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Monday 12 June 2023
Dutch seek to bar Chinese students from tech courses in chip war
The Dutch government is working on legislation that will be used to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive technologies including semiconductors and defense, according...
Friday 9 June 2023
Storm gathering on Chinese digital infrastructure and AI firms as further US sanctions are anticipated
In the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the so-called "Two Sessions"...
Thursday 8 June 2023
New US GaN patent war may cripple exports of top China vendor
A recent patent lawsuit filed by US-based gallium nitride (GaN) technology specialist Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) against China's top GaN devices vendor Innoscience Technology...
Tuesday 6 June 2023
US-Taiwan tech collab can go beyond semiconductors and into quantum and net-zero
With the US-China tech war raging on and companies like Micron caught in the crossfire, how should the government address semiconductor R&D and talent planning in response to...
Monday 5 June 2023
GOP lawmakers ramp up calls to counter China over Micron ban
Two key Republican lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to counter Beijing's ban of US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. by sanctioning a Chinese semiconductor company and...
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Xi's Micron ban shows his limited options to hit back at US
China's move to ban Micron Technology Inc.'s products marked its most meaningful retaliation yet against US export controls. Now the question is whether President Xi Jinping will...
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Samsung, SK Hynix may eventually suffer more than benefit from Micron sanction
With China formally imposing sanctions on Micron Technology, possible consequent impacts on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are fast drawing market concerns, and both Korean suppliers...
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Quit the geopolitical conspiracy theory on Oppo's chip design flop
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo disbanded its chip design house Zeku in May, stimulating commentary on Zeku being the latest victim of the US-China chip war among the media in China...
Friday 28 April 2023
Chinese military evolution tests US reshoring and ally-shoring in its Taiwan strategy
The US defense industry is attempting to regear itself in preparation for potential large-scale military conflicts, waking up from a post-Cold War investment hiatus during which counterinsurgency...
Friday 7 April 2023
US, Japanese, and Dutch semiconductor equipment export values to China dropped; more substantial strategies demanded by expert
Owing to the US-coordinated chip sanctions on China, the US, Japan, and the Netherlands have seen a significant drop in the total export value of semiconductor equipment to China.
Friday 24 March 2023
'No line to be drawn' in tech war with China, says former Commerce Department BIS official
US-China relations hit a new low in February as Washington added six Chinese companies to its Entity List in connection with the balloon incident. To complement the export controls...
Friday 24 March 2023
Taiwan foundries see surge in orders transferred from China
The US' escalation of the chip war with China has prompted more companies to shift their orders to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries. However, contract prices provided by TSMC and...
Thursday 23 March 2023
China unveils indigenous chiplet interface to reach self-reliance amid US containment
As China is getting isolated as a result of the US technological containment, China has come up with an indigenous interconnected interface for chiplet as Moore's law seems to approach...
Wednesday 22 March 2023
US export controls might be rolled out in stages, potentially covering all immersion DUV systems, according to DIGITIMES Research
As the US rallies Japan and the Netherlands to tighten up semiconductor export controls against China, the world has been trying to estimate the extent of damage done to the Chinese...
Monday 20 March 2023
Etron Chairman voices support for Taiwan tech industry's decentralized production strategy
It has been widely discussed that TSMC's overseas expansion may lead to soaring production costs. However, Dr. Nicky Lu, the chairman of Etron Technology, believes that it is necessary...