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Nvidia CEO says purchase orders, not formal declaration, will signal Chinese approval of H200

[LAS VEGAS, Nevada] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday he does not believe China’s government will make a formal declaration that it has allowed Chinese firms to import the US company’s H200 chip...

The company has created a new multibillion-dollar business out of AI chips in the last couple of years, boosting its revenue and earnings.

AMD unveils new chip for corporate data centres, talks up demand

The company is widely regarded as the closest rival to Nvidia in the market for chips that create and run AI software

Samsung is likely to estimate an operating profit of 16.9 trillion won (S$15 billion) for the October to December period, according to LSEG SmartEstimate.

Samsung likely to flag 160% jump in Q4 profit as AI boom stokes chip prices

[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics is expected to flag a 160 per cent jump in its fourth-quarter operating profit spurred by a severe chip shortage that has sharply driven up memory prices as customers scram...

Chief executive officer Tan Lip-Bu needs his company’s operations to start showing progress.

Intel shows off new computers that are central to comeback bid

The performance of the new products is vital to the turnaround plans of the embattled chipmaker

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan 5, 2026.

Nvidia CEO Huang touts automotive AI at CES talk as competition mounts

[LAS VEGAS] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday touted new software the company is releasing for autonomous cars in a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where the leader of the world...

Samsung Electronics' HBM4, a sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory solution for AI and HPC applications, on display at the 2025 Korea Tech Festival, Seoul, South Korea, Dec 4, 2025.

Samsung Electronics says customers praised competitiveness of HBM4 chip

[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics customers have praised the differentiated competitiveness of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, saying “Samsung is back”, co-CEO and chip chief...

China’s ambitions to grow its at-home chips sector have accelerated this year as Beijing resolves to reduce its reliance on foreign players, given increasing trade tensions.

AI chip designer Biren’s shares double on debut in Hong Kong

Meanwhile, debuts by Chinese chipmakers this year on the mainland have been far more impressive

Competition around AI between China and the US is heating up, with Beijing intensifying a push to nurture future national champions in the industry.

Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin confidentially files for Hong Kong IPO

The Beijing-based firm has been valued at at least US$3 billion, according to sources

The Nanjing plant makes 16-nanometre and other mature node chips, not TSMC’s most-advanced semiconductors.

US grants TSMC annual licence to import US chipmaking tools into China

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have also received similar import licences

TSMC is the world’s largest contract maker of chips, used in everything from smartphones to missiles, and counts Nvidia and Apple among its clients.

TSMC says started mass production of ‘most advanced’ 2nm chips 

The rise in artificial intelligence has spurred demand for TSMC’s chips