Rene Haas warns that locking down tech hurts everyone

Arm CEO Rene Haas has taken a swipe at US chip export bans, warning that trying to stifle China’s AI development is more likely to shrink the entire tech economy than give anyone a competitive edge.

AI firms train abroad to bypass export controls

Chinese firms are bypassing US chip bans not by smuggling silicon but by flying training data overseas and using rented Nvidia-powered servers in Malaysia to do the heavy lifting.

Ren tries to downplay progress as trade talks get dicey

Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei has tried to cool the narrative around his company’s AI chips, claiming the US is giving it too much credit saying it is a good generation behind.

Worried that Apple might get Chinese intelligence

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s plan to launch its flashy new artificial intelligence kit in China is going nowhere fast, thanks to regulators in Beijing dragging their feet. The snag seems to stem from an unfortunate side effect of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Chinese tech firms face chip design disruption under new export rules

Chinese tech companies designing advanced chips in Taiwan are facing fresh barriers as the US tightens restrictions on critical software tools used in chip design.

Middle Eastern megafab plans tests US national security nerves

TSMC is apparently snuffling around the United Arab Emirates as a possible spot for a new chip fab, despite the fact that it might anger the US ruler Donald Trump who insists that all fabs are belong to him.

AMD lets Hydons be Hygons

China has stirred the silicon pot again, and fused CPU design and server manufacturing into a single beast with ambitions far beyond web hosting.

Blackwell-based B40 set to dodge export bans with cheaper silicon

Following yet another US clampdown on AI hardware, Nvidia is scrambling to keep its Chinese revenue stream alive with a watered-down Blackwell GPU called the B40.

Apple's iPhone supply chain shifts further from China to Chennai

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is moving more of its iPhone supply chain into India, with its long-time partner Foxconn dropping $1.5 billion on a new display module plant near Chennai. 

Export controls are fuelling China’s AI boom

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has laid into the US government’s AI chip export bans, branding them “a failure” that’s doing the opposite of what Washington claims it wants.