Apple will kick off a broad slate of new products at a virtual event on Tuesday, with upgrades to two of its most important hardware lines beyond the iPhone.
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Nvidia’s $40-billion agreement to acquire ARM is likely to meet strong opposition from Nvidia’s chip industry rivals, analysts say, with murmurs of protest already emerging in South Korea and China.
Nvidia will buy UK-based chip designer ARM from Japan’s SoftBank Group for as much as US$40-billion, the companies said on Monday, in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape.
Huawei plans to introduce its HarmonyOS operating system, seen as the company’s best bet to replace Google’s Android mobile operating system, on smartphones next year.
Microsoft’s two-tiered strategy that attempts to make next-generation console gaming more affordable misses the mark. The company seems to have forgotten the most important videogame industry lesson.
China’s top flash memory chip maker sees no easy way to replace US chip-making gear, underscoring how a further crackdown on the supply of American technology will devastate the local semiconductor industry.
The next-generation Xbox game console finally has a price and release date: The Series X will be out on 10 November worldwide for $499.99 – it will cost R11 999 in South Africa – Microsoft said on Wednesday.
SMIC tumbled the most in seven weeks following a report that the Trump administration was considering adding the chip maker to a blacklist amid an escalating crackdown on Chinese tech companies.
Qualcomm is ramping up its effort to put 5G mobile phones within reach of billions of people and backing new connected laptops aimed at the growing number of people working at home.
China is planning a sweeping set of new government policies to develop its domestic semiconductor industry, conferring the same kind of priority on the effort it accorded to building its atomic capability.