China races to crack EUV lithography as chip war with the West intensifies

China races to crack EUV lithography as chip war with the West intensifies

In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and weapons central to Western military dominance. Completed in early 2025 and now undergoing testing, the prototype fills nearly an entire…

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Can India catch up with the US, Taiwan and China in the global chip race? | Technology News

Can India catch up with the US, Taiwan and China in the global chip race? | Technology News

In October, a small electronics manufacturer in the western Indian state of Gujarat shipped its first batch of chip modules to a client in California. Kaynes Semicon, together with Japanese and Malaysian technology partners, assembled the chips in a new factory funded with incentives under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $10bn semiconductor push announced in…

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Intel fights back in the AI chip wars

Intel fights back in the AI chip wars

Intel has announced a new AI chip for the data centre that it plans to launch next year, in a renewed push to break into the AI silicon market. The new chip, a GPU, will be optimised for energy efficiency and support a wide range of uses such as running AI applications, or inference, Intel chief…

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