TSMC staff arrested over alleged tech theft
Two former TSMC engineers and a third suspect detained
A pair of ex‑TSMC engineers and another person have been arrested in Taiwan for allegedly pinching proprietary chipmaking technology.
Nvidia slams idea of backdoors in AI chips
Kill switches would be a gift to hackers, not national security
Nvidia has come out swinging against the idea of embedding backdoors or kill switches in its AI hardware, calling the notion dangerous and unworkable.
Chinese DRAM shift drives RAM price explosion
ChangXin’s AI pivot chokes supply
The price of standard DDR4 DRAM has gone through the roof, with 8-gigabit units hitting $4.12 and 4-gigabit parts climbing to $3.14, according to electronics trading firms cited by Nikkei Asia.
China’s chip mega-merger plans stuck in limbo
Too many egos, not enough consolidation
Beijing’s dream of creating a semiconductor supergroup to take on US giants is hitting the rocks, according to a report by the Financial Times.
AMD’s AI chip hype falls flat
Santa Clara outfit fails to impress investors with sluggish data centre gains
AMD fluffed its lines again in the AI chip race, posting second-quarter data centre revenue that barely moved the needle despite the market frenzy around artificial intelligence.