Qualcomm slays the 64-bit ghost. Qualcomm has slain the ghost of 64-bit computing by returning to custom CPUs in smartphones with a big leap in performance that will have competitors...
China’s new machines don’t add up to much. China has announced new semiconductor manufacturing machines that will help it eliminate its dependence on foreign equipment, but the reality is that...
USA gets revenge for Raimondo’s embarrassment. The Netherlands turned the screw on semiconductor equipment exports to China just as the US National Security Advisor was meeting with President Xi...
The cure for high prices is high prices. The Chinese export restrictions on Gallium and Germanium are tight enough to have triggered significant price rises which will in time incentivise...
AI party spoilt by China. TSMC reported good results and narrowed its guidance to the top end of the range in a move that added confidence that the AI...
Samsung confirms the AI party is still on. Samsung has reported another set of excellent results confirming that the spending on AI is continuing apace and that it may be...
Looking good but polish needed. For a first generation, things are looking very good, but it is clear that when one gets into the weeds there are a few loose...
Huawei says the quiet part out loud. Huawei has admitted that true leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing is unlikely to be achieved in China, meaning that homegrown technologies that rely on...
Reminiscent of x86 vs. Arm. The key theme of Computex was the arrival of generative AI on the PC and while most attention was on Copilot+ running on the NPU,...
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Arm vs. Qualcomm – Noisy Crickets
More noise than bang. Arm has served Qualcomm with a notice that cancels its contract to sell Arm IP in its products, but because the notice period ends in the...