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South Korea Claims Former Samsung Employee Stole Chip Secrets

Indictment by South Korean prosecutors claims former Samsung employee tried to use stolen Samsung secrets in China chip plant deal

2 years ago

Japan Buys Out JSR As It Drives Chip Equipment Sector

Japanese government to buy out chip materials maker JSR as it seeks to take advantage of US-China tensions to boost…

2 years ago

Intel Restructures Manufacturing Business, Shares Slide

During investor update, Intel confirms manufacturing business will work like a separate unit as part of Pat Gelsinger's foundry plan

2 years ago

Intel Reaches Deal With Germany Over Magdeburg Chip Plant

Intel reaches agreement with Germany government over 10bn euros in subsidies for planned Magdeburg facility, as costs soar

2 years ago

Jaguar Land Rover Looks To AI To Secure Supply Chain

Jaguar Land Rover to embed AI in supply chain to help predict and avoid disruption, following years of chip shortages…

2 years ago

Intel Invests $25bn In Israel Chip Plant

Intel to spend $25bn on new chip plant in Israel as governments pressure chip companies to diversify supply chains away…

2 years ago

Foxconn Boss Discusses iPhone Plant Chaos, EV Plans

Foxconn chief executive says company shifting supply lines out of China as it prepares for worst-case scenario, as it makes…

2 years ago

ARM In Talks With Potential IPO Investors – Report

Talks with potential 'anchor investors' in ARM's upcoming IPO may include Intel, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, TSMC, Samsung etc

2 years ago

China Launches Supply Chain Expo Amidst US Pressure

China to host world's first national supply chain expo in Beijing in November as US and allies introduce chip sanctions

2 years ago

TSMC Defends Overseas Expansion Amidst Political Tensions

Taiwan's TSMC defends investment in overseas plants to shareholders as geopolitical tensions between US and China continue to intensify

2 years ago

France Contributes 2.9bn Euros To New Chip Plant

France to contribute 2.9bn euros to planned STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries semiconductor plant planned in Crolles

2 years ago

China Urges Japan To Drop Chip Export Restrictions

Minister hits back and says China is “strongly dissatisfied with” Japan’s decision to halt the export of chipmaking equipment

2 years ago

Nvidia Briefly Hits $1 Trillion Valuation

GPU powerhouse Nvidia briefly joins elite $1 trillion valuation club, after its share price continued to rise amid AI boom

2 years ago

Arm Rolls Out Next-Gen Smartphone Chip Tech

UK-based Arm announces Cortex-X4 core and Immortalis-G720 GPU for next-gen smartphone processing, AI and ML performance

2 years ago

Apple Signs Multi-Billion Dollar Deal With Broadcom For US Chips

Apple expands its US chip sourcing with multi-billion dollar deal with Broadcom, as the iPhone maker defocuses from China

2 years ago

China Bans Micron From Key Infrastructure

China internet regulator finds Micron products pose 'major security risk', amidst growing tensions with US

2 years ago

UK Government Unveils Long-Awaited £1 Billion Semiconductor Strategy

Long-awaited government strategy for UK semiconductor strategy unveiled, but some critics argue it is not enough

2 years ago

Kioxia, Western Digital ‘Accelerate’ Merger Talks

Toshiba memory spin-off Kioxia and Western Digital said to accelerate merger talks amidst oversupply, falling demand

2 years ago

US Warns Of Economic Damage If China Invades Taiwan

Chinese invasion of Taiwan would likely shut down chip production, causing huge economic impact for the world, US warns

2 years ago

ARM Files For IPO, But Not In London

Softbank's ARM Holdings registers for public listing in the US, in a blow to UK listing hopes and high level…

2 years ago

Germany Denies Chip Making Chemical Export Ban To China

There are currently no plans ban export to China of chemicals used to manufacture semiconductors, Germany says

2 years ago

Intel Posts Largest Ever Quarterly Loss, But Shares Rise

Intel posts largest ever quarterly loss in company history, coupled with a 36 percent decline in sales. But share price…

2 years ago

Semiconductor Revenue To Decline In 2023, Gartner Warns

Gartner forecasts global semiconductor revenue to decline 11.2 percent in 2023, amid economic uncertainties and weakening demand

2 years ago

ASML Boss Warns Of Chip Supply Uncertainty

Beijing will develop its own semiconductor equipment says CEO of ASML, and says market access to China is “absolutely essential”

2 years ago

Shanghai To Back Chip, AI Investments

China financial hub Shanghai to back investment in specialised areas of domestic tech industry including semiconductor design and AI

2 years ago

US Urges South Korea Not To Fill Micron Shortfall In China

US urges South Korea to tell companies not to make up for Micron exports to China if company is banned…

2 years ago

Seagate To Pay $300m Penalty Over Huawei Exports

Ouch. Seagate to hand over $300 million in fines after it exported 7.4 hard disk drives to Huawei, despite US…

2 years ago

GlobalFoundries Sues IBM, Again

IBM sued by GlobalFoundries, which alleges that Big Blue made unlawful disclosures to Intel, the Japanese consortium Rapidus and others

2 years ago