Silicon Valley let out a sigh of relief on Wednesday when it learned that President Donald Trump’s tariff bonanza included an exemption for semiconductors, which, at least for now, won’t be subject to higher import duties. But just three days later, some US tech companies may be finding that theContinue Reading
Nvidia has acquired synthetic data firm Gretel for nine figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal. The acquisition price exceeds Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, the sources say, though the exact terms of the purchase remain unknown. Gretel and its team of approximately 80Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A new S$500 million (US$374 million) semiconductor fabrication research and development facility will be located in JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines and begin operations in 2027. To remain a semiconductor powerhouse, Singapore must invest in research and development to drive innovation in the industry, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofContinue Reading
Second, tariffs can only make foreign companies start producing chips in the US if it becomes cheaper than doing it somewhere else. But higher American labor costs and the country’s lack of a sophisticated semiconductor supply chain means moving manufacturing there will take years, if not decades, and there’s littleContinue Reading
In recent years, the United States has significantly expanded its use of export controls to contain China’s rise and maintain its own technological dominance. At the center of this tech containment are restrictions on the export of advanced semiconductors, which is explicitly aimed at “maintaining as large of a leadContinue Reading
TAIPEI: When Taiwan’s Powerchip Technology entered a deal with the eastern Chinese city of Hefei in 2015 to set up a new chip foundry, it hoped the move would help provide better access the promising Chinese market. Nine years later, however, that Chinese foundry, Nexchip, has become one of itsContinue Reading
An AI assistant created by Chinese startup DeepSeek became the number one most-downloaded app in Apple’s US App Store over the weekend, sending shock waves through Silicon Valley and causing the price of major tech stocks to plummet. Nvidia saw more than $460 billion erased from its market capitalization onContinue Reading
