European semiconductor company Openchip is expanding its Limerick design centre, aiming to grow from 40 to 70 R&D staff. The move is backed by IDA Ireland and ties into the national “Silicon Island” strategy. It’s a small piece of a much larger puzzle for Europe’s tech ambitions.
Samsung has taken the unusual step of teasing its next-generation Exynos 2600 processor ahead of its 2026 launch. Leaked benchmarks suggest it could challenge Apple and Qualcomm’s best. The chip is expected to power the Galaxy S26 series.
The next big laptop processor battle is officially on the calendar. Asus will unveil its Panther Lake AI PCs on January 6, 2026, right after Intel’s expected chip reveal at CES. But they’ll face fierce competition from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite.
A new market report reveals Nvidia’s discrete GPU share dipped to 92% last quarter, with AMD and Intel making small gains. The overall market saw $8.8 billion in revenue from 12 million units shipped. But the king is far from dethroned.
Nvidia is making a massive strategic move into the chip design software space. The company announced a $2 billion stake in Synopsys as part of a new partnership to integrate Nvidia’s computing power into engineering solutions.
The market is buzzing with the “mini-Broadcom” narrative for Astera Labs, positioning it as the critical “wires” for AI data centers. But Forbes urges caution, noting the leadership team is cashing out and valuations are sky-high. It’s a classic story of a vital tech company facing immense investor
AMD has stealthily introduced a new workstation graphics card and listed two unannounced AI GPUs. The W7900D appears designed specifically for the Chinese market to bypass export restrictions, while the R9600D and R9700S hint at upcoming RDNA 4 architecture.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has commented on the escalating legal dispute between Intel and TSMC over a former executive. Huang praised TSMC’s track record in protecting sensitive information while emphasizing that NVIDIA’s technology stack would be incredibly difficult to replicate regardless. The comm
The AI chip market is exploding, and these 10 semiconductor startups are positioning themselves to compete with or complement Nvidia’s dominance. From edge computing to optical interconnects, they’re tackling different pieces of the $4 trillion AI infrastructure opportunity.
The European Innovation Council has made its first equity investments under the STEP scale-up scheme, backing quantum computing firm IQM and semiconductor company Zadient. Both companies are working on technologies critical to Europe’s strategic independence. The moves signal a major push into deep-
