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Silicon Valley’s Sleeping Giant? Intel’s Comeback in Focus

Investor enthusiasm is building around Intel as government support and partnership speculation hint at a resurgence for the chip giant.

Taiwan's Lai Vows More Investment In US As Chip Tariffs Loom

Taiwan's Lai Vows More Investment In US As Chip Tariffs Loom

Taiwan will boost investment in the United States and on its own defences, President Lai Ching-te said Friday, as Taipei seeks to head off US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs on its semiconductor chips.

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US gov't pushing TSMC and Intel to create joint venture in the US: Report

US gov't pushing TSMC and Intel to create joint venture in the US: Report

TSMC has made no official announcements about expanding in the U.S. at the board meetings this week, but the rumor mill points to quicker expansion in Arizona and a joint venture with Intel.

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Intel's 18A and TSMC's N2 process nodes compared: Intel is faster, but TSMC is denser

TSMC will continue to have an advantage over rivals with N2, but Intel has secret sauce.

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TSMC reportedly plots 2027 start date for its 3 nm US fab, but will that be in time to save next-gen GPUs from tariffs?

Tariff fears said to be accelerating TSMC's 3nm plans.

Nintendo Switch 2 price leak suggests affordability in Canada — but what about the U.S.?

If the Nintendo Switch 2 leak about Canadian pricing is true, there are a few issues with the speculation about U.S. pricing. Let me explain.

OpenAI and Broadcom to finalize custom AI processor in the coming months say industry sources

OpenAI's custom silicon design will resemble that of Google's TPU, expected to be taped out in the coming months.

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TSMC bans more chip sales to China due to stricter U.S. export sanctions

TSMC bans more chip sales to China due to stricter U.S. export sanctions

TSMC now requires Chinese IC designers that use FinFET-based process technologies to package them at U.S. government-approved OSATs.

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MediaTek is conducting impact simulations to prepare for U.S. tariffs

MediaTek is conducting impact simulations to prepare for U.S. tariffs

MediaTek’s CEO said that the company has been conducting simulations around the U.S. tariffs, likely in anticipation of a favorable outcome.

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Valve shoots down rumors of RDNA4-based Steam Console — it routinely tests new hardware that isn't put into its own devices

Valve shoots down rumors of RDNA4-based Steam Console — it routinely tests new hardware that isn't put into its own devices

Rumors of a new Steam Console using RDNA4 are greatly exaggerated, but there's clearly a future for Steam-branded hardware. Here's the rundown on what we know and expect from the eventual Steam Deck successor.

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Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful'

Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful'

'Seriously guys, drop it, we get it already': someone at Intel, probably.

Apple's M5 chip is rumored to be in mass production - but we're still waiting for M4 MacBook Airs

Apple's M5 chip is rumored to be in mass production - but we're still waiting for M4 MacBook Airs

We're still awaiting Apple's M4 Ultra chip (plus M4-powered MacBook Air laptops), but rumors of M5 chips going to production are ramping up.

In a first tariff-induced hit against the PC gaming sector, ASRock is talking about increasing costs and moving its graphics card manufacturing away from China

In a first tariff-induced hit against the PC gaming sector, ASRock is talking about increasing costs and moving its graphics card manufacturing away from China

10% can cause ripples.

Apple rumored to kick off M5 chip production using TSMC performance-enhanced 3nm node

Apple rumored to kick off M5 chip production using TSMC performance-enhanced 3nm node

South Korean website claims that TSMC has started high-volume production of Apple's M5 processors using N3P fabrication process.

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DeepSeek research suggests Huawei's Ascend 910C delivers 60% of Nvidia H100 inference performance

Nvidia's GPUs remain the best solutions for AI training, but Huawei's own processors can be used for inference.

Asia’s postholiday markets plunge on DeepSeek, Trump tariff fallout

On Monday, Asian investors finally got to digest a week’s worth of bad news.

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Intel co-CEO confirms Nova Lake is on track for 2026 — some parts will be produced externally

Intel's next-generation desktop CPUs, codenamed "Nova Lake," will launch in 2026.

Jen-Hsun Huang's net worth dropped by a reported $20,800,000,000 after DeepSeek fears shook the AI market to its core earlier this week

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Intel says next-gen Panther Lake laptop chips on its new 18A silicon are still on track for later this year but things are more complicated on the desktop

Intel's next-gen desktop CPU Nova Lake won't be pure 18A, it seems... but at least it'll have some 18A compute.

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Spitballing Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPU die manufacturing costs — die could cost as little as $290 to make

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 is an expensive product to build, but it makes Nvidia a lot of money.

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TSMC founder says Tim Cook told him in 2011 that Intel did not know how to be a foundry

Founder of TSMC remembers how his company managed to land a supply contract with Apple.

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Taiwan Could Help Industry After Trump Warns Of Chip Tariffs

Taiwan will consider supporting its domestic industry the government said Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump warned he will soon place tariffs on overseas-made semiconductor chips.

Laptops and gaming hardware may be up to 40% more expensive under Trump's new tariffs

Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, and Apple hardware could all shortly become more expensive following new tariffs.

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Taiwan's Economy Ministry responds to Trump's threat of up to 100% tariffs on chips, including those from TSMC

Taiwan's government has been swift to respond to the talk of huge tariffs by the recently inaugurated 47th president of the United States.

If Trump's new threat of massive 100% tariffs on chips from Taiwan comes true an RTX 5090 for $2,000 will seem cheap

How about an RTX 5080 for $2,000....?

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