We tell other countries what to do

The United States has yanked TSMC's authorisation to freely ship essential kit to its mainland plants, a move that could wreck the foundry’s China operations.

Galaxy S25 FE and new Galaxy Tab tablets

Samsung has announced its next Galaxy Event, which will be held virtually on both Samsung and YouTube on September 4.

More than 30 per cent of users eye Samsung and Google foldables

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to look away from the latest SellCell survey, which suggests nearly a third of its faithful are thinking of jumping ship.

Waiver yanked, fabs stalled, shares tanked

Washington has slammed the door shut on a loophole that let South Korea’s biggest chipmakers sneak US gear into their Chinese fabs without the usual bureaucratic hoops.

Korean giant eyes redemption with second-gen GAA node

Samsung’s messy 3nm debut may soon be old news as attention shifts to its 2nm GAA roadmap.

Uses Samsung's enhanced 7nm node with 2.5D stacking

IBM has wheeled out its Power11 server CPU at Hot Chips 2025, giving it higher clocks, AI acceleration, and a taste of Samsung’s iCube 2.5D packaging.

G5 processor gets built on N3P as Pixel shifts foundry strategy

Google has ditched Samsung as the maker of its Tensor chips and signed up with TSMC.

Capitalism is failing

US President Donald Trump is so keen on nationalisation he is thinking of moving the entire semiconductor industry under some form of state control.

Local wafer supply to benefit TSMC, Samsung and US fabs

GlobalWafers is joining the parade of semiconductor suppliers setting up shop in the US, announcing a new silicon wafer plant in Texas to help fuel America’s push for chip independence.

Conservative chipmaker finds gold in dwindling supply

The DRAM world’s three big players have been quietly turning off the taps on DDR4 this year and it is finally sending prices skyward.