AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  |

Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a $10.3 billion…

Science Corporation's vision-restoring chip wins EU approval |

Science Corporation, a startup developing novel brain-computer interfaces (BCI), won approval from Europe’s medical device regulator to begin selling a device that restores vision lost…

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

Nvidia is hyping up its new Vera Rubin chip system this week, revealing new performance benchmarks for the GPU and CPU combo ahead of rival…

IBM Unveils Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Technology

Jul 13, 2026 IBM is unveiling a major semiconductor breakthrough with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a revolutionary…

With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing |

The race to produce more chips is on, and Europe is in. ASML, the Dutch company that has a near-monopoly on manufacturing the machines used…

AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round |

AI chip company SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation led by General Atlantic, in a first close of its Series…

Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip |

Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year. The startup says it has…

Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Qualcomm will acquire the Silicon Valley chip startup Modular for nearly $4 billion. The companies announced the acquisition on Wednesday; Qualcomm said it expects to…

OpenAI and Broadcom Debut LLM-Optimized Inference Chip

Jun 24, 2026 By Stephanie Simone OpenAI and Broadcom are debuting “Jalapeño,” OpenAI’s first Intelligence Processor: an accelerator architected around OpenAI’s vision for the future…

Xanadu sets new industry benchmark in photonic chip packaging

/PRNewswire/ – Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited (“Xanadu”) (Nasdaq: XNDU) (TSX: XNDU) today announced a new accomplishment in ultra-low loss photonic chip packaging, achieving ultra-low edge-coupling…