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Jan 28, 2025 · Deepseek AI breakthrough sparks market disruption, challenges chip supply chain dominance as China’s innovative ecosystem fuels advancements, raising questions about the future of AI development, shifting focus toward efficiency and open source. Over the last two years, the tech industry has ...

Jan 22, 2025 · China recently established a colossal 60 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion) AI investment fund, intensifying the already heated technology war with the United States.. This bold move, coming just days after Washington tightened semiconductor export controls and expanded its Chinese company blacklist, underscores China’s commitment to achieving artificial intelligence self-sufficiency, a sector ...

Jan 24, 2025 · For decades, the United States has increasingly relied on China for a vast array of critical minerals, a strategic vulnerability now threatening national security and economic stability. This dependence, particularly on rare earth elements, has placed the U.S. in …

Jan 27, 2025 · South Korean memory-chip maker SK Hynix has reported record quarterly and annual results, driven by strong demand for its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) products used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications.. The company’s success arose from its leading position in the HBM market, where it supplies advanced memory chips to AI chip giant Nvidia and others.

Dec 23, 2024 · Fortunately, non-destructive testing methods make it easier to find defects that people may miss through visual inspections alone. X-rays can find material density and thickness abnormalities, providing manufacturers with a visual record of which component areas may have heat-sinking faults or other defects.

Jan 21, 2025 · Wafer shipments and key regional markets. TSMC shipped 3,418 thousand 12-inch equivalent wafers in the fourth quarter, representing a 2.4 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 15.6 percent rise year-over-year. For 2024, the company shipped 12,910 thousand wafers, up from 12,002 thousand in 2023. North America remained TSMC’s largest regional market, accounting for 75 percent of ...

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Jun 13, 2024 · According to industry group SEMI, In 2023, China defied the global trend and became the world’s top spender on semiconductor equipment, investing over $36 billion for it.. Still, China is much less able to exploit its dominant semiconductor supply chain position than the U.S., says Antonia Hmaidi, senior analyst with the Mercator Institute for China Studies, largely because of its dependence ...

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