This has been a year to celebrate for the US semicondux industry.
The semiconductor industry has the photo role in the “Race AI” if the US seems to win, from an appointment to be done to unite companies – for Joe Biden
Here’s what seems to happen to 2025.
July
Intel continues to find efficiency
July 24: Intel announces that that Purchase Manufacturing OperationsSee rankings-. The company will never be able to pursue a job that before announcing in Germany and Poland, and integrate the operation of the test. Intel also announced plans to end this year with about 75,000 employees.
The plan of Trump Ai
July 23: Trump administration is open anticipated Plan ai ai along with multiple related executive orders. When the plan includes a lot of US exporting needs, and for the US to coordinate the ally in the efforts, do not provide concrete information about the limit.
Groundbreaking UAE Ai Deace is reported to continue
July 17: Trump assessments help returns Groundbreaking issues in May that cause commitments from the United Arab Emirates to buy billion from the AI chips from NVIDIA. But now The agreement is reportedly held As the US worked through the national security concern and fear that the chips can be hacked from the Middle East to China.
NVIDIA is a freshman chip
July 16: One day after a semiconductor company like NVidia and Amd got a certain light to resume certain ai chip to China, we know why. Lutnick’s US trade security said the plan to allow the company to initiate ai ‘to start the AI chips in China are tied with continuous trade discussions Among the US and China about the rare earth element.
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US back to China
July 14: NVIDIA says that they are submitting the application to Restart the sales of the H20 AI AI in China, Confirm Rumor from the previous few weeksSee rankings-. The company also announced that it will sell a new chip, RTX PRO, designed specifically for the Chinese market.
Chip Chip Supplies
July 14: Malaysia announced that they are launched Trade permits for the AI chips are madeSee rankings-. In this new limitation, individuals or businesses must provide malaysiten 30 days before exporting US chips.
June
Intel indicate a new leader
June 18: Intel announced Four new leadership appointments The intel said that it would help go to the destination as a technique company. Intel announced a new major employment office additionally in addition to a hipped rental.
Intel to start Layoff
June 17: Intel will start Layage Intel Foundry staff In July. The company is planning to break at least 15%, and up to 20%, workers in the business unit. This letter is not shock: This is reversed in April, and COO CEO CEO CEO is not saying that they want to flatten organizations.
NVIDIA will not report in China
13 June 13: NVIDIA does not count in the US that make loud from the export AI limit at any time. Once the company takes a financial hit from the newly launched licensed terms on the crime h20 AI, CEO Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG said that the company will no longer includes Chinese markets in the income and profit convenience.
ADD got a Book that is not related to AI
June 6: Amd makes another acquisition – this time focuses on talent. The company hire the team’s team belowThat produces AI inferior chip, because the semiconductor giant continues around the AI offering.
Amd will come to NVIDIA hard dominance
June 4: Amd forward a shopping spree. The company As for Software Software Optimization BriumThat helps the AI retrofit software company for working with different hardware. With the software AI designed with Nvidia Hardware, this acquisition is not surprising.
May
NVIDIA dropped the Impact of Chip Export Limitations
May 28: NVIDIA reported that our license requirements on the Chips AI AI Cost of a $ 4.5 billion in charge During Q1. The company expects the terms to produce $ 8 billion income for Nvidia’s income in Q2.
ADD got enoresemi
May 28: AMD kicked the acquisition spree. A semiconductor company announced that the essence of enoressilicone photographic opening. Tech Enosmi, the use of light to transmit data, becomes an interest area for semiconductor companies.
Tension starts flare between China and US
May 21: Chinese comretarce is not like the US guidance, responding on May 13, which reminds the company that uses the Chip Ai Huawei “What is the US CHIP exporting infringement. Trade secretary Imponents a statement that threatens legal action against anyone who holds the restriction of the limit.
Intel may start to solve the non-core unit
May 20: Intel CEO lip-bu apparently gaining the right to play the plan to play non-Intel business units. The semiconductor giants are reported With a network unit and edgeThat makes chips for telecommunications equipment, and responsibly $ 5.4 billion 2024 companies.
Ai’s deployment rules AI AI adivers off
May 13: Just a few days before the default intellectual rule of fruit should be signed, The official US trading departmentSee rankings-. The physician said the plan to issue a new guide in the future, and at the time the company should be remembered that using the world ‘sigh of the United States.
The reversion of last minute
May 7: Just a week “the framework for the spread of artificial intelligence” is set to a place, Trump administrative plan to take a different road. According to various media stores, including AXIOS and BloombergAdministration will not apply the limit when it is supposed to start on May 15 and used in your own framework.
April
Big Antropip DOWN IN COMPLETE OF CRIP Export Limitations
April 30: Anticroppropic double-doubled To limit the export chip made from us, including some tweaks on the form of artificial intelligence, as applying for the restrictions about 2 countries and the resources to do the constraints. Nvidia speakers shot backsaid, “A central company should focus on innovations and increase the challenge, rather than not informing a large, or very sensitive, or ‘inquiry,’ alongside the living lobsters ‘or’
Intel Rancaratorium
April 22: In front of the Q1 Number, Intel’s telephone calls that planned to spend more than 21,000 employeesSee rankings-. Layoffe for slaughter Management, whatever CEO lip-bu tires are long to say that intel, and help you complete corporate technical focus.
The Trump is more limiting the chip’s export
April 15: Chip H20 AI Nvidia is hit with an export Requirements LicenseThe company exposes in sec. Company adds $ 5.5 billion in charges with this new requirement in the first time of 2026 fiscal year 2026. H20 MOST Ai Chip Nvidia can still export to China in some form or dress. TSMC and Intel reported the same cost as the same week.
NVIDIA appears to talk about the further chip export
April 9: CEO Nvidia Jensen Huang was wishes to dinner dinner at Donald Trump’s Mar-Aa-Lago Resorts, according to reports. At the time, NPR reported Huang May may be able to eliminate H20 A NVIDIA h20 AI NVIDIA circumstances from export limitations when agree to investing data center in the US
The agreement that is alleged between Intel and TSMC
April 3: Intel and TSMC alleged to the tentative approval To start the business of chipmaking together. This joint venture will operate Intel chipmaking facilities, and TSMC will have a 20% stake in the new effort. The two companies refused to comment or confirm. If this Agreement does not come again, this may preview the potential transaction in this industry.
Intel spraying noncore assets, declared a new initiative
April 1: The CEO lip-bu tan tall can work. Just a few weeks after he participated in Intel, the company announced that it was going Play from noncore assets So it can focus on. He also said that the company would launch a new product, including a special semiconductor for customers.
march
The name of the new Intel CEO
March 12: Intel announced industry veterans, and former Board Members, Lip-bu tan will return to the company as CEO On March 18th. When the time, the Intel said would be a “technical focus company” in the leader.
February
The Group Ohoho Intel will be late again
February 28: Intel is supposed to start to apply for the first chip chips in Ohio this year. But, The company slowly down the construction In the plant twice in February. Now the $ 28 billion semiconductor project will not wrap the construction up to 2030 and may not open up to 2031.
Senator calls for more chip exposure limitations
February 3: Senator US, including Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass Mass) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo), writes a letter to the Secretary Trade Nonity Lutnick Create Trump Administration to restrict Export Chip AI. The letter is specifically mentioned the Chips of the H20 A NVIDIA H20 AI NVIDIA cricket, which is used in model training “R1 deepseek’s R1.
January
DeepSeek release the model “reasonable”
January 27: Chinese Ai station Deepeek cause to take a bath in a silicon valley when it was released Open the R1 version “See rankings-. While this is not a special semiconductor News, the alarm is magnitude in industry AI and semiconductor in the DeepSeek industry causing ripple effects in the Chip Industry.
Joe Bider Executive Orders Bider Bider In Export Chip
January 13: With a long week in the office, former President Joe Biden Proposed a new export ban The AI chips are made. This order makes three levels of structures that determine how many US chips can be exported to each country. In this proposal, 1-state tier facing prohibition; The Tier 2 state has a credit limit for the first time; and tier 3 countries get additional restrictions.
Dario AMODEI AMDHOLOPIK SEND BUY IN THE CHIP Export Limit
January 6: Co-founder antropropic and CEO Diario DiaRario co-wte wrote a op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Apply controlled control of an existing chip and pointing her as a reason why china ai market is at the end of the US ‘. He also called the President Donald Trump to apply for more advanced ban and close loopholes that allow AI AI in China still catch chips.
This story was originally published May 9 2025, and updated automatically with new information.