Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix’s $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion

Negotiations between the National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents workers in the company’s chipmaking division, and management have seemingly broken down over a single issue.

PCIe 8.0 spec hits 1 TB/s of bandwidth and has new connector technology — spec hits 0.5V milestone, final ratification expected in 2028

PCI-SIG announces availability of the first PCIe Gen8 draft, reassures 256 GT/s data transfer rate, maintains backwards compatibility, evaluates new connector technology.

Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to build three new US-based optical fiber plants — AI infrastructure deal would boost fiber production capacity by over 50%

Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to help partners that deploy its hardware in the U.S. to get enough of optical fiber, grant Nvidia control over a significant chunk of domestic fiber production.

Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don’t want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood

According to a new survey conducted by Ipsos at the end of last year, almost half of all queried Americans said they would oppose an AI data center being built near their community.

SpaceX files for $55 billion semiconductor fab in rural Texas for Musk’s Terafab — total chipmaking fab investment could reach $119 billion

The capital figures in this filing far exceed what was disclosed when Elon Musk announced Terafab in March, where the project carried a $20 billion price tag.

Global semiconductor sales hit nearly $300 billion in Q1 2026 — chips are on track to top $1 trillion for this year, says report

Sales of chips in Q1 2026 hit $298.5 billion and are on track to exceed $1 trillion this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Denmark presses pause on new data center grid connections as total requests hit 60 GW — Nordic nation is the latest to put the brakes on AI buildouts

Denmark’s Energinet grid operator has pressed pause on new connection requests in the country as potential new data centers and other installations put total demands of up to 60 GW on its docket.

Microsoft says ‘Transformation Paradox’ holding back AI adoption in the workplace — 45% of respondents say it’s safer to focus on current goals, rather than AI innovation

Microsoft’s study says that it’s not just enough to give employees access to AI tools for them to make the most of it. Instead, they should revamp their processes and systems to integrate AI use from the top-down.

AMD expects 20% decline in gaming revenue from ‘higher memory and component costs’ in the second half of the year — CEO Lisa Su warns of further memory crunch

AMD is expecting the memory crunch to hit its gaming business in the second half of the year, with revenue expected to decline by “more than 20%.”