China's No. 2 chipmaker readies 7 nm production as Beijing ramps up self-suffiency driveThe group's contract chipmaking business, Huali Microelectronics, is readying a 7-nanometre (nm) chipmaking process at its plant in Shangha...
16 Mar, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
Japan aims to sell eight times more chips in 2040 as in 2020Japan is targeting a massive boost in its chip manufacturing sector. The nation aims for an eightfold increase in domestically produced mic...
11 Mar, 2026, 09.18 AM IST
Qualcomm tapes out 2-nanometre chip design from India; Ashwini Vaishnaw sets fabs as next frontierTape-out is the point at which a chip’s final design is completed, and it is sent to a fabrication facility for manufacturing. This milesto...
08 Feb, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Qualcomm in talks with Samsung Electronics for contract manufacturing: ReportThe South Korean paper cited Amon as saying that Qualcomm was holding talks first with Samsung Electronics, among several semiconductor fou...
07 Jan, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
Four semiconductor plants in India to begin commercial production in 2026Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Friday that four companies will commence commercial manufacturing of se...
02 Jan, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
Renesas tapes out 3 nm chips designed in India; sample chips with partnersRenesas Electronics has taped out—and is now sampling—3 nm (nanometre) chips designed by its Noida and Bengaluru teams for automotive appli...
20 Sep, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
China chipmakers push to triple AI chip capacity, eyes Nvidia alternativeChina's chipmakers are aggressively pursuing a plan to triple their AI chip production by 2026, aiming to lessen reliance on Nvidia. Huawei...
28 Aug, 2025, 05.48 AM IST
Samsung Electronics wins cutting-edge AI chip order from Japan's Preferred NetworksSamsung Electronic said in a statement the chip will be made using high-tech chip architecture known as gate all-around (GAA) and multiple ...
09 Jul, 2024, 12.38 PM IST
Chipping in: When, where and howHere's a lowdown of everything that has transpired in the semiconductor industry as India tries to position itself as the hub of chipmaking...
16 Jul, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Indictment details plan to steal Samsung secrets for Foxconn China projectProsecutors announced the indictment on June 12, saying the theft caused more than $200 million in damages to Samsung Electronics, based on...
27 Jun, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
Samsung Electronics to triple advanced chip production by 2027, sees robust demandSamsung Electronics is targeting mass production of advanced 2-nanometre technology chips by 2025 and 1.4-nanometre chips by 2027, set for ...
04 Oct, 2022, 10.30 AM IST
Vedanta group to invest $7.4 billion in chip manufacturing unitThe company will target smartphones and electronics with the 28-nanometre (nm) fab and look at 70-80% domestic market, while the rest will ...
19 Feb, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
TSMC looks to double down on US chip factories as talks in Europe falterTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is the world's most advanced chip-maker, and its investment plans are being closely watched amid a g...
14 May, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Cybersecurity will be the pressing ‘issue of this decade’, IBM’s Arvind Krishna saysValue lies in the data and people are going to come after that data, IBM Chairman Arvind Krishna says ahead of the IBM Think Conference tha...
11 May, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
New printable thin films could help power Internet of ThingsCurrent transistors in computer chips must be miniaturised to the size of only few nanometres, and analysing and storing unprecedented amou...
14 Jan, 2018, 05.44 PM IST
- Novel material powers the world's smallest transistor
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) A research team led by US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created the world's sma...
07 Oct, 2016, 04.32 PM IST
Intel unveils the smallest processors, named ‘Quark’Brian Krzanich, the new Intel CEO, announced the company’s latest, and smallest ever, family of processors named ‘Quark,’.
04 Oct, 2013, 11.27 AM IST