Financial Updates – Page 14 – Financial Updates

US Boosts Semiconductor Edge: $600B Private Investment & CHIPS Stimulus Surge

The SIA U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map cata...

Since 2020, the CHIPS & Science Act has helpe...

Flagship projects include massive fabs and pa...

These investments aim to boost U.S. supply-ch...

SMIC Acquires Full SMNC Stake in ¥40.6B Deal Amid Export Restriction Pressure

Asia M&A Semiconductors

SMIC will acquire the remaining 49% of its ch...

The deal consolidates SMIC’s control over mat...

SMIC is also boosting the registered capital ...

Strong Q3 results underscore robust domestic ...

SMIC’s $5.8B Buyout of SMNC Signals China’s Push Toward Chip Autonomy

Asia M&A Semiconductors

SMIC will acquire the remaining 49% of subsid...

SMNC runs 12-inch fabs on mature nodes from r...

SMIC’s revenue and profit are rising sharply ...

China is using SMIC’s consolidation and paral...

Why Nvidia & Groq’s Licensing-Plus Model Is Reshaping AI Hardware Value

Global M&A Semiconductors

Nvidia is paying about US$20 billion in cash ...

Groq’s LPUs use on-chip SRAM and deterministi...

The non-exclusive licensing plus talent-trans...

The rich valuation, funded from Nvidia’s larg...

CISA Enhances SBOM & Launches Tool to Strengthen Secure Software Procurement

Americas Policy Cybersecurity

CISA launched a free “Software Acquisition Gu...

The tool structures assessments across lifecy...

CISA also issued draft 2025 SBOM Minimum Elem...

Together, the tool and SBOM guidance signal r...

Govini’s Ark Wins Department-of-War-Wide IDIQ: Accelerating Defense Acquisition and Readiness

Americas Firms Aerospace & Defense

Govini won a single-award bridge IDIQ contrac...

The deal builds on a five-year Army Contracti...

Govini claims Ark sharply compresses acquisit...

The award underscores growing DoW reliance on...

Q1 2025 Enterprise SaaS M&A: Deal Count Holds, Value Falls While VC, PE Roles Diverge

Global M&A Software

Q1 2025 enterprise SaaS M&A hit 210 deals, fl...

Aggregate deal value fell about 25% to $29.1 ...

Private equity set a record with 73 deals whi...

Valuations are compressing and increasingly f...

Inside the U.S. Army’s $10B Enterprise Deal with Palantir: Strategy, Risks & What’s Unclear

Americas Policy Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Army signed a 10-year enterprise agr...

The deal is designed to simplify and standard...

For Palantir, the agreement formalizes much o...

Key uncertainties include the undisclosed min...

How Smart Stores & Cashless Payments Are Transforming Unattended Retail

Global FYI Fintech

Unattended retail is shifting from low-value ...

Smart stores and micro-markets drive larger b...

Cashless and especially contactless payments ...

Key challenges and opportunities center on ma...

Why Payments Technology in 2025 Is Your Competitive Edge: Real-Time Pay, Fraud & Trust

Global FYI Fintech

In 2025, payments tech like automation, virtu...

Real-time, multi-rail payments and mature emb...

Fraud prevention evolved into strategic fraud...

These shifts raise urgent questions around AI...