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Trump weighs using US$2 billion in Chips Act funding for critical minerals, sources say
THE Trump administration is considering a plan to reallocate at least US$2 billion from the Chips Act to fund critical minerals projects…
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Trump eyes US government stakes in other chip makers that received Chips Act funds: sources
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that…
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Trump’s pay-for-play chips deal generates alarm and optimism
US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take a cut of revenue from chip sales to China is leading to concerns that the US…
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China urges firms not to use Nvidia H20 chips in new guidance
China has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes, complicating the…
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Trump Is Breaking Boundaries of Constitution With Chips Payoff Deal
“In fact, where are the journalists even asking them to make a statement, OK?” she continued. “A state leader—a state leader is speaking…
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Chinese State Media Challenges Nvidia's H20 AI Chips Again Over Alleged Backdoor Risks and Weak Performance
A Chinese state media-linked account has once again raised questions about Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chips. Criticized by…
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Nvidia H20 chips not safe for China: state media
The chips could achieve functions including “remote shutdown” through a hardware “backdoor”, according to the article Nvidia’s H20 chips…
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US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China, official says
The commerce department has started issuing licences to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, a US official told Reuters on Friday (Aug…
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Nvidia reiterates its chips have no backdoors, urges US against location verification
Nvidia has published a blog post reiterating that its chips did not have backdoors or kill switches and appealed to US policymakers to…
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US explores better location trackers for AI chips, official says
The US is exploring ways to equip chips with better location-tracking capabilities, a senior official said, underscoring Washington’s…
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China state media asks Nvidia to prove H20 chips are secure
China state media is calling for Nvidia to prove that its H20 chip is secure, saying it cannot allow flawed chips into the country.…
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Nvidia denies its chips have backdoors after China raises security risks over H20
Nvidia said on Thursday its products have no “backdoors” that would allow remote access or control after China raised concerns over…
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China flags concerns over potential security risks in Nvidia’s H20 chips
China raised concerns over potential security risks in Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence chip, casting uncertainty over the US…
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Nvidia AI chips worth US$1 billion entered China despite US curbs: FT
Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips worth at least US$1 billion were smuggled to China in the three months after Washington…
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AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC’s US plant costing 5% to 20% more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chief executive officer Lisa Su said that the chips her company gets from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor…
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Malaysia says trade permit required for AI chips of US origin
Malaysia’s trade ministry said on Monday (Jul 14) that the export, transhipment and transit of high-performance artificial intelligence…
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Malaysia tightens export controls on US-origin AI chips amid tariff talks with Washington
Malaysia has announced immediate restrictions on the export, transhipment, and transit of high-performance artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Nvidia’s CEO says China’s military unlikely to use US AI chips
Successive administrations in Washington have maintained that unfettered use of the most capable components would pose a risk to national…
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IBM rolls out new chips and servers, aims for simplified AI
International Business Machines (IBM) on Tuesday (Jul 8) announced a new line of data centre chips and servers that it says will be more…
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Micron sees new Singapore plant as key in plan to meet rising demand for AI-enabling chips
A new will underpin Micron Technology’s plans to produce advanced semiconductors needed for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The…
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OpenAI turns to Google's AI chips to power its products: source
OpenAI recently began renting Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips to power ChatGPT and its other products, a source close to the…
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AMD unveils AI server as OpenAI taps its newest chips
Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence server for 2026 that aims to challenge Nvidia’s…
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Huawei chips are one generation behind US but firm is finding workarounds: CEO
Huawei Technologies’ chips are one generation behind those of US peers but the firm is finding ways to improve performance through methods…
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Oracle to buy US$40 billion of Nvidia chips for OpenAI’s US data centre: report
Oracle will spend around US$40 billion on Nvidia’s higher-performance chips to power OpenAI’s new US data centre, the Financial Times (FT)…