At the end of the year, an agreement between Nvidia and AI startup Groq that has become public is causing discussion in the semiconductor industry. A rumored equivalent value of around 20 billion US dollars is being discussed, although Nvidia has not yet published any concrete details on the scope, structure or objectives of the […]

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The Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC has started mass production of chips with a structure width of two nanometers. The start of production took place without an accompanying press release and was only confirmed via an update to the company’s technical information pages. It is now stated there that series production of the so-called N2 node […]

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What initially looked like a classic personnel change is increasingly developing into a geopolitically and industrially sensitive case. According to reports in the Taiwanese media, investigators have seized extensive confidential documents on advanced semiconductor processes during a search at the home of a former top manager at TSMC. The man now works at Intel. The […]

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How was 2025? The year is coming to an end and some scandals remain. Below, I have compiled a chronological list of some of the year’s most notable events, which may have gone unnoticed by most people but are nevertheless interesting to read because their accumulation reveals a pattern and encourages reflection. A detailed list […]

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Xiaomi is once again clearly positioning the Xiaomi 17 Ultra as a camera-centric flagship, deliberately differentiating it from the regular Xiaomi 17, which is more strongly associated with design experiments such as an additional display on the back. The Ultra model focuses on photographic features, complemented by the continued partnership with Leica. The device has […]

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