The Netherlands’ government on Wednesday said it plans new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining the U.S. effort to curb chip exports to China. The announcement marked the first concrete move by the Dutch, who oversee essential chipmaking technology, toward adopting rules urged by Washington to hobble China’s chipmaking industry […]
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China’s current plan for self-reliance has sparked a sense of competition in the global community. As the world’s second-largest economy and a leader in technological advancement, China’s quest for independence and sovereignty has the potential to shape the future of the global economy and technology. But to truly fulfill its vision of self-reliance, China must […]
In a move that could set back China’s tech ambitions by as much as a decade, U.S President Joe Biden is chipping away at the China chip industry. This move aims to stifle Beijing’s tech and military ambitions. The actions are intended to stop China from receiving essential technology that may be used in a […]
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is seeking a “common denominator” as it navigates restrictions on U.S. tech exports to China where the South Korean firm makes chips, with potential challenges including bringing in new chip-making equipment. The United States is considering limiting shipments of such equipment to memory chip makers in China to slow technological advances […]
China’s corruption watchdog said it was investigating the head of the country’s largest state-backed chip investment fund, just over two weeks after it announced a similar probe into a former executive linked to the fund. Ding Wenwu, the head of China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, also known as the “Big Fund”, is “suspected of […]
President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday with the chief executives of Lockheed Martin Corp, Medtronic PLC and Cummins Inc along with labor leaders as part of the administration’s push for legislation to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry. “Congress must pass this bill as soon as possible,” Biden said. “There is an economic imperative…. This […]
Chipmaking equipment supplier BE Semiconductor (BESI) on Thursday forecast a big drop in third-quarter revenue as soaring prices dampens demand. The maker of semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment said it expects its revenue to decline by 20 percent to 30 percent in the three months to Sept. 30 year-on-year, following a fall of 5.4 percent […]
Germany’s Volkswagen and Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics will co-develop a new semiconductor amid a global microchip crunch that has strained the car industry’s supply chain, the companies said on Wednesday. The move illustrates how Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker, is striving to gain greater control over the supply of chips, found in ever greater number in new […]
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology, the first to do so globally, as it seeks new clients to catch far bigger rival TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. Compared with conventional 5-nanometre chips, the newly developed first-gen 3-nanometre process can reduce power consumption by up […]
Taiwan authorities raided ten Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching chip engineers and other tech talent this week, the island’s Investigation Bureau said on Thursday, the latest crackdown on Chinese firms to protect its chip supremacy. Home to chipmaker giant TSMC and accounting for the majority of the world’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity, Taiwan […]