How Nvidia Pivoted From Graphics Card Maker to AI Chip Giant
A decade ago, Nvidia was a major graphics card maker, vying with competitors like AMD and Intel for dominance. Now it’s an AI giant with 70% to 95% of the …
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China’s ‘little Nvidia’ Moore Threads finds edge in video gaming GPUs despite performance gap
A Beijing-based graphics processing unit (GPUs) design firm founded by a former Nvidia executive is generating excitement among Chinese video gamers in a sign of the country’s ability to quickly …
US delays AI chip exports to Middle East by Nvidia, AMD over concern that China can access the tech via data centres
US officials have slowed the issuing of licences to chip makers such as Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices for large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator shipments to the Middle East, according …
China’s SMIC ranks as world’s third-largest chip foundry by sales in first quarter on back of strong domestic demand
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), mainland China’s biggest contract chip maker, has become the world’s third-largest integrated circuit (IC) foundry by sales for the first time on the back of …
TSMC says ‘A16’ tech to arrive in 2026, setting up showdown with Intel over who can make the world’s fastest chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said on Wednesday that a new chip-manufacturing technology called “A16” will enter production in the second half of 2026, setting up a showdown with long-time …
Chip equipment giant ASML misses orders forecast, but China sales hold up despite US sanctions
Net income in the first quarter was 1.22 billion euros, down from 2.05 billion euros in the fourth quarter of 2023. Sales were 5.29 billion euros, down from 7.24 billion …
Tech war: US sanctions on key Nvidia distributor in China could push more customers towards domestic replacements
Chinese companies have lost access to one of the country’s largest distribution channels for Nvidia processors after the US added a major reseller to its export blacklist, strengthening Washington’s efforts …
TSMC’s sales surge most since 2022 after riding AI chip boom
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s quarterly revenue grew at its fastest pace in more than a year, shoring up expectations that a global boom in artificial intelligence (AI) development is fuelling …
South Korea’s Nvidia wannabe, AI chip start-up Rebellions, to begin mass production of NPUs, backed by Samsung
A version of this article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post. In an office building in southern Seoul, a dozen …
Samsung to use chip-making tech favoured by SK Hynix as AI race heats up, sources say
Samsung Electronics plans to use a chip making technology championed by rival SK Hynix, five people said, as the world’s top memory chip maker seeks to catch up in the …