Intel has secured a reduction of nearly EUR140 million (approx. US$163.7 million) in its remaining EU antitrust penalty, though the bloc’s second-highest court upheld the finding that the company abused its dominance in the x86 processor market, according to Reuters and Bloomberg.

Taiwanese manufacturers are positioning themselves for defense-sector expansion as the government prepares a NT$1.25 trillion (approx. US$40 billion) special budget to accelerate domestic weapons production and strengthen supply chain autonomy. The initiative aligns with a global surge in military spending and is expected to create new opportunities for unmanned systems, aerospace maintenance, and satellite communications.

US regulators have introduced a new inspection protocol for Nvidia’s H200 accelerators destined for China, requiring chips manufactured by TSMC to be shipped to the US for national security review before they can be re-exported. The unusual routing underscores Washington’s effort to maintain visibility over advanced computing hardware as global memory shortages threaten to slow new data center deployments through 2027.