Tag: semiconductors

South Korea to launch $5bn semiconductor fund

Posted on   |  by Kyu-seok Shim and Heejin Kim
South Korea will launch a 5 trillion won semiconductor fund targeting promising chip materials, parts, equipment and fabless companies, a presidential official said, as Seoul seeks to accelerate plans...

Back for seconds: NRF tips another $40m into SQC

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government’s $15 billion industry fund has tripled its stake in Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), pumping an extra $40 million into the local startup in its largest investment...

Diraq names Windows pioneer Scott McGregor as Chair

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Global tech executive Scott A. McGregor will step in as board chair of Australian quantum semiconductor firm Diraq as it intensifies its push into the US market and preps...

Huawei’s new AI chip brings in ByteDance, Alibaba

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Customer testing of Huawei’s new AI chip, designed to challenge Nvidia in the China market, has gone well and big tech giants including ByteDance and Alibaba plan to place...

From 6G to chips: Researchers find new use for terahertz waves

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The same electromagnetic wavelengths used by 6G and airport security imaging can see inside and diagnose problems with electronic computer chips, Adelaide scientists have found, and could eventually be...

US mulls new rules for AI chip exports

Posted on   |  by Alexandra Alper and Stephen Nellis
US officials are debating a new regulatory framework for exporting artificial intelligence chips and are considering requiring foreign nations to invest in US AI data centers or security guarantees...