Brings more RISC-V manpower

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems, a company specializing in compute chiplets based on the RISC-V open architecture.

Yield snags and Qualcomm deals keep the chip from travelling far

Samsung is still wrestling with ropey yields on its next-generation Exynos 2600, which means the silicon may only appear in South Korea and only in the non-Ultra Galaxy S26 models.

Taiwan giant turns to local partners as packaging crunch bites

TSMC is stuffed to the rafters with CoWoS orders, and the AI industry is sweating over it, although the company seems to have a cunning plan.

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC for the entry-level member of the series

Honor Magic8 Lite is finally official, and this least expensive member of Honor's Magic8 series will be packing Qualcomm's Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC and a hefty 7,500mAh battery.

Amazon arms its cloud with chip tech while rivals circle.

Amazon’s AWS outfit is strapping Nvidia’s prized NVLink Fusion into a future Trainium4 chip as it tries to lure heavyweight AI customers onto its cloud turf.

A not-quite-flagship aiming to look harder than it is

Qualcomm has pushed out another Android chip, and it seems ready to elbow its way into the phones that chase flagship swagger without paying flagship money.

Taiwan’s chip colossus digs deeper into its pockets

The boss of the world’s biggest chip foundry has admitted that TSMC cannot churn out enough silicon to satisfy the world’s appetite.

US customers eye local options

Advanced packaging is shaping up to be a massive prospect for Troubled Chipzilla as US chip designers start sniffing around for someone nearby to wrap their shiny silicon.

Packaging kit gets unexpected love as TSMC struggles to keep up

Troubled Chipzilla's EMIB and Foveros packaging tricks, long overshadowed by TSMC’s dominance, are finally being treated as viable alternatives.

Weak Exynos yields and contract penalties keep Snapdragon in charge

Samsung’s next Galaxy flagships are shaping up to be a pricey headache as the dark satanic rumour mill claims the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will power about 75 per cent of Galaxy S26 models worldwide.