Western Digital to split flash memory business after Kioxia merger talks stall

Western Digital to split flash memory business after Kioxia merger talks stall

The logo of Western Digital Corporation is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Yoshiyasu Shida/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 30 (Reuters) – Western Digital (WDC.O) said on Monday it would spin off its flash memory business that has been grappling with a supply glut after talks of merging the … Read more

Japan’s Denso to invest $3.3 billion to bulk up chips business

Japan’s Denso to invest $3.3 billion to bulk up chips business

Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Japanese automotive supplier Denso (6902.T) will invest about 500 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in semiconductors by 2030 as aims to triple the scale of its chips business … Read more

SK Hynix says AI boom will drive profits after Q3 loss narrows

SK Hynix says AI boom will drive profits after Q3 loss narrows

The logo of SK Hynix is seen at its headquarters in Seongnam, South Korea, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SEOUL, Oct 26 (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK Hynix (000660.KS) said a boom in artificial intelligence will drive chip profits after posting a sharply narrower third quarter loss than it did in … Read more

Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel

Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel

[1/2]The logo of NVIDIA as seen at its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in May of 2022. Courtesy NVIDIA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 23 (Reuters) – Nvidia (NVDA.O) dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers. Nvidia has quietly begun … Read more

Wall St slips on higher yields, fall in chipmaker stocks

Wall St slips on higher yields, fall in chipmaker stocks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights US retail sales beat expectations in September BofA profit rises, Goldman Sachs profit plunges in Q3 Biden administration to halt China AI chip shipments Indexes: Dow down 0.2%, S&P … Read more

Exclusive: Biden eyes adding AI chip curbs to Chinese companies abroad

Exclusive: Biden eyes adding AI chip curbs to Chinese companies abroad

Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 12 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is considering closing a loophole that gives Chinese companies access to American artificial intelligence (AI) chips through units located overseas, according to four people familiar … Read more

Germany’s Birkenstock set for US listing after $1.5 bln IPO

Germany’s Birkenstock set for US listing after $1.5 bln IPO

A pair of shoes is pictured in a window of a Birkenstock footwear store in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 11 (Reuters) – LVMH-backed Birkenstock (BIRK.N) was set to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday after the German luxury sandal maker notched a … Read more

Samsung Q3 profit beats expectations, raising hopes of chip recovery

Samsung Q3 profit beats expectations, raising hopes of chip recovery

Best quarterly profit so far this year Shares open 3.3% higher Memory chip prices likely hit bottom in Q3-analysts SEOUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Wednesday said its preliminary third-quarter profit dropped by a smaller-than-expected 78%, as the battered memory chip market shows early signs of recovering from a severe downturn. Samsung … Read more

Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested by soaring bond yields

Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested by soaring bond yields

The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Surging bond yields are rattling U.S. stocks, and some investors worry the richly valued shares of … Read more

EU examines Nvidia-dominated AI chip market’s abuses – Bloomberg News

EU examines Nvidia-dominated AI chip market’s abuses – Bloomberg News

The logo of technology company Nvidia is seen at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 29 (Reuters) – The European Union is examining alleged anticompetitive practices in chips used for artificial intelligence, a market that Nvidia (NVDA.O) dominates, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people … Read more