The official US ban has taken effect and TikTok has ceased services in the US.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, specifically the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, are rumored to have extremely limited initial supply.
The heads of four leading European research institutions came together to jointly launch the first five EU “CHIP Act” pilot production lines. The $1.4 billion NanoIC pilot production line hosted by imec will go beyond the 2nm process technology currently under development and cover processes from 1nm to 7A (0.7nm). Other partners include VTT Finland, CSSNT Romania, Tyndall National Institute Ireland and lithography equipment manufacturer ASML.
It is rumored that TSMC will build two more CoWoS factories with an estimated investment of more than US$6.086 billion.
PSMC received an outsourcing order for interposer from TSMC and worked together to develop six-layer wafer stacking technology.
ON Semiconductor announced that it has completed the acquisition of Qorvo silicon carbide junction field effect transistor (SiC JFET) technology business and its subsidiary United Silicon Carbide for $115 million in cash.
Japanese chip equipment sales will exceed US$25.685 billion for the first time in 2024, driven by strong demand from China and artificial intelligence.
Hytera pleaded guilty to a criminal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and reached a settlement. Motorola Solutions will receive less than $543.7 million in civil damages.
Former Sharp CEO Tai Jeng-wu sued Foxconn and Terry Gou, seeking compensation for his US$30.37 million bonus.
Jensen Huang appeared at Nvidia Beijing Annual Meeting: A new era of AI has begun, and Chinese employee turnover rate is the lowest in the world.
