Chinese want local chips
Decoupling might be a bad thing
Manufacturers in China are increasingly looking to source chips locally because they fear the US and other governments may prioritise domestic users of the semiconductors vital to national security.
EU might not have enough cash to sort out chip shortage
Public funding set to suffer
The EU is planning to divert funding on public projects to highly profitable chip companies so that they will set up chip plants in the bloc.
Apple must regret wasting its cash on its own chips
Intel cleans its old partner’s clock
Fruity Cargo Cult Apple made a big thing of the fact that it was replacing Intel Chips with its own technology.
Intel will have to face the music on defective chips
Fails to get Meltdown and Spectre cases thrown out
Chipzilla will have to go to court and defend itself against claims it knew its microprocessors were defective and failed to tell customers.
Carmakers need to modernise their chips
Too large and stupid, and the chips
Carmakers are too dependent on ancient chips and transistors and need to modernise, according to Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger.
Huawei leans on Chinese electronics
US trade war harms US electronics companies
American tech companies are getting the go-ahead to resume business with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei but it may be too late as the outfit has moved on and is seeing other people.
AMD sees increases in market share
Top-performing stocks
Wall Street is scribbling the letters AMD on its list of top-performing shares, according to financial magazine Barrons.
AMD results show marked improvement
Shut your mouth Intel and look at my wad!
AMD has surprised Wall Street and Intel fanboys by reporting better than expected first quarter results.
Samsung booms as chip sales slow
Record first-quarter profit
Samsung Electronics has recorded at a record first quarter profit on Friday, but market reaction was muted due to growing concerns that the semiconductor boom that has driven the South Korean tech giant’s earnings is about to end.
Chip growth to fall in 2018
Good news and bad news
A forecast from organisation the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) estimates that semiconductor sales in 2018 will only grow by 9.5 percent.