Washington, D.C., August 7, 2025 — In a bold move to bolster domestic semiconductor production, U.S. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on all imported computer chips and semiconductors. However, the proposed levy would not apply to any company that commits to manufacturing—and
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WASHINGTON—Aug. 4, 2025—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor sales were $179.7 billion during the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 7.8% compared to Q1. Global sales were $59.9 billion during the month of June 2025, an increase of 19.6% compared to the June 2024 total of
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SEATTLE — June 18, 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeing clear results from its ambitious custom silicon strategy, as growing adoption of its Trainium and Graviton chip families starts to erode Nvidia’s long-standing dominance in AI infrastructure.
In recent months, AWS has reported strong momentum for its internally
allas, TX — June 18, 2025 — Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) today announced plans to invest more than $60 billion in building and expanding semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the United States—marking one of the largest investments in domestic chip production in American history.
The multiyear initiative will span
June 17,2025 — SAN JOSE, Calif.— Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced an expansion of its collaboration with Samsung Foundry, including a new multi-year IP agreement to broaden Cadence® memory and interface IP solutions in Samsung Foundry’s SF4X, SF5A and SF2P advanced process nodes. Furthering their ongoing technology collaboration, the companies are leveraging
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June 5th 2025 — Swiss technology innovation center CSEM, in collaboration with Dutch deep-tech startup QDI Systems, has developed the world’s first image sensor to directly convert X-rays into electronic signals using quantum dots (QDs) on a CMOS platform. This revolutionary approach enables compact, low-cost, and scalable wide-spectrum
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