Tag Archives: Taiwan

Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen “Rubin” AI chips in keynote tease

Enlarge / Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 2, 2024. reader comments 37 On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reached beyond Blackwell and revealed the company’s next-generation AI-accelerating GPU platform during his keynote at Computex 2024 in Taiwan. Huang also detailed plans for an annual… Read More »

TSMC “still assessing” chipmaking facilities after 7.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

Enlarge / TSMC’s headquarters, seen here, are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. reader comments 81 Chipmaking operations at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) were briefly paused today following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit Taiwan, according to a company statement provided to Bloomberg and others. TSMC says that workers were evacuated as part of its earthquake safety protocols… Read More »

No GPUs for you: US blocks sales of AI chips to China and Russia

Enlarge / The Nvidia logo superimposed over China’s flag. Benj Edwards / Nvidia reader comments 112 with 61 posters participating Share this story In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday, Nvidia reported that US government officials have ordered restrictions on sales of its top AI chips to China and Russia. The new restrictions (in… Read More »

Chipmaker says it will ramp up production of older 28nm chips

Enlarge / A woman watches a mask—a part used in wafer conception—at a show room of the 12-inch United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) factory in Tainan, southern Taiwan. Sam Yeh | Getty reader comments 48 with 38 posters participating Share this story United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world’s fourth-largest contract chipmaker, is expanding its capacity to… Read More »