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Intel has agreed to sell a majority stake in Altera, its programmable logic device unit, to Silver Lake in a deal worth $8.75 billion. -
Nvidia has pledged to manufacture its AI supercomputing solutions in the US after President Trump’s currently suspended tariffs continue to force firms into supply chain rethinks.
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NTT Corporation has developed a purpose-built chip for AI inferencing on ultra-high-res video at the edge, capable of powering use cases like autonomous drone inspections of towers or real-time monitoring of critical infrastructure.
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The industry group attempting to create an open standard around GPU interconnectivity have unveiled their first specification, which aims to challenge Nvidia's proprietary technology while significantly boosting AI computing performance.
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The uncertain future of embattled semiconductor giant Intel has taken a significant step towards clarity, as it has reportedly agreed to join forces with TSMC.
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A new era is underway at Intel as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan took to the stage at the company’s Vision 2025 event, delivering a candid and defiant keynote that laid bare the stark challenges ahead and his commitment to overcoming them.
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Wales is set to receive a £250 million investment from Vishay Intertechnology, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, marking a significant boost for the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector.
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After a shaky start to the year following the DeepSeek debacle and the lacklustre RTX 50-Series launch, Nvidia came out swinging last week at its annual GTC conference. Despite this renewed confidence, some underlying concerns remain regarding the chipmaker's long-term future.
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Softbank has expanded its AI portfolio with a $6.5 billion deal to buy Ampere Computing, a Silicon Valley startup developing Arm-based sustainable AI chips.
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Several European governments have joined forces to launch the Semicon Coalition, a collective effort to secure Europe’s place in the global semiconductor industry.
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Lip-Bu Tan, the Intel board member who resigned in protest over the company’s failure to develop a meaningful AI strategy, now holds the reins at the chip-making giant, taking over as takeover news continues to swirl.
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Google has unveiled the latest iteration of its lightweight open source AI models, revealing Gemma 3, which can power AI applications directly on devices like laptops and phones.
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AMD has unveiled an embedded version of its 5th Gen EPYC CPUs to power edge and networking applications.
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President Trump’s broadside of tariffs on semiconductors and optical fibre products has forced firms around the globe to scramble — except one, which claims that even with 200% tariffs, operators would still be better off.
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It appears to be the end for the CHIPS Act as President Trump described the Biden administration’s semiconductor subsidy programme as a “horrible, horrible thing”.
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Europe is at risk of falling irreversibly behind in the global AI race unless the European Commission takes urgent action to scale digital infrastructure, the President of the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has warned.
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Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC has announced a historic investment in US manufacturing, weeks after President Trump threatened punitive tariffs on imported chips.
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Nokia has completed its $2.3 billion acquisition of optical networking provider Infinera as the Finnish firm looks to strengthen its presence in the data centre market.
