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AMD to buy chip maker Xilinx for $35-billion
Semiconductor designer AMD said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx in a US$35-billion all-stock deal, intensifying its battle with Intel in the data centre chip market.
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Huawei outhustles Trump by stockpiling 5G chips
Huawei quietly spent months racing to stockpile critical radio chips ahead of Trump administration sanctions, ensuring it can keep supplying Chinese carriers in their $170-billion roll-out of 5G technology.
Consumer electronics
How TSMC became the new Chipzilla
The story of TSMC’s industry dominance steamed ahead unabated on Thursday, with record earnings on the back of booming demand for chips used in smartphones and servers.
Consumer electronics
iPhone 12 delay ripples through Apple’s supply chain
For the first time since 2011, Apple didn’t release a version of its flagship iPhone in September. That delay has had a massive ripple effect through its network of vendors.
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US is abusing state power, China says, after Trump clampdown on Huawei
China has denounced the US’s latest moves to curb Huawei’s access to commercially available chips, the latest blow in an increasingly tense relationship between the world’s two biggest economies.
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Trump just took the nuclear option on Huawei
A new US edict limiting Huawei’s access to technology is more than just an incremental measure against the Chinese giant. It threatens to kill the company, which invites retaliation from Beijing.
Consumer electronics
Intel promises 20% performance boost with new chip technology
Intel on Thursday disclosed a new method for making transistors on semiconductors that its chief architect said could boost the performance Intel’s next round of processors by as much as 20%.
Consumer electronics
TSMC joins world’s 10 most valuable companies list on Intel woes
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co rose another 9.5% on Tuesday, extending a rally that’s helped it become the world’s 10th largest company.
Consumer electronics
Heavy is the head that wears the semiconductor crown
After decades behind the scenes, TSMC is taking an ever-bigger share of the spotlight as one of the most famous and powerful technology companies in the world.
Consumer electronics
Intel’s ‘stunning failure’ heralds end of era for US chip sector
Intel’s decision to consider outsourcing manufacturing heralds the end of an era in which the company, and the US, dominated the semiconductor industry.