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Squeezed by Superpowers, Dutch Chipmaker Nexperia Seeks a Lifeline

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The chip manufacturer, headquartered in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, was acquired in 2019 by state-backed Chinese semiconductor firm Wingtech.

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TSMC Shrugs Off Shrinking Chinese Market Share

The company still makes more than 90% of the world’s most advanced AI chips and is a leading supplier for nearly every major tech firm.

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Broadcom’s $10B Mystery Customer Underscores Ballooning AI Investments

Broadcom is tight-lipped about its client list, but analysts believe its three biggest customers are Google, Meta and Bytedance.

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Intel Bets Its Newest Chip Will Power a Comeback

Intel has invested more than $20 billion in the new factory, which will churn out its chips in the US for the first time in nearly a decade.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Powers Up With Massive Deal for AMD Chips

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OpenAI will put the chips to work in data centers that’ll power the staggering compute ChatGPT needs to remain everyone’s favorite therapist.

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Do China and Nvidia Still Need Each Other?

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Nvidia reported zero Q2 sales of the H20 chip to China. It’s the latest sign of China’s decreasing dependence on the company.

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Intel’s CEO Lands in a Political Hot Seat Over Connections With China

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Chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan was supposed to fix the company’s problems. Now, Tan has become the company’s problem.

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