Including an equity investment from Nvidia, the Elon Musk-backed artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned to bring its ongoing funding round to $20 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/tech/nvidia-musk-xai-20-billion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #chipmakers #ai #semiconductors #elonmusk #xai

Nvidia now boasts the world's highest revenue, driven by sales of its GPUs — the processors that are key to building the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/tech/competition-nvidia-ai-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #semiconductors #china #us #computers #tech #ai

Taiwan has pushed back on a U.S. request to move chip production stateside to cover half of America’s demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/tech/taiwan-demand-us-chips-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #taiwan #china #semiconductors #chipmakers #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Taiwan’s trade negotiators arrived in Washington late last week and held discussions with their US counterparts aimed at lowering the 20% tariff imposed on the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-investment-us-chip-factories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #semiconductors #chipmakers #taiwan #china #howardlutnick #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Huawei Technologies is preparing to double the production of its most advanced artificial intelligence chips over the next year to win customers in China as Nvidia struggles with geopolitical headwinds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/tech/huawei-ai-chip-nvidia-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #huawei #ai #chipmakers #semiconductors #nvidia #china

Intel has approached Apple about securing an investment as part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the U.S. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/25/tech/intel-investment-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #apple #intel #chipmakers #ai #semiconductors #tech

Taipei for the first time unilaterally imposed semiconductor export controls on a country, limiting shipments to South Africa for trying to weaken ties with Taiwan — a key demand of Beijing from its formal partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/world/politics/taiwan-chip-sector-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #taiwan #china #chipmakers #tech #tsmc #semiconductors #ai

I can't help but boost articles about Clearwater Forest even though it's drastically off-topic for this feed ... despite not owning any (yet) I have a soft spot for Intel all-E-core designs, and 288 E-cores on a single giant chip is quite an accomplishment. it will be interesting to see how it performs in the real world once it ships.

interesting: the Skymont E-cores will be built on both TSMC 3nm and Intel 18A process nodes. #semiconductors

I can't help but boost articles about Clearwater Forest even though it's drastically off-topic for this feed ... despite not owning any (yet) I have a soft spot for Intel all-E-core designs, and 288 E-cores on a single giant chip is quite an accomplishment. it will be interesting to see how it performs in the real world once it ships.

interesting: the Skymont E-cores will be built on both TSMC 3nm and Intel 18A process nodes. #semiconductors

The U.S. has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base, potentially curtailing its production capabilities at the facility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/tech/us-tsmc-waiver-china-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tsmc #taiwan #semiconductors #chipmakers #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that receive CHIPS Act funding to build factories in the country, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/tech/trump-us-chip-makers-chips-act/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #howardlutnick #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #semiconductors #tech #intel #micron #tsmc #samsung

U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take a cut of revenue from chip sales to China offers U.S. companies a model for circumventing years of trade tensions with the Asian giant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/tech/trump-deal-nvidia-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #amd #semiconductors #jensenhuang #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #china

U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he might allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down version of its next-generation advanced graphics processing unit chip in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/tech/trump-nvidia-ai-chips-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jensenhuang #nvidia #semiconductors #china #ai #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China to the US government as part of a deal with the Trump administration to secure export licenses, the Financial Times reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/11/tech/nvidia-amd-china-chip-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #amd #china #semiconductors #tech #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

TSMC faces serious threats from attempted trade secret theft and U.S. tariff uncertainty, but its technological dominance and strategic importance keep Taiwan’s “silicon shield” intact — for now. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/08/tsmcs-crown-cant-be-tarnished/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #taiwan #tsmc #tariffs #semiconductors #chipmaking

South Korea's top trade envoy has said that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix won't be subject to 100% U.S. tariffs on chips, with the country benefiting from favorable rates on chips under its deal with Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/south-korea-samsung-sk-hynix-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #southkorea #samsung #skhynix #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #semiconductors

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose a 100% tariff on semiconductor imports, though companies moving production back to the United States will be exempted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/trump-chips-tariff-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #timcook #semiconductors #apple #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

The Trump administration could impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductor chips, with an exception for companies like Apple that have committed to manufacturing in the US. One way or another, expect electronics prices to go up though. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/trump-plans-100-tariff-on-chips-with-carveout-for-apple-others #chips #tariffs#Semiconductors

Six people have been arrested in Taiwan on suspicions that they trade secrets from global tech industry linchpin Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/tech/taiwan-tsmc-chip-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tsmc #huawei #semiconductors #taiwan #china

Intel has posted quarterly revenue that topped market expectations, saying it has cut about 15% of its workforce to be "more agile." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/25/companies/us-chip-intel-revenue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #intel #chipmakers #semiconductors #skhynix #tsmc #samsung