A timeline of the U.S. semiconductor market in 2025

A timeline of the U.S. semiconductor market in 2025

It’s already been a tumultuous year for the U.S. semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry plays a sizable role in the “AI race” that the U.S. seems determined to win, which is why this context is worth paying attention to: from Intel’s appointment of Lip-Bu Tan — who wasted no time getting to work trying to…

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Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AI

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AI

Nvidia is looking to get into the server rental market. The semiconductor giant is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Lepton AI, a company that rents out servers that are powered by Nvidia’s AI chips, according to The Information. The deal is reportedly worth several hundred million dollars, according to The Information, which cited unnamed…

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Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AI

#Singapore arrests alleged Nvidia chip smugglers

There’s lots of scrutiny involving China obtaining advanced Nvidia chips despite strict U.S. export controls, with Chinese merchants already reportedly ordering Nvidia’s powerful Blackwell GPUs. On Thursday, Singaporean police arrested three men for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips, Singapore’s national broadcaster Channel News Asia reported. The three men, two Singaporeans and one Chinese citizen, were charged…

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