TSMC hikes chip prices as margins wobble
Big Tech to pay more as Taiwan foundry feels the squeeze
TSMC is about to squeeze more cash out of its clients by jacking up prices on its swankiest silicon. The Taiwanese foundry giant is planning a five to ten per cent hike on advanced nodes like 5nm, 4nm, 3nm and 2nm, to prop up its declining profit margins.
Bill Gates and Nvidia back Commonwealth’s plan to bottle a star
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has hoovered up another $863 million in fresh capital to fuel its dream of turning nuclear fusion into a commercial energy business that doesn’t melt the budget.
Alibaba whips out AI chip to dodge Nvidia squeeze
China’s silicon brigade tries to fill the GPU hole with homebrew parts
Chinese cloud giant Alibaba has wheeled out a shiny new AI chip, hoping to plug the silicon hole left after Nvidia was kicked in the export rules by Uncle Sam.
US pulls plug on Samsung and SK Hynix’s China kit
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.
Singapore workers glued to AI
Asia dominates global rankings for AI dependency
Singapore’s workforce is the most AI-addicted in the world, with nearly three-quarters of its workers hooked on digital thinking machines to get anything done.