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Efforts to revive chip manufacturing in Pennsylvania have been left in limbo by President Trump’s sudden shift in U.S. semiconductor policy over the past year (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 22, 2026

Michael Acton / Financial Times: Efforts to revive chip manufacturing in Pennsylvania have been left in limbo by President Trump’s…

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Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Matthew Martin / Semafor: Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit…

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Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo pursues urgent IPO via SPAC merger for valuation below $500 million; it was last valued at $1.2 billion in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 3, 2026

Meir Orbach / CTech: Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo pursues urgent IPO via SPAC merger for valuation below $500…

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Chinese GPU and AI chip makers have captured about 41% of China’s AI server market in 2025, significantly eroding Nvidia’s share of 55% with about 2.2 million cards (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Apple at 50”, with John Syracuse The director’s commentary track for Daring…

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Cognichip, which builds an AI model for chip design, raised a $60 million Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from new board member Lip-Bu Tan (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 1, 2026

Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: Cognichip, which builds an AI model for chip design, raised a $60 million Series A round…

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Taiwanese memory chip maker Nanya raised $2.5 billion in private placement from Sandisk, SK Hynix’s Solidigm, Cisco and Kioxia to expand advanced chip production (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Why OpenAI killed Sora, did Apple just save Siri?, Meta’s big loss The Big Technology…

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U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline, after Google Research detailed its TurboQuant compression algorithm (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 27, 2026

Financial Times: U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline,…

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Report: Alibaba’s DAMO Academy unveils XuanTie C950, a 5nm server chip with a 3.2GHz clock, and claims it is "the most efficient RISC-V processor in the world" (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Reuters: Report: Alibaba’s DAMO Academy Unveils XuanTie C950, a 5nm Server Chip with a 3.2GHz Clock, and Claims It’s the…

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Norwegian startup Lace, which is developing a form of lithography using a beam of helium atoms instead of light to create chip designs, has raised a $40 million Series A round (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 23, 2026

Reuters: Norwegian startup Lace, which is developing a form of lithography using a beam of helium atoms instead of light…

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Super Micro names Vice President DeAnna Luna as interim chief compliance officer, after SMCI shut down 33% on March 20 amid chip smuggling scandal (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Live from Nvidia’s Nerd Super Bowl, poker takes over technology and the future of banking AI A…

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SK Hynix Reports First Quarter Revenue Up 198% YoY to ~$35.55 Billion, from ~$36.2 Billion Est., and Operating Profit Up 405% YoY to ~$25.4 Billion, from ~$25.6 Billion Est., as Memory Prices Rise (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

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Browsing: chip

Efforts to revive chip manufacturing in Pennsylvania have been left in limbo by President Trump’s sudden shift in U.S. semiconductor policy over the past year (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo pursues urgent IPO via SPAC merger for valuation below $500 million; it was last valued at $1.2 billion in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Chinese GPU and AI chip makers have captured about 41% of China’s AI server market in 2025, significantly eroding Nvidia’s share of 55% with about 2.2 million cards (Reuters)

Cognichip, which builds an AI model for chip design, raised a $60 million Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from new board member Lip-Bu Tan (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

Taiwanese memory chip maker Nanya raised $2.5 billion in private placement from Sandisk, SK Hynix’s Solidigm, Cisco and Kioxia to expand advanced chip production (Reuters)

U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline, after Google Research detailed its TurboQuant compression algorithm (Financial Times)

Report: Alibaba’s DAMO Academy unveils XuanTie C950, a 5nm server chip with a 3.2GHz clock, and claims it is "the most efficient RISC-V processor in the world" (Reuters)

Norwegian startup Lace, which is developing a form of lithography using a beam of helium atoms instead of light to create chip designs, has raised a $40 million Series A round (Reuters)

Super Micro names Vice President DeAnna Luna as interim chief compliance officer, after SMCI shut down 33% on March 20 amid chip smuggling scandal (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)