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Today β€” 17 December 2025Main stream

Rapidus explores panel-level packaging on glass substrates for next-generation processors β€” aggressive plan would help it leapfrog rivals

Rapidus plans to outline its early-stage work on panel-level packaging using 600 Γ— 600 mm glass substrates at SEMICON Japan, highlighting an aggressive plan to leapfrog rivals by combining glass-core substrates and PLP for future AI and HPC chiplet packages.

Intel installs industry's first commercial High-NA EUV lithography tool β€” ASML Twinscan EXE:5200B sets the stage for 14A

Intel has installed and qualified ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5200B, the first High-NA EUV lithography tool designed for commercial production, reiterating Intel's plans to use High-NA EUV patterning for 14A process technology and onwards.

Yesterday β€” 16 December 2025Main stream

The data center cooling state of play (2025) β€” Liquid cooling is on the rise, thermal density demands skyrocket in AI data centers, and TSMC leads with direct-to-silicon solutions

The rise of AI and hyperscale computing is driving a global shift from air-based to liquid and embedded cooling as various companies are developing silicon-integrated systems capable of handling multi-kilowatt system-in-packages that can be commercialized by 2027.

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Industry preps new 'cheap' HBM4 memory spec with narrow interface, but it isn't a GDDR killer β€” JEDEC's new SPHBM4 spec weds HBM4 performance and lower costs to enable higher capacity

JEDEC is nearing completion of SPHBM4, a standard that enables full HBM4 bandwidth over a 512-bit interface using a 4:1 serialization, reusing standard HBM DRAM dies and a base die. The tech promises to enable a 2.5D integration on organic substrates to support up to 64 GB per stack and more stacks than HBM4 and HBM4E.

Nvidia details new software that enables location tracking for AI GPUs β€” opt-in remote data center GPU fleet management includes power usage and thermal monitoring

Nvidia's GPU fleet management software can track spikes in power usage, monitor utilization, detect hotspots, spot anomalies, identify software errors, and detect the physical location of processors. However, the software is completely optional for its clients.

China starts list of government-approved AI hardware suppliers: Cambricon and Huawei are in, Nvidia is not

Chinese government began to add government-approved AI suppliers to the Information Technology Innovation List in a bid to accelerate deployment of domestic hardware. But can Chinese semiconductor industry satisfy the needs of domestic AI industry?

Nvidia reportedly wins H200 exports to China β€” US Department of Commerce set to ease restrictions for full Hopper AI GPU

The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to let Nvidia ship its H200 accelerators to China, a move that could restore Nvidia’s influence in the Chinese AI market and reinforce CUDA’s dominance, but the question is if Beijing agrees to accept this hardware.

Huawei Ascend NPU roadmap examined β€” company targets 4 ZettaFLOPS FP4 performance by 2028, amid manufacturing constraints

Huawei has unveiled its Ascend NPU roadmap featuring Ascend 950, 960, 970 processors and massive SuperClusters with over a million of processors and up to 4 ZettaFLOPS FP4 performance in 2028, shifting from chip scaling to system-level scaling, amid U.S. sanctions and manufacturing constraints.

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