Omdia: 2.3 million PC gaming handhelds will be sold in 2025 August 28, 2025 New Omdia research reveals 2.3 million PC gaming handhelds, including the Steam Deck, will be sold globally in 2025. This will represent growth of 32% from 2024, when 1.7 million units were sold.
AMD expands R&D footprint with new Malaysian facility August 19, 2025 AMD has inaugurated its new office and engineering lab facility in Bayan Lepas, Penang – expanding its global business services and engineering presence in Malaysia.
Report: Trump administration discussing taking a stake in Intel August 15, 2025 According to the Bloomberg report, the two sides were discussing a deal in which the US government would pay for a stake in the company. The White House also wants to shore up Intel’s plans to open a new manufacturing plant in Ohio.
US uses hidden trackers to monitor AI Chip shipments bound for China August 14, 2025 US authorities have reportedly embedded concealed tracking devices in certain shipments of advanced AI chips to detect possible violations of export restrictions targeting China, according to sources cited by Reuters.
Teramount raises $50M to advance optical connectivity solutions for AI July 31, 2025 Israeli company Teramount’s TeraVerse solution is a detachable, serviceable connector that links optical fibers coming from outside the rack to the silicon photonics chips inside Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) systems.
Broadcom ships Ethernet switch Tomahawk Ultra for HPC and AI scale-up July 24, 2025 With ultra-low latency switching and adaptable optimized Ethernet headers, Tomahawk Ultra provides predictable, high-efficiency performance for large-scale simulations, scientific computing and synchronized AI model training and inference.
Oracle, AMD partner to enhance performance for AI and agentic workloads July 01, 2025 Oracle will offer zettascale AI clusters accelerated by the latest AMD Instinct processors with up to 131,072 MI355X GPUs to enable customers to build, train, and inference AI at scale.
HCLTech partners with AMD to develop solutions across AI, digital and cloud June 25, 2025 By co-investing in innovation labs and training programs, HCLTech and AMD aim to provide enterprises with innovative tools that unlock new business opportunities and enhance operational efficiency.
AMD unveils Instinct MI350 Series GPUs, showcases Open AI ecosystem June 16, 2025 AMD and its partners showcased how they are building the open AI ecosystem with the new AMD Instinct MI350 Series accelerators, the continued growth of the AMD ROCm ecosystem, and the company’s powerful, new, open rack-scale designs and roadmap.
Report: Crusoe to buy $400M worth of AMD chips for AI data centers June 13, 2025 The 13,000 AMD MI355X chips Crusoe plans to purchase include high-bandwidth memory, making them suitable for running AI applications.
MangoBoost sets new benchmark for multi-node LLM training on AMD GPUs June 06, 2025 Using 32 AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs across four nodes, MangoBoost fine-tuned the Llama2-70B-LoRA model in just 10.91 minutes, setting the fastest multi-node MLPerf benchmark on AMD GPUs to date.
AMD acquires Brium to enhance Open AI software ecosystem June 05, 2025 AMD said the acquisition was a reflection of its strategic commitment to AI. This is AMD’s fourth strategic acquisition in the past two years — the semiconductor giant previously acquired Silo AI, Nod.AI and Mipsology.
GF looks to reshore chipmaking in $16B US investment June 04, 2025 Working with the Trump administration and supported by tech companies seeking to onshore critical supply chain components, GlobalFoundries plans to invest USD 16 billion to expand its manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities in New York and Vermont.
Sanmina to acquire ZT Systems’ manufacturing arm from AMD in $3 billion deal May 19, 2025 Less than two months after acquiring ZT Systems, AMD is divesting the company's data centre infrastructure manufacturing operations to Sanmina Corporation in a transaction valued at up to USD 3 billion.
AT&S starts high-volume manufacturing at new Kulim plant May 06, 2025 IC substrate and PCB manufacturer AT&S is commencing high-volume manufacturing at its new facility in Kulim, Malaysia. AT&S Malaysia will deliver high-end IC substrates for AMD’s data centre processors, as well as for other customers.
TSMC breaks ground on third Arizona fab May 05, 2025 TSMC has broken ground on its third fabrication facility in Phoenix, Arizona, marking a major expansion of the company's US-based manufacturing.
AMD braces for potential $800 million hit from US export controls April 16, 2025 In an SEC filing, AMD revealed that it has finished a preliminary evaluation of new US export restrictions that may impact its MI308 semiconductor devices.
Nvidia expects $5.5 billion hit as US restricts chip sales to China April 16, 2025 Nvidia said the US government informed the chipmaker that the H20 chip needs a permit to be sold to China. The license requirement for H20 chips would be in effect “for the indefinite future.”
Semiconductor industry grows 21% in 2024; Nvidia takes lead April 10, 2025 The global semiconductor industry saw substantial growth in 2024, with worldwide revenue rising 21% year-over-year to reach USD 655.9 billion, according to final figures from Gartner. For the first time, Nvidia claimed the top spot in the global rankings, capturing 11.7% market share, followed by Samsung Electronics and Intel.
Intel, TSMC agree to form chipmaking joint venture April 04, 2025 TSMC had recently pitched Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom to take stakes in a JV that would operate Intel’s factories after the US administration requested the Taiwanese chipmaker to help turn around the struggling US company.
Top 10 IC design houses See 49% YoY growth in 2024 March 18, 2025 TrendForce reports that the combined revenue of the world’s top 10 IC design houses reached approximately USD 249.8 billion in 2024, marking a 49% YoY growth. The surge is largely attributed to the booming AI industry, with Nvidia dominating the market.
Supply chain reset – from excess to equilibrium February 27, 2025 The global electronic component supply chain is expected to transition from excess inventory to a more balanced demand environment in 2025, according to a recent report from independent distributor Fusion Worldwide.
Top 10 largest semiconductor suppliers in 2024 February 06, 2025 It has become a tradition that on the occasion of each Evertiq Expo we publish a Top List dedicated to a different branch of the electronics industry. On February 6, the second edition of our expo was held in Sophia Antipolis, which is recognized as the capital of France's Silicon Valley. So this time we publish the Top 10 global semiconductor suppliers - we based the list on the latest data published by Gartner.
xAI secures further billions in investment January 03, 2025 U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk has secured another six billion USD (€5.8 billion) in investment for his artificial intelligence company xAI. According to xAI, the latest round of investors included U.S. venture capitalists such as Blackrock and Morgan Stanley, U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, and investment funds from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Liquid AI raises $250 million in early-stage funding December 16, 2024 The funding round was led by chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which is also the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup Liquid AI's strategic partner.
Tech firms to act as US ‘gatekeepers’ for AI chips December 16, 2024 The companies would have to comply with strict requirements, which includes reporting key information to the US government and blocking Chinese access to AI chips, according to a Reuters report.
Global semiconductor market to grow by 15% in 2025 December 12, 2024 Market intelligence firm IDC says that AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) will drive growth in advanced chips, 2nm technology, and packaging, reshaping the semiconductor industry in 2025.
TSMC, Nvidia in talks for AI chip production in Arizona December 06, 2024 However, Nvidia’s Blackwell chips will have to be shipped back to Taiwan for packaging since the Arizona facility does not have the necessary CoWoS capacity, the Reuters report says.
Semiconductor growth slows down in 2025 November 26, 2024 The semiconductor market reached USD 166 billion in 3Q24, a 10.7% growth from 2Q24, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS). This marks the strongest QoQ growth since 3Q16 when growth hit 11.6%. On a YoY basis, the market grew by 23.2% in 3Q24, the highest since 4Q21's 28.3%.
Layoffs awaits at AMD November 19, 2024 AMD has announced plans to reduce its global workforce by approximately 4% as the company focuses on expanding its presence in the rapidly growing AI chip market, where Nvidia currently dominates.
Are Nvidia’s new AI chips facing overheating snag? November 18, 2024 The Blackwell graphics processing units overheat when connected together in server racks designed to hold up to 72 chips, according to a report by the Information.
HTEC acquires German end-to-end IoT solution provider November 12, 2024 HTEC, an end-to-end digital product development and engineering services company headquartered in San Mateo, California, has acquired eesy-innovation, an embedded hardware and software engineering company based in Munich, Germany, and Granada, Spain.