device portfolio from Lenovo reflects efforts by the global PC industry to boost its recovery this year.

25 Sep 2024 - 3:52PM

Artificial intelligence-enabled devices are expected to help raise personal computer shipments and fuel an increase in average selling price. Photo: Lenovo

Semiconductors

Intel director Lip-Bu Tan exits board of struggling chip maker

The move follows Intel’s disastrous quarterly report earlier this month amid competition with rivals like Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

23 Aug 2024 - 8:53PM

Video gaming

China’s Black Myth: Wukong mania lifts sales of Sony’s PS5 gaming console

The hit action role-playing game has prompted an increase in consumer spending on the mainland for video-gaming hardware.

22 Aug 2024 - 12:46PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

AMD to buy server maker in US$4.9 billion challenge to Nvidia

AMD has its sights set on Nvidia, the runaway leader in the market for data centre gear needed to support AI computing.

25 Sep 2024 - 4:02PM

Artificial intelligence

Intel launches new chip to power Chinese carmakers’ in-vehicle AI initiatives

The company’s new Arc Graphics for Automotive discrete graphics processing unit is designed to power in-vehicle AI capabilities.

9 Aug 2024 - 9:30PM

Jack Weast, vice-president and general manager of Intel Automotive, shows the firm’s new discrete graphics processing unit at a launch event in Shenzhen. Photo: Intel

Semiconductors

Intel to cut 15% jobs, suspend dividend in turnaround push; shares plummet

Intel said it would cut more than 15 per cent of its workforce and suspend its dividend as the chip maker pursues a turnaround focused on its money-losing foundry business.

2 Aug 2024 - 12:20PM

US-China relations

Blinken announces US initiative to produce semiconductors in Latin America

The effort, intended to counter China, will expand chip manufacturing in Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, and possibly other countries in the future.

18 Jul 2024 - 6:21AM

Semiconductors

Semiconductor tools firm ASML’s order book expected to benefit from AI chip boom

ASML’s latest quarterly results are the first under new chief executive Christophe Fouquet , who took over the reins at Europe’s biggest technology firm in April.

16 Jul 2024 - 2:48PM

Dutch firm ASML dominates the global market for lithography systems, complex tools that use lasers to help create the tiny circuitry of semiconductors. Photo: Shutterstock

Huawei

US revoked 8 licences for exporting goods to Huawei in 2024

The Biden administration is taking to new measures to thwart Huawei, which has started to rebound despite US sanctions.

3 Jul 2024 - 10:26AM

Huawei

Huawei, semiconductor firm Wuhan Xinxin to develop high-bandwidth memory chips

Huawei’s high-bandwidth memory initiative reflects the growing global market for these chips, which are indispensable components in the computing infrastructure used for artificial intelligence projects.

2 Jul 2024 - 1:57PM

Huawei

Huawei wields growing influence in China’s server industry with AI chip success

Huawei Technologies, which was forced to divest its server subsidiary three years ago due to US tech sanctions, is regaining its influence in that sector on the back of its AI chips.

20 Jun 2024 - 3:01PM

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