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In wake of looming chip production capacity increase, Chinese wafer makers ramping up their capacity too.

Chinese maker of DRAM renames its 17nm process technology to 18.5nm, claims it fell short of standard, to comply with U.S. export rules and get advanced fab tools.

Huawei MatePad 13.2-inch tablet uses unknown HiSilicon Kirin 9000W processor.

Intel's Fab 9 that specializes on Foveros 3D packaging starts operations in New Mexico.

China's Bioland Laboratory develops transmission electron microscope.

Samsung reportedly starts trial production on SF3 node, which contradicts the company's official SF3 status.

Chinese foundries yet have to build additional capacity in the coming years, but they are already cutting down tape-out prices.

Gartner has published its preliminary worldwide semiconductor revenue charts for 2023. Nvidia's revenue increased by 56%, while Samsung's declined by 37.5%.

AMD stock surged on Tuesday, reaching a 52-week high of $158.74. This represents better than an 8% gain in a day and moved AMD pretty close to its all-time high. Nvidia stock was also up by 3%.

China's aggressive fab expansion can create oversupply of mature process technology capacity.