An ASML EUV scanner is not just a machine; it is a mechanical marvel widely regarded as the most complex industrial apparatus ever created by humanity. Semiconductors — silicon chips measuring mere millimeters across — have become the most crucial technology in the modern world. They are the nerve centers of everything from smartphones and…
Plus: Companies warned to prepare for Mythos Image: AI needs to augment, not replace Welcome to Computing’s weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This week we look at China’s new ruling on AI, how countries are preparing for Anthropic’s Mythos, and the ongoing dispute between Samsung workers and management in South Korea. At a…
There’s a fascinating game of technological chess playing out in the semiconductor world. First it was the TPU vs GPU conversation, as it came to light that Meta will be spending a significant amount of money to buy Google’s Tensor Processing Units for its AI deployments, that a direct competition to Nvidia’s graphics processing unit…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told employees this week that the company has been pushed into a no-win situation by mounting fears of an AI bubble, even as it continues to post blockbuster results, according to audio of an internal all-hands meeting reviewed by Business Insider. “The market did not appreciate our incredible quarter,” Huang said…
By Alexandra Alper (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering greenlighting sales of Nvidia‘s H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, people familiar with the matter said, as a bilateral detente boosts prospects for exports of advanced U.S. technology to China. The Commerce Department, which oversees U.S. export controls, is reviewing a change to its policy of…
Advance market commitment gives British businesses preferred status The government’s new package of reforms and investment is intended to put AI at the heart of its mission. One of the standout measures just announced is a “first customer” promise, modelled on the way the government bought Covid vaccines. It is intended to support UK startups…
Nvidia blew past Wall Street financial targets in its third quarter, posting a 62% surge in revenue and forecasting continued strong growth for the current quarter with demand for its AI chips showing no sign of slowing down. “Blackwell sales are off the charts, and cloud GPUs are sold out,” CEO Jensen Huang said in…
The use of chips for artificial intelligence and electric vehicles (EVs) will offer strong demand underpinning the development of mainland China’s semiconductor industry, according to veterans of the sector at an annual gathering in Shanghai. At the 2025 Global Semiconductor Market Summit, chip executives discussed the industry’s future amid US-China tech rivalry and surging demand…
News | Rare earths Published on: 09. November 2025 As announced, Beijing is lifting the export restrictions on semiconductor metals such as gallium, germanium and antimony, which were only introduced a month ago, for the time being. The background to this is the agreements between Xi and Trump to de-escalate the trade dispute between the…
By Eduardo Baptista, Toby Sterling and Gilles Guillaume BEIJING/AMSTERDAM/PARIS (Reuters) -The Chinese government slammed the Netherlands on Tuesday over its seizure of chipmaker Nexperia, blaming it for jamming up a resolution to a dispute that has disrupted auto sector supply chains, hit production and caused some firms to furlough staff. Nexperia, Chinese-owned but based in…