Members of the ChipStack team. (ChipStack Photo) Semiconductor software giant Cadence Design Systems agreed to acquire ChipStack, a Seattle-based startup developing AI tools to speed up chip verification...

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Cadence has announced significant progress in chip design automation and IP, underscoring its long-standing collaboration with TSMC to deliver advanced design infrastructure and accelerate time-to-market for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. The two companies have worked closely across domains, including AI-driven electronic design automation (EDA), 3D-ICs, IP, and photonics, enabling the production of the world’s most advanced semiconductors.

By Fanny Potkin and Liam Mo SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chip design workers at Chinese tech giant ByteDance, many based in Beijing or Shanghai, unexpectedly found out last week that they are part of a Singapore unit, three people familiar with the matter said. The employees made the discovery when they were moved into a new group on the company’s internal messaging platform, two of the people said. Having chip design staff report into a Singapore unit may help ByteDance navigate U.S.-China tensions as it seeks to access advanced semiconductor technology. Since late 2023, U.S. regulations have prevented companies based in mainland China from using Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chip manufacturer, to produce advanced AI chips above certain performance thresholds. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not disclose the name of the unit. Reuters was not able to learn how many of ByteDance’s chip design staff are part of this unit. ByteDance, which is best known outside China as the owner of TikTok, did not respond to a request for comment. ByteDance is one of many tech firms worldwide ramping up efforts to develop proprietary chips, known as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), in a bid to reduce reliance on suppliers such as Nvidia. It does not currently outsource chip manufacturing to TSMC, but sources said last year that it was working with U.S. chip designer Broadcom on developing an advanced AI processor that would be made by the Taiwanese firm. 3rd party Ad. Not an offer or recommendation by Investing.com. See disclosure here or remove ads. ByteDance has a Singapore-registered entity called Picoheart that the company incorporated in December 2023, according to business registration records. Picoheart attracted attention last year when it acquired a 9.5% stake in Chinese memory chip maker Innostar. ByteDance also has large data centers in Singapore and TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, is based there. ByteDance began hiring chip-related staff in earnest in 2022. It has, however, launched fewer chips than rivals such as Alibaba and Baidu. Currently, chips released by ByteDance can only handle inference tasks, which are less computationally intensive than training workloads, two of the sources said. Recent job postings by the company show six positions seeking chip-related talent, including one for its AI chip team. Should you invest $2,000 in BIDU right now? First, check if it's included in one of this month's AI-powered stock strategies for ProPicks AI. Investing.com created these strategies to identify the most exciting trading opportunities currently in the market. The stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years, like ViaSat and Sapiens, both up over 60%+ each in Q2 of 2025 alone. Is BIDU one of them?

Key Takeaways Het bezoek van Nvidia-CEO Jensen Huang aan Taiwan is gericht op het versterken van de samenwerking van het bedrijf met TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). Tijdens zijn reis zal Huang topfunctionarissen van TSMC ontmoeten om hun nieuwste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van virtual reality-technologie en de aankomende productlanceringen te bespreken. Deze laatste omvatten […]