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Main News Samsung Wins Intel 8nm Process Order Following Nvidia's Samsung Foundry has reportedly won an 8nm process manufacturing order from Intel, following an order from Nvidia. Intel, which is pursuing its IDM 2.0 strategy, is using o...

Main News Samsung Close to Capturing Over 30% in HBM4 Memory Supply Contract for Nvidia Samsung Electronics is close to signing a contract to be responsible for over 30% of the HBM4 (6th generation high bandwidth memory) supplied to Nvid...

Main News Samsung Approaching AMD for 2nm Chip Manufacturing Contract, Decision Likely in Early 2026 Samsung Electronics is reportedly lobbying AMD for a 2nm process manufacturing contract, betting on a recovery in its foundry business A...

Main News Global Semiconductor Sales Easily Surpass $ 70 Billion in October 2025 Global semiconductor sales easily surpassed $70 billion in October 2025, as AI-related demand continues to drive the market strongly, with some institutions...

Introduction. In December 2025, the race to develop AI entered a new dimension: OpenAI, Google, and China's DeepSeek. This is not a mere coincidence. Furthermore, the signing of an executive order by President Trump on AI regulation conf...

Main News Rapidus Secures Large-Scale Financial Support from Major Japanese Firms and Banks Japan's Rapidus has secured support from major Japanese banks and firms for its project to mass produce 2nm generation semiconductors through lar...

Main News Rapidus Secures Canon and SoftBank Support for 2nm Chip Development Japanese semiconductor manufacturing company Rapidus has reportedly secured investment and support from Canon and SoftBank for the mass production realization ...

Main News NVIDIA H200 Export Approval to China and Geopolitical Competition President Trump has conditionally approved Nvidia H200 exports to China in response to Huawei's Ascend chip breakthrough. This deregulation renews the compositio...

Main News Export of NVIDIA's H200 AI Chip to China Conditionally Approved President Trump has conditionally approved the export of NVIDIA's next top-tier AI chip, the H200 product, to China. According to reports, the chip is six times mo...

Main News SK Hynix Restructures Global Operations in Response to Reported HBM4ProductionDelays SK Hynix is restructuring its global operations in response to reported HBM4 (High Bandwidth Memory 4) production delays,. The delay comes ami...