Intel becomes the latest company to back away from an in-person CES

Following today’s news that Lenovo and Alphabet-owned Waymo are sitting out the in-person element of CES 2022, Intel just announced that it’s moving to “minimize” its presence at the tech show, over growing concerns around the omicron variant. “The health and safety of our employees, partners and customers is always a top priority,” the chip giant said in […]

Intel 宣佈禁用新疆貨 遭網民網上炮轟

美國早前參議院通過《防止強迫維吾爾人勞動法》後,該法案已交送白宮等待美國總統拜登簽署。該法案列明禁止涉及強迫勞動的新疆產品進入美國市場。 而近日,Intel 於 12 月 23 日發表公開聲明宣佈其供應鏈禁用來自新疆的產品或服務。中國網民對此感到不滿,紛紛到 Intel 官方微博留言,表示反對。 《環球時報》 前主編胡錫進更向多家中國媒體撰文﹐認為雖然中國已經連續 6 年成為 Intel 最大的營收來源,而 Intel 敢這樣做的原因是它的供應鏈本身已是極少用新疆的產品,而其處理器在中國當中國當下仍…

SK Hynix gets China approval to take over Intel’s NAND business 

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said on Wednesday it has received merger clearance from the Chinese antitrust authority for its $9 billion acquisition of Intel Corp’s NAND and SSD (solid-state drive) business, clearing the final hurdle to completion of securing regulatory approval in eight jurisdictions.  Last October, the U.S. chip giant and SK Hynix reached the […]

AI chip maker Kneron raises $25M for autonomous driving push

AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. That’s why Liu’s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up investments to march into smart transportation. It recently closed a new round […]