Sitemap - 2025 - Chip Briefing

Weekly: How China gets banned Nvidia chips through Singapore

Daily: US finds China engaged in unfair chip trade, tariff to come mid-2027

Daily: Nvidia to start shipping H200 chips to China by mid-Feb next year

Daily: Tencent rents top Nvidia chips from Japanese firm, skirting US export controls

Weekly: China's secret EUV machine

Daily: US departments begin review into H200 chips before licence to sell

Daily: Micron beats analyst expectations amid memory crunch

Daily: Amazon may invest US$10B in OpenAI, OpenAI may use its Trainium chips

Daily: South Korea to invest ~US$3 billion in chip sector next year

Daily: White House AI czar, David Sacks, says China is rejecting Nvidia chips

Weekly: Selling H200 chips to China is a bad idea

Daily: Huawei phone breakdown finds chip equivalent to 5nm technology, despite sanctions

Daily: Chinese companies are eager for Nvidia's H200 chips; no word from Beijing

Daily: Will Beijing accept Nvidia's H200 chips?

Daily: Trump allows sale of Nvidia's H200 chips to China, US gets 25% cut

Daily: Samsung poised to reclaim top DRAM supplier in next quarter

Weekly: Is Nvidia losing its market dominance?

Daily: US Congress introduces SAFE Chips Act, chip export controls

Daily: Jensen Huang unsure if China would buy unsanctioned Nvidia chips

Daily: Huawei, Amazon seek to compete with Nvidia

Daily: Samsung supplies more than 60% of HBMs in Google TPUs

Weekly: What is a Google TPU?

Daily: Beijing bans TikTok-owner ByteDance from using Nvidia AI chips

Daily: Meta in talks to use Google's TPU chips

Daily: Commerce Sec. Lutnick confirms Trump weighing H200 sales to China

Daily: US chip policy in flux as Trump admin weighs advanced AI chip sales to China

Weekly: Strong earnings, skittish markets?

Daily: Tech, AI, and semiconductor stocks fall despite strong Nvidia earnings

Daily: US and Middle East semiconductor deals + Nvidia's earnings jump 62% yoy

Daily: Nvidia and Microsoft to invest US$15 billion into Anthropic in latest circular deal

Daily: SoftBank one step closer to US$6.5 billion acquisition of chip firm Ampere

Daily: Samsung, SK, others, to invest US$550 billion in South Korea

Weekly: Congress considers export controls amid new evidence of sanction loopholes

Daily: Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic support chip export control bill

Daily: China rations AI chips amid US sanctions

Daily: SoftBank sells Nvidia shares to invest in OpenAI

Daily: TMSC monthly revenue rises at slowest rate in over a year

Daily: White House bans Nvidia's Blackwell chips from export to China

Weekly: White House tech policy head not concerned about AI bubble

Daily: Elon Musk floats chip fab for Tesla, possibly partner with Intel

Daily: Only domestic chips in China’s state-funded data centres

Daily: AMD stock drops after underwhelming earnings forecast

Daily: Trump says Nvidia's Blackwell chips are not for 'other people'

Weekly: Whispers of AI bubble becomes a chorus

Daily: Nvidia to supply more than 260,000 chips to South Korea

Daily: U.S.-China tensions look to thaw

Weekly: Circular financing in AI and semiconductors

Daily: Intel’s upbeat earnings forecast

Daily: YMTC looks to IPO in 2026

Daily: CXMT looks to IPO Q1 2026

Daily: Samsung to unveil HBM4 later this month

Daily: Cambricon, ‘China’s Nvidia,’ has 14x jump in quarterly revenue

Weekly: Europe's semiconductor strategy

Daily: European and American automakers voice concern over Nexperia

Daily: Huawei and affiliates showcase domestic semiconductor technology

Daily: U.S. government pressured Dutch move over Chinese owned Nexperia

Daily: OpenAI inks multibillion-dollar custom chip deal with Broadcom

Daily: U.S.-China tit-for-tat escalates with semiconductor & software sanctions, probes, and tariffs

Weekly: Is the AI boom a bubble?

Daily: China sanctions semiconductor, rare earths exports

Daily: Cisco’s new networking chip competes with Broadcom

Daily: US lawmakers call for stricter sanctions on chipmaking equipment

Daily: OpenAI and AMD ink multibillion-dollar deal involving 10% AMD stake

Daily: Huawei uses sanctioned TSMC, Samsung, SK Hynix tech in latest AI chip

Weekly: US dependence on China's legacy chips + Chip Briefing Semiconductor Tariff Timeline

Daily: Delayed UAE chip deal frustrates Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Analysis: Semiconductor Tariff Timeline

Daily: OpenAI reaches agreement with Samsung and SK Hynix for Stargate memory

Daily: Meta to acquire AI chip startup Rivos and inks $14b deal with CoreWeave

Daily: Lutnick tells Taiwan to produce half of US chip demand in the US

Daily: Trump's two new semiconductor tariff schemes?

Weekly: Will AI spending pay off?

Daily: Taiwan backtracks chip curbs on South Africa

Daily: Intel looks to Apple for investment and collaboration

Daily: OpenAI announces five new US data centres

Daily: Nvidia invests US$100 billion into OpenAI

Daily: Nvidia approves Samsung's HBM3E

Weekly: On the Nvidia-Intel deal

Daily: Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Intel

Daily: China bans Nvidia's latest AI chip; Alibaba builds H20 equivalent

Daily: Nvidia caught in US-China crosshairs

Daily: China says Nvidia violated antitrust law

Daily: China launches 2 probes into US chip sector

Weekly: Samsung and SK Hynix in the age of AI

Daily: Alibaba and Baidu use domestic chips for training AI models

Daily: Oracle and OpenAI sign US$300 billion deal

Daily: Nvidia turns lobbying efforts to Congress

Daily: US government considers annual China licences for Samsung and SK Hynix

Daily: Nvidia lobbies against GAIN AI Act

Weekly: Deep dives into memory industry

Daily: Chinese companies still want Nvidia's AI chips despite govt pressure

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Daily: US government revokes China licences for TSMC

Daily: Rapidus develops their 2nm node

Daily: US government revokes China licences for Samsung and SK Hynix

Weekly: Should US government take an Intel stake? Part II

Daily: Cambricon, 'China's Nvidia,' falls after doubling this month

Daily: Nvidia sales jump 56%, stock falls 3%

Daily: China's builds out domestic chip ecosystem

Daily: Commerce Dept voids US$7.4 b semiconductor consortium

Daily: Intel, US agree to 10% stake.

Weekly: Should US government take an Intel stake? Part I

Daily: Nvidia suspends H20 production

Daily: Lutnick's "insulting" comments caused China's H20 pushback

Daily: Lutnick suggests using CHIPS funding to take more stakes

Daily: Trump admin to take 10% stake in Intel

Daily: Trump considers using CHIPS funds for Intel stake

Weekly: How much is Trump's hand in the US chip industry?

Daily: Trump floats stake in Intel

Exclusive: An Interview with David Henderson, Director of Industrial Segment, Micron Technology

Daily: US authorities secretly track AI chips

Daily: Chinese companies must justify using Nvidia chips

Daily: Trump may allow Nvidia Blackwell chips

Daily: Nvidia and AMD to pay USG 15% + Chip Briefing scoop on Micron

Exclusive: Micron Unveils Space-Qualified NAND, Opening Industry-First Aerospace Portfolio

Weekly: Is Intel toast?

Daily: Trump calls Intel CEO to resign

Daily: Trump to place 100% tariffs on semiconductors, with caveat

Daily: US arrests Chinese nationals for smuggling AI chips.

Daily: U.S. wants to location-track Nvidia chips

Daily: Backlog at BIS stalls H20 chip licence

Weekly: Are data centres the new fiber optic cable?

Daily: SK Hynix surpasses Samsung to become world's top memory maker

Daily: Samsung quarterly profit plunges 94%

Daily: Nvidia orders 300,000 H20 chips from TSMC

Daily: Trump freezes export controls to meet with Xi

Daily: Semiconductor tariffs expected in two weeks

Weekly: Was the H20 deal a free gift to China?

Daily: Intel to lay off 15% of workforce; stock drops ~8%

Daily: Semiconductors and Trump's AI Action Plan

Daily: Tariffs cause gloomy forecast in the semiconductor market

Daily: Stargate struggles to launch

Daily: Xi Jinping warns against AI overcapacity

Weekly: Who are Jensen's friends at the White House?

Daily: TSMC Q2 net profit jumps ~61% yoy

Daily: Jensen Huang walks the U.S.-China tightrope

Daily: Trump officials defend H20 reversal

Daily: U.S. allows H20 chips again

Daily: Jensen Huang is going to China

Weekly: A CFR primer on Section 232 tariffs

Daily: Can Huawei export AI chips?

Daily: Nvidia valued at US$4 trillion

Daily: How the new Korea/Japan tariffs affect semiconductors

Daily: Samsung's earnings drop 56%

Daily: How Samsung's strategy is shifting

Daily: 35% chip tax credit passes; Samsung Taylor fab delayed; EDA sales resume

Daily: Fully Chinese CPU; TSMC repurpose GaN for packaging; Correction for Intel 18A

Daily: Trump tax bill and chips; Intel's 18A; China chip startups

Daily: China's technology; TSMC's AZ fabs; DDR4 phasing out

Weekly: On Taiwan, Huawei, and SMIC; Global AI Divide; Europe-China innovation ecosystem

Daily: More details about Micron; Biren prepares to IPO; ASML in China

Daily: China responds to Taiwan's sanctions; Nvidia's record stock price; Micron's stock climbs

Daily: Semiconductor tariffs; Foundry landscape in 2030; Samsung's Taylor fab

Daily: Shifting memory landscape; Huawei stuck at 7nm; DeepSeek for Chinese military

Daily: US may revoke chip waivers; $1 trillion AI/robotics complex?; Korea's largest data centre

Weekly: Global tech race; On export controls; AMD vs Nvidia

Daily: SK Hynix's custom HBMs; Apple eyes AI chip design; Huawei and DeepSeek

Daily: Sacks on China chip controls; TI to invest $60b; Samsung and SK Hynix develop 4F DRAM

Daily: 30% chip tax credit; US signals sanctions; More good news for Samsung's HBM

Daily: TSMC and Samsung 2nm; Consolidating Chinese chip industry; AI investments in the Middle East?

Daily: Is no news bad news?; Intel might need to breakup; Samsung's HBMs in AMD chips

Weekly: Why Nvidia can't quit China; AI in the Gulf; Belfer Center's Critical and Emerging Technologies Index

Daily: Micron to invest $200b; AMD's latest chips; HBM news roundup

Daily: China's 15th Five-Year Plan; Nvidia x G42; TSMC's latest CoPoS tech

Daily: U.S.-China trade talks end; Huawei downplays chip capabilities; Shake-ups in memory landscape

Daily: U.S.-China tech competition to ease?; SMIC closes in on Samsung foundry; Amazon's data centre investments

Daily: U.S.-China tech competition; SMIC streamlines for advanced nodes; Kioxia to double output

Daily: Trump revising CHIPS grants; Korea's new president and chips agenda; Huawei capped at 200k chips

Daily: TSMC's 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting; China's memory players; Broadcom's latest switch chip

Daily: Tariff rollercoaster and semiconductors; Trump bans EDA to China; Nvidia earnings beat expectations

Daily: 2nm in 2H25; Sugon / Hygon merger; Glass substrates

Weekly: From CHIPS Act to CHIPS Office; Risks of the Middle East deal; On Nvidia

Daily: H20 replaced; Xiaomi's 3nm Xring O1 chip; ASML's High NA

Daily: Huang says no smuggling; Replacing the H20; Xiaomi moves to chips

Weekly: 2025 industry timeline; China's chipmaking tools industry; US-ME and possible new chip rules

Daily: CXMT and others on U.S. blacklist

Daily: Zhao Weiguo suspended death sentence; Tencent stockpiled chips; Intel aims for No. 2 foundry

Daily: AI Diffusion Rule scrapped; Huawei contained; Nvidia and AMD deals with Middle East

Daily: Samsung foundry yields improve; Nvidia may use GDDR

Daily: U.S.-China suspend most tariffs for 90 days; Tariffs still hurt; Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron compete for CXL

Weekly: After the AI Diffusion Rule; Has Huawei caught up?; Hank Paulson on the AI energy challenge

Daily: AI Diffusion Rule scrapped; New chip tracking proposals; SMIC profit jumps but misses

Daily: Xi urges self-reliance; Huawei tests Ascend 910D; YMTC valued at US$22b

Weekly: US chip tariffs?; EU AI Action Plan

Daily: Intel news; China may ease chip tariffs; Jensen China visit revised

Daily: SK Hynix beats earnings; Micron drops DDR4; TSMC A14 node

Daily: Top DRAM maker SK Hynix; Intel's 20% layoffs; Huawei's Ascend 920 chips

Daily: TSMC cannot control compliance; Huawei releases 910C chip; Samsung abandons lower-end chips

Daily: UAE wants AI chips; U.S.-China chip war; Micron's new structure

Weekly: Beyond export controls; Deep-dive on CXMT; On Nvidia

Daily: Jensen in China; No TSMC/Intel JV; Intel CEO's new management

Daily: Trump's chip controls; Chip stocks fall; TSMC earnings beat expectations

Daily: Trump's new chip controls; Tariffs cost chip toolmakers; New FeRAM

Daily: Trump admin probs chips; Nvidia $500b US investment; Intel sells Altera to Silver Lake

Daily: Trump tariff semiconductor timeline; Pending approval for Synopsys/Ansys acquisition; Qualcomm fabs on Samsung 4nm

Weekly: Tariffs damage US AI strategy; Chips not really exempt

Daily: China's AI Industry Investment Fund; Intel CEO's China Investments; TSMC Q1 revenue jumps

Daily: EU AI Action Plan; AI chip production emissions 4x; Samsung's 1nm node

Daily: U.S. may fine TSMC; Chinese chip stocks rise; Micron raises prices post-tariff

Daily: Chip stocks fall; Samsung beats expectations; YMTC files patents

Daily: China's chip investments; Rapidus begins test production; Samsung profit expected to drop

Weekly: Chris Miller on TikTok; A case for semiconductor alliances; GPU cloud rating system

Daily: Trump tariffs and semiconductors; Intel / TSMC JV; China's AI chips

Daily: Tariff exemption for chips; China buys Nvidia chips; CXMT raise DRAM prices?

Daily: CHIPS Office staff cut; Alphwave acquisition?; imec expands

Daily: Lutnick may revise CHIPS; GlobalFoundries and UMC merger?; Arm and Intel

Daily: US-China tech war spirals; Trump cuts BIS funding; Interview w Gelsinger

Weekly: A defence of the CHIPS Act; Will allies support chip controls?; NYT on chips

Daily: Micron beats expectations; Musk says chips determines AI race; Samsung may supply HBM to Broadcom

Daily: Nvidia invests in US chip supply chain; AI chip designers; Samsung's HBM hopes

Daily: Nvidia GTC news; SK Hynix's HBM4; Intel CEO Lip-bu Tan's letter

Daily: China's big R&D budget; Lip-bu Tan's Intel Strategy; Good news for Nvidia and partners

Daily: Vietnam's AI-Semiconductor Conference; Korea's chip exports to China fall; Samsung's shifting node priorities

Weekly: CSIS on DeepSeek; China's chip surplus?; Future of photolithography

Daily: UAE in DC; Inside Lip-bu Tan's mind; SoftBank and OpenAI build data centre in Japan

Daily: New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan; Huawei competes w Nvidia; Nvidia FT Film

Daily: TSMC-Intel-Nvidia-AMD-Broadcom-Qualcomm JV?; Meta's in-house chip test; Cerebras' new data centres

Daily: Chip industry reacts to Trump; TSMC's rising revenue; Future for Rapidus?

Daily: Huawei AI chip stockpile; US fab market share to rise; Data storage innovation

Weekly: Trump targets CHIPS Act; What TSMC's investment means; North America-made chip?

Daily: Musk advisor guts Chips office; Strong Broadcom earnings; TSMC defends its investment

Daily: CHIPS expected to continue; Korea's US$34b tech fund; Malaysia's tariff response

Daily: Factcheck Trump against CHIPS; Arm in Malaysia; US-made TSMC chips will be expensive

Daily: China circumvents chip controls; TSMC's $100b US investment; Intel's mixed news

Weekly: US-China chip design competition; CXMT and YMTC catch up?; Nvidia status update

Daily: More on chip controls; Nvidia shares fall 8.5%; More on data centres

Daily: Nvidia beats expectations; China unhappy at TSMC/Intel; SK hynix yield rate

Daily: Huawei chip yield up; Trump admin chip controls; More H20 for China

Daily: China's AI investments; India's semiconductor investments; Intel 18A ready?

Weekly: US-China Decoupling in 2025; AI Diffusion Rule under Trump; Chips vs Rocks

Daily: Huawei founder on China's chips; Governments invest in semiconductors; TSMC makes Apple's latest chips

Daily: Trump admin to fire chip/AI agency; Fab in US costs 2x Taiwan; Jim Keller wants Intel to stay as is

Daily: Trump's chip tariffs; Intel, Broadcom, and Silver Lake; Memory chip industry and China

Daily: Korea to buy GPUs; SMIC's continued growth; ASE in Malaysia

Daily: TSMC & Intel; Broadcom & Intel; Hua Hong profits plummet

Weekly: Trump chip tariffs? and the Taiwan perspective; Morris Chang interview

Daily: Trump to review CHIPS; Arm's new chips; China chipmaking self-sufficiency update

Daily: ByteDance's Malaysian Data Centres; Meta acquire FuriosaAI?; Intel-TSMC JV?

Daily: Vance on Chips; FT on CXMT; In-house OpenAI chip

Weekly: DeepSeek and Nvidia; Semiconductor innovations; SEA's chip potential?

Daily: France-UAE data centre partners; TEL and MCHP's disappointing forecasts; Gates on Intel

Daily: Qualcomm, Arm stock drops; Promising news for Nvidia Blackwell chips; SoftBank to buy Ampere?

Daily: China responds to US tariffs; Chinese national charged with corporate espionage; AMD stock down ~9%

Daily: Bipartisan call for more chip controls; TSMC likely to pass on any tariffs to consumers

Daily: Japan to control chip exports; Taiwan's stock market slides post-LNY; Sam Altman in Seoul tomo

Weekly: Do export controls work?; DeepSeek and the future of AI; Is DeepSeek overhyped?

Daily: Trump proposes chip tariffs; Questions around DeepSeek's chips; SK Hynix and Samsung stock slides

Daily: DeepSeek and Chips; CXMT and YMTC update

Weekly: TSMC earnings report; Biden AI Diffusion Controls; China's AI Chips and LLMs

Daily: Ups and Downs for China Chips; TI forecast disappointing earnings; World's Largest Data Centre in India?

Daily: $100b OpenAI/SoftBank/Oracle JV; Strong SK Hynix Earnings; ByteDance buys chips

Daily: China's new AI fund; Earthquake in Taiwan

Daily: Trump's commerce sec. nominee on CHIPS; Intel to be acquired?