Chip Industry Week in Review


Global The U.S. created a licensing path for Nvidia H200 shipments in January and has since approved sales to 10 Chinese companies, but so far no shipments have been confirmed, reports Reuters. With a looming end-of-year expiration, SIA, SEMI, and other business groups are urging Congress to extend the US semiconductor tax credit and expand it to cover semiconductor design and other act... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


SIA's latest monthly global semiconductor sales report reflects a ~30% YOY increase, hitting a record $75.3B in November 2025. Asia Pacific had a notable 66% increase. Cadence launched its Chiplet Spec-to-Packaged Parts ecosystem to accelerate time to market for chiplet development for physical AI, data centers, and HPC applications. Initial IP partners joining Cadence include Arm, Arteris, ... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


JEDEC and the Open Compute Project rolled out a new set of guidelines for standardizing chiplet characterization details, such as thermal properties, physical and mechanical requirements, and behavior specs. Those details have been a sticking point for commercial chiplets, because without them it's not possible to choose the best chiplet for a particular application or workload. The guidelines ... » read more