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Samsung workers’ strike plan would disrupt chip supply, union chief says
The company union is seeking a 7% increase in base wages
SK Group chairman says wafer shortage to last until 2030, trying to stabilise memory prices
SK Hynix is the main high-bandwidth memory supplier to Nvidia
Nvidia expects to make US$1 trillion from AI chips through 2027
The company has pushed beyond its hallmark of graphics processing units which are used to train and run AI software
China’s No 2 chipmaker readies 7 nm production as Beijing ramps up self-suffiency drive
The development comes after Washington eased some of its tech export controls since last year
China’s ByteDance gets access to top Nvidia AI chips, WSJ reports
The hardware involved could cost more than US$2.5 billion
Cambricon rides China AI boom to post its first annual profit
The company plans to more than triple its production of AI chips in 2026
TSMC sales grow 30% on sustained global demand for AI hardware
Analysts on average expect a 33% increase in the first quarter
Nexperia China says it has begun producing its own chips
The company has started making several types of chips by using 12-inch wafers
US mulls new rules for AI chip exports, including requiring investments by foreign firms in the US
Even small chip installations of fewer than 1,000 chips could require a license
China’s top chip bosses urge supportive policies to create ‘China’s ASML’
The country faces bottlenecks in EDA and basic materials, along with EUV machines
