The Governor of Virginia announced that Micron plans to invest $2.17 billion to expand its semiconductor plant in Manassas, Virginia, creating 340 jobs.

ByteDance plans to invest $7 billion next year in purchasing NVIDIA chips and is reportedly in discussions with data center operators to use Blackwell chips.

Aitomatic, in collaboration with its "AI Alliance" partners, has officially launched the SemiKong large language model.

The tech industry has seen significant progress this week, with major announcements and advancements across various sectors. Intel introduced its breakthrough 5nm chip technology, promising enhanced performance and efficiency. Apple is gearing up for the 2025 launch of its highly anticipated AR glasses, which will inte……

The Apple M5 chip is expected to start mass production and hit the market as early as the first half of next year. The M5 Pro/Max and M5 Ultra are likely to begin mass production in the second half of next year, and all models will be available at the latest by 2026.

BYD's Brazilian factory has been exposed for mistreating workers, with 163 Chinese workers working under "slave-like" conditions.

The US government has announced a new policy designating major cloud service providers such as Google and Microsoft as "gatekeepers" for the global distribution of AI chips.

Following Samsung, Texas Instruments and the major packaging and testing company Amkor have also received US government subsidies of $1.61 billion and $407 million respectively.

Samsung will hold a new product launch event in the United States on January 22 next year to officially release the Galaxy S25 series of new products, including models such as Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra.

It is reported that the U.S. government is considering imposing a ban on TP-Link, a leading Chinese technology company and router manufacturer, on the grounds of national security.

Products of Texas Instruments (TI), an American chip manufacturer, are flowing continuously into Russia. The US authorities have warned domestic chip manufacturers that they should take more measures to prevent their technologies from falling into the hands of Russia.

GlobalWafers has received a subsidy of $406 million under the Chips Act and will build the first high-volume 300-millimeter silicon wafer factory in the United States.