Expert likens U.S.–China sanctions to 'a pillow fight, not a chip war' — contends regulations are merely a 'licensing regime' with holes chipmakers are 'driving cars through'

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Rumors swirl that TSMC chairman Mark Liu was forced to retire over Arizona fab debacle | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/rumors-swirl-that-tsmc-chairman-mark-liu-was-forced-to-retire-over-arizona-fab-debacle 344 comments
Intel's CEO says Moore's Law is slowing to a three-year cadence, but it's not dead yet | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intels-ceo-says-moores-law-is-slowing-to-a-three-year-cadence-but-its-not-dead-yet 286 comments
US investigates China's access to RISC-V — open standard instruction set may become new site of US-China chip war | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-investigates-chinas-access-to-risc-v-open-source-instruction-set-may-become-new-site-of-us-china-chip-war 265 comments
U.S. mulls tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/us-mulls-imposing-tariffs-on-legacy-chips-as-chinese-companies-prepare-to-flood-the-market-with-the-simple-but-vital-chips-undercutting-western-rivals 28 comments
Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/blacklisted-chinese-chipmaker-smic-is-working-on-3nm-process-technology-despite-us-sanctions-that-limit-access-to-advanced-tools-report 7 comments
U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/superconductors/us-govt-and-researchers-seemingly-discover-new-type-of-superconductivity-in-an-exotic-crystal-like-material-controllable-variation-breaks-temperature-records 0 comments

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Intel's comeback appears on track — CEO Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier than TSMCs | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intels-comeback-appears-on-track-ceo-gelsinger-says-18a-process-node-performance-is-a-little-bit-ahead-of-tsmcs-n2-but-intels-process-arrives-a-year-earlier-than-tsmcs 106 comments
U.S. mulls tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/us-mulls-imposing-tariffs-on-legacy-chips-as-chinese-companies-prepare-to-flood-the-market-with-the-simple-but-vital-chips-undercutting-western-rivals 28 comments
Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/blacklisted-chinese-chipmaker-smic-is-working-on-3nm-process-technology-despite-us-sanctions-that-limit-access-to-advanced-tools-report 7 comments
China's GPU sales fell 8 percent from October to November due to shortages but are still up 11 percent YoY | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinas-gpu-sales-fell-8-percent-from-october-to-november-due-to-shortages-but-are-still-up-11-percent-yoy 4 comments
ASRock launches Meteor Lake NUCs supporting up to a Core Ultra 7 155H and 96GB of RAM | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/asrock-launches-meteor-lake-nucs-supporting-up-to-a-core-ultra-7-155h-and-96gb-of-ram 2 comments
U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/superconductors/us-govt-and-researchers-seemingly-discover-new-type-of-superconductivity-in-an-exotic-crystal-like-material-controllable-variation-breaks-temperature-records 0 comments