CHINA CHIPS MANUFACTURING

Set up by MIT and Stanford graduate Morris Chang in 1987, TSMC soon became the leader of the semiconductor industry. The Taiwan-based company manufactures almost 90% of the world's total chips and is the sole supplier of tech giants like Nvidia, App...

The core elements of the plan include getting foreign companies to invest in chipmaking in the United States and finding other countries to set up factories to finish the work.

Taiwanese semiconductor titan TSMC briefly joined a rarefied club of companies valued at more than $1 trillion on Monday. It works closely with AI leader Nvidia, which became the world's most valuable traded company in June with a market capitalisat...

The surveys show how Chinese firms are ramping up production despite weak domestic demand, which Beijing has failed to reverse with a rescue package for an ailing property sector.

China's ByteDance collaborates with U.S. chip designer Broadcom to develop a 5nm AI processor, ensuring a stable supply of high-end chips for TikTok and other apps amid U.S.-China tensions.

Heavy subsidies for industry, together with weak sales in China, have set the stage for an export boom, raising fears of factory job losses elsewhere

TSMC, a Taiwanese chipmaker, discussed moving its fabrication plants off the island amid tensions with China, but deemed it impossible due to 80-90% production capacity in Taiwan.

Imports from China is something India should monitor. But in some ways, this might be the way for the country to become a self-reliant economy.

The flattening prices underscore the challenges Nvidia's China business faces amid U.S. sanctions on AI chip exports and heightened competition, casting a cloud over its future in a market that contributed 17% to its revenue for fiscal 2024.

Nvidia's advanced AI chip designed for the Chinese market is facing challenges, with oversupply leading to lower prices than Huawei's rival chip. This highlights the difficulties Nvidia faces in China due to US sanctions and competition. While Nvidi...

ASML Holding NV and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have measures in place to remotely disable chipmaking machines in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The US government has expressed concerns about the impact of such an attack on th...

President Joe Biden announced a significant increase in tariffs on various Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and medical products, to address what the White House deems unfair trade practices. The move aims to bolster U.S. economic securi...

The concern over China’s rapid advances in key electronics turned into a full-scale panic during the pandemic because chip shortages emphasised the significance of these tiny devices for economic security.

Chandrasekaran will take over from Banmali Agrawala who has held the post for the last few years. Chandrasekaran who is already chairman of many key Tata group companies will take charge after requisite regulatory approvals. Agrawala, a key Tata Son...

Huawei's Pura 70 Pro showcases China's tech self-sufficiency advancements through increased use of Chinese suppliers, including HiSilicon's NAND memory chip, and Kirin 9010 processor, challenging U.S. sanctions and impacting the smartphone market.

The Pura 70 series Huawei unveiled last week sports the Kirin 9010 processor, consultancy TechInsights found in a teardown of the device. That's a newer version of the Kirin 9000s made by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. for the Mate ...

Industry body ICEA has recommended various measures, including encouraging large Indian corporates to invest in semiconductor design and treating chip design and manufacturing as a strategic sector, to place India at the forefront of semiconductor p...

The recent earthquake off Taiwan's east coast highlights the risks of concentrating chip-making capacity in one territory. While initial reports suggest no immediate impact on supply chains, the incident underscores the need for diversification. Chi...

"Technology is changing faster than ever, which means we have to wake up every day and ask ourselves, 'are we doing enough?' My job is to protect the American people and to make sure there are no sophisticated technology that we have, that China doe...