China pushes US to loosen AI chip curbs

China pushes US to loosen AI chip curbs

Chinese President Xi Jinping China wants the US to ease export controls on chips critical for artificial intelligence as part of a trade deal before a possible summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Chinese officials have told experts in Washington that Beijing wants the Trump administration to…

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TSMC profit surges 61% to record high fueled by AI chip demand

TSMC profit surges 61% to record high fueled by AI chip demand

A motorcycle is seen near a building of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 16, 2025. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a near 61% year-on-year rise in second-quarter profit, hitting…

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Beijing’s chip champions blacklisted by Taiwan

Beijing’s chip champions blacklisted by Taiwan

Taiwan’s TSMC is the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer Taiwan has added China’s Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) to its export control list, which includes other proscribed organisations like the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Inclusion on the economy ministry’s trade administration’s strategic high-tech commodities “entity list” means Taiwanese companies will need government approval before…

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Qualcomm shows off new chip for AI smart glasses

Qualcomm shows off new chip for AI smart glasses

Qualcomm, the top maker of smartphone processors, is making a bigger push into smart glasses with low-power components that can run artificial intelligence software. The chip maker demonstrated a pair of glasses at the Augmented World Expo trade show that rely on its new Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 processor. The idea is to let glasses…

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