In pursuit of big chip technology, a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designed an advanced 256-core processor system based on 16 chiplets and aims to expand this design to a 1,600-core big chip. With each new generation of chips, increasing transistor density becomes progressively ch...

Dutch semiconductor equipment leader ASML Holding N.V. has announced that export licenses for certain equipment have been partially revoked by the Dutch government. In a press release issued on January 1st, 2024, ASML stated, “A license for the shipment of NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography syst...

In 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department blacklisted Huawei and over 70 of its subsidiaries, restricting China's advancement in advanced chip development. However, in August 2023, Huawei unexpectedly launched its new flagship smartphone, the Mate 60 Pro, featuring its self-developed 5G chip, hinting...

In November 2023, China witnessed a remarkable 1050% surge in the import value of crucial chip manufacturing lithography equipment from the Netherlands, the primary exporter of photolithography equipment, according to the South China Morning Post. This surge, measured in terms of value, indicates...

As one of the key cases in the US-China tech war, American memory giant Micron Technology had mend relations with China. Recently, Micron said a global settlement agreement with state-backed competitor Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit (JHICC) concerning intellectual property theft lawsuits. Ac...