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Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination
By Luke James published
Premium Nvidia has announced a $20 billion deal to acquire Groq’s intellectual property, though not the company itself, and absorb key members of its engineering team.

Nvidia reportedly backs away from its effort to make its own public cloud, team reorg eases friction with customers
By Luke James published
Premium Nvidia has reorganized its cloud computing group, further scaling back its ambitions to operate a public cloud service that would directly compete with Amazon Web Services.

How China’s control of battery supply chains is becoming a critical risk for U.S. military power and AI initiatives
By Luke James published
From AI data centers to military drones, the U.S. is increasingly dependent on battery technologies and materials dominated by Chinese firms.

China chipmaker SMIC raises wafer prices by about 10% as memory demand tightens capacity
By Luke James published
The adjustment comes as China’s largest foundry runs near full utilization and faces sustained demand from domestic customers building inventories of memory and logic chips.

SK hynix expands U.S. presence with new Bellevue, Seattle office in efforts to get closer to its largest customers
By Luke James published
Premium SK hynix is expanding its U.S. presence with a new office in the Seattle metropolitan area, placing the world’s leading HBM supplier within minutes of Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft.

China's reverse-engineered Frankenstein EUV chipmaking tool hasn't produced a single chip
By Anton Shilov published
Premium Recreating an entire supply chain is incredibly difficult

Former Chinese gaming company with China govt ties accused of smuggling banned AI GPUs
By Luke James published
U.S. export policy is colliding with the realities of globalized supply chains, reseller-driven distribution models, and explosive demand for AI accelerators in China.

Nvidia prepares shipment of 82,000 AI GPUs to China as chip war lines blur
By Luke James published
U.S. policy reversal opens the door for mid-February exports.

Chinese fabs are reportedly upgrading older ASML DUV lithography chipmaking machines
By Luke James published
Premium Chinese fabs are quietly extending the useful life and performance of older ASML deep ultraviolet lithography systems by upgrading key subsystems, as Beijing pushes to sustain advanced chip output.
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