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Global Semiconductor Sales Hit $88.8 Billion in February as Industry Tracks Toward First Trillion-Dollar Year
The Semiconductor Industry Association reported February 2026 sales of $88.8 billion, a 61.8 percent year-over-year surge driven by AI infrastructure spending, as the chip market remains on pace to cross $1 trillion in annual revenue for the first time.
Samsung-Backed AI Chip Startup Rebellions Raises $400 Million in Pre-IPO Round at $2.3 Billion Valuation
South Korean fabless chip designer Rebellions has closed a $400 million pre-IPO round led by Mirae Asset and the Korea National Growth Fund, bringing total funding to $850 million as the company launches rack-scale inference platforms and prepares for a public listing.
Intel and AMD Raise CPU Prices Up to 15 Percent as AI-Driven Shortage Stretches Lead Times to Six Months
Both x86 chipmakers have notified OEMs of 10-15% price increases effective March-April, as AI data center demand consumes manufacturing capacity and pushes delivery times from weeks to months.
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell to Bring Custom AI Chips Into Its NVLink Fusion Ecosystem
Nvidia takes a $2 billion stake in Marvell Technology, integrating one of the semiconductor industry's top custom ASIC designers into its NVLink Fusion interconnect platform.
Alibaba Unveils XuanTie C950, the Most Powerful RISC-V Processor Ever Built, Targeting AI Agent Infrastructure
Alibaba's Damo Academy has announced the XuanTie C950, a 5nm RISC-V CPU core capable of natively running hundred-billion-parameter language models, marking RISC-V's first serious entry into high-end AI computing.
OpenTitan Becomes the First Open-Source Silicon Root of Trust to Ship in Commercial Hardware as Google Targets Data Centers Next
Google's seven-year open-source hardware security project reaches production in Dell Chromebooks with post-quantum cryptography, and data center deployment planned for later this year.
University of Sydney Builds Nanophotonic AI Chip That Performs Inference at the Speed of Light
A prototype chip encodes neural network weights directly into nanoscale photonic structures, classifying biomedical images with up to 99 percent accuracy on a picosecond timescale while generating virtually no resistive heat.
Apple Ships MacBook Pro With M5 Pro and M5 Max, Delivering 4x AI Performance and a New Wireless Chip
Apple's MacBook Pro refreshed with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips offers up to 128GB unified memory, Thunderbolt 5, Wi-Fi 7, and claimed 4x AI gains over the previous generation, shipping March 11.
Apple Unveils $599 MacBook Neo With iPhone Chip, Its Cheapest Laptop Ever and a Direct Challenge to Chromebooks
Apple announces the MacBook Neo at $599, the first Mac powered by an iPhone A18 Pro chip, targeting the budget laptop market dominated by Chromebooks and low-cost Windows machines.
Apple Kicks Off Its Biggest Product Week of 2026 With Six Devices Spanning iPhone, Mac, and iPad
Apple begins staggered press-release launches on March 2, culminating in a hands-on media experience on March 4, delivering its most comprehensive hardware refresh in years.
Europe's First Academic RISC-V Chip on Intel 3 Node Passes Validation as Open Silicon Hits 25 Percent Market Share
Barcelona Zettascale Lab's Cinco Ranch TC1, a three-core RISC-V chip fabricated on Intel's 3nm process, has passed validation testing, marking a milestone in Europe's push for semiconductor sovereignty.
Positron AI Reaches Unicorn Status With $230M Series B, Betting That Inference — Not Training — Is Where Nvidia Can Be Beat
Reno-based Positron AI has raised $230 million at a $1B+ valuation, claiming its Atlas chip matches Nvidia's H100 inference performance at one-third the power while its next-gen Asimov silicon promises six times the memory of Nvidia's Rubin.