Intel Unveils 14A (1.4nm) Process Technology Roadmap
At the “Intel Innovation” event, Intel detailed its 14A process for the first time, targeting mass production by 2027. The roadmap highlights breakthroughs in lithography technology, advancing its “five nodes in four years” strategy.U.S. Government Approves Resumption of Mature-Node Equipment Supplies to SMIC
Under conditions preventing technology leakage to advanced nodes, U.S. authorities allowed certain equipment suppliers to resume shipping tools for 28nm and above processes to SMIC, aiming to ease global chip shortages in automotive and industrial sectors.NVIDIA Launches Next-Gen AI Inference Chip “InferX B200”
Optimized for large-scale AI inference tasks, the new chip offers a 50% performance boost and 30% lower power consumption compared to its predecessor. It has already secured orders from several cloud computing giants.EU Launches “European Semiconductor Research Institute”
A pan-European R&D initiative jointly established by Belgium’s IMEC, France’s CEA-Leti, and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society, focusing on sub-2nm technology, 3D integration, and quantum chips.Samsung Successfully Develops “Bumpless” Chip Stacking Technology
This innovation eliminates traditional through-silicon vias (TSVs) and bumps, reducing 3D-stacked chip thickness by 30% and improving signal transmission speed by 20%. It will first be applied in HBM4 and next-generation mobile processors.U.S. CHIPS Act Subsidies Extended to Materials and Equipment Companies
Beyond wafer fabs, domestic equipment and chemical suppliers such as Applied Materials and Lam Research received approximately $18 billion in subsidies to strengthen the resilience of the local supply chain.Breakthrough in Fully Automated AI-Driven Chip Design Tools
Startup SynthChip introduced a reinforcement learning-based EDA platform that can shorten the chip design-to-physical-implementation cycle by 60%. The company has attracted investment from Intel and Qualcomm.China’s CXMT Announces Mass Production of LPDDR5X Chips
Utilizing its third-generation in-house memory architecture, the chips achieve speeds of 8533 Mbps, marking a significant step in China’s self-reliance in high-end mobile memory.Global Silicon Photonics Market Projected to Exceed $100 Billion by 2030
Commercial adoption is accelerating in data center interconnects and AI computing, driven by increased investment from Cisco, Intel, Huawei, and others.RISC-V Architecture Achieves Highest Automotive Functional Safety Certification
RISC-V processor cores from StarFive and Nuclei Technology have obtained ISO 26262 ASIL-D certification, clearing a major hurdle for the architecture’s adoption in autonomous driving core controllers.
