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August 25, 2025
Nvidia chief says H20 chip shipments to China not a security concern

Taipei (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's chief said Friday. The California-based company produces some of the world's most advanced semiconductors but cannot ship its most cutting-edge chips to China due to concerns from Washington that Beijing could use them to enhance military capabilities. Nvidia developed the H20 - a less powerful version of its AI processing units - specifically for export to China. ... read more
Rice scientists pioneer transfer-free method to grow ultrathin semiconductors on electronics
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
A team of materials scientists at Rice University has developed a new way to grow ultrathin semiconductors directly onto electronic components. The method, described in a study published in ACS Appl ... more
Caltech scientists use sound to remember quantum information
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that take a value of either 0 or 1, quantum computers are based on qubits. These can have a state that ... more
Quantum scientists shrink hardware demands with breakthrough error correcting gate
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
Quantum scientists at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have created a new type of quantum logic gate that drastically reduces the number of physical qubits required for computation, marking a ... more
Trump says Nvidia to give US cut of China chip sales
Washington (AFP) Aug 11, 2025
President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed reports that semiconductor giant Nvidia would pay the United States 15 percent of its revenues from sales of certain artificial intelligence chips to China. ... more
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The semiconductors costing Nvidia, AMD dearly
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2025
US semiconductor giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will pay the United States government 15 percent of their revenue from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, according to media reports. ... more
China's chip giant SMIC reports profit drop in second quarter
Beijing (AFP) Aug 7, 2025
China's top chipmaker SMIC reported a decline in second-quarter profits on Thursday as tensions between Beijing and Washington over critical technologies threaten a fragile trade truce. ... more
Taiwan raids firms accused of stealing chip industry secrets
Taipei (AFP) Aug 7, 2025
Taiwanese investigators said Thursday they have raided 16 Chinese-funded companies suspected of illegally poaching high-tech talent to steal secrets from the island's chip industry. ... more
Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors
University Park, PA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
clothing monitor a person's health in real time, because the clothing itself is a self-powered sensor? A new material created through electrospinning, which is a process that draws out fibers using ... more
Nvidia says no 'backdoors' in chips as China questions security
Beijing (AFP) Aug 1, 2025
Nvidia chips do not contain "backdoors" allowing remote access, the US tech giant has said, after Beijing summoned company representatives to discuss "serious security issues". ... more
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China summons chip giant Nvidia over alleged security risks
Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2025
Chinese authorities summoned Nvidia representatives on Thursday to discuss "serious security issues" over some of its artificial intelligence chips, as the US tech giant finds itself entangled in trade tensions between Beijing and Washington. ... more
Samsung quarterly operating profits plunge as US curbs chip exports to China
Seoul (AFP) July 31, 2025
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics' operating profit dropped by more than 50 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, its regulatory filing showed Thursday, as US curbs on AI chip exports to China hit sales. ... more
SK hynix posts record profits on surging AI demand
Seoul (AFP) July 24, 2025
South Korean chip giant SK hynix reported record quarterly profits Thursday thanks to soaring demand for artificial intelligence. ... more
Unprecedented insight into electron behavior within quantum tunneling barrier
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
Professor Dong Eon Kim and his team at POSTECH, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, have experimentally revealed a long-standing quantum mystery: what happens to elec ... more
Space Forge and Intuitive Machines team up to boost US orbital chip production
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
Space Forge Inc., a leader in orbital materials engineering, has entered into a strategic partnership with Intuitive Machines to deploy its semiconductor manufacturing payload aboard the Zephyr orbi ... more
Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress'

Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called China's open-source artificial intelligence a "catalyst for global progress" and hailed the country's innovation in the sector as he addressed an expo in Beijing on Wednesday. Beijing is using this week's China International Supply Chain Expo as a forum to boost its image as the global defender of free trade - in contrast to the tariff chaos sparked by US President Donald Trump. Addressing the expo's opening ceremony, Huang - whose firm this week became the first ... read more
Dutch tech giant ASML sees profits rise but warns on 2026
The Hague (AFP) July 16, 2025
Dutch tech giant ASML said Wednesday it booked higher net profits in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the same period last year but warned that geopolitical headwinds had darkened the 2026 outlook. ... more

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The US-China chip war in dates
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2025
The United States has in recent years sought to curb exports of cutting-edge semiconductors to China, with Nvidia and other US chip companies lobbying against its tough restrictions. ... more
Trump unveils investments to power AI boom
Pittsburgh (AFP) July 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce $92 billion in energy and infrastructure deals intended to meet big tech's soaring demand for electricity to fuel the AI boom. ... more
Malaysia clamps down on export, transit of US-made AI chips
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) July 14, 2025
Malaysia clamped down Monday on the export, transshipment and transit of all US-made artificial intelligence chips, seeking to stop illegal trade to countries including China. ... more
Malaysia clamps down on export, transit of US-made AI chips
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) July 14, 2025
Malaysia clamped down Monday on the export, transshipment and transit of all US-made artificial intelligence chips, seeking to stop illegal trade including to countries such as China. ... more
Dutch court jails 'chip spy' Russian for three years; TSMC's half-year revenue surges 40 percent
The Hague (AFP) July 10, 2025
A Dutch court Thursday sentenced a Russian former employee of tech giant ASML to three years behind bars for passing sensitive microchip technology to Moscow in breach of Western sanctions. ... more
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