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Tuesday 12 May 2026

GaN patent fight between China and Europe extends beyond courtroom

As the global patent battle over gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors intensifies, a recent ruling by the US International Trade Commission...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Analysis: The US$2.5 billion smuggling case hanging over Supermicro's US$40 billion year

Supermicro CEO Charles Liang used the opening of his fiscal third quarter of 2026 earnings call to address a topic unrelated to revenue or margins: the DOJ indictment of former employees...

Thursday 30 April 2026

SpaceX's IPO gives Musk unchecked control via 'Texas fortress' strategy

As SpaceX prepares for a public debut at a valuation targeting US$1.75 trillion, new regulatory filings have revealed a corporate governance structure that positions Elon Musk as an...

Monday 27 April 2026

TSMC trade secret theft ends in 10-year sentence, $4.6M fine against Tokyo Electron

A Taiwanese court handed down its harshest ruling yet in a semiconductor trade secret case on Monday, sentencing a former TSMC engineer to 10 years in prison and fining Japanese equipment...

Monday 27 April 2026

Singapore-washing is dead: China cuts off US tech investment

"Singapore-washing" — the tactic of Chinese technology firms re-domiciling in the city-state to bypass geopolitical scrutiny — is facing an existential threat. China has...

Friday 24 April 2026

Apple faces US$38B antitrust fine in India, eyes Trump card for relief

Apple faces a potential US$38 billion antitrust fine in India as Tim Cook prepares to hand leadership to John Ternus, raising both legal and business implications for the company and...

Thursday 23 April 2026

Former Samsung Electronics researcher sentenced to 7-year prison term for leaking DRAM trade secrets

A former researcher at Samsung Electronics was sentenced to seven years in prison on April 22 by a South Korean court for leaking core semiconductor trade secrets to a Chinese competitor...

Thursday 23 April 2026

Supermicro GPU smuggling prompts Nvidia to intensify supply chain audit

Following the recent smuggling indictment involving Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw and others, Nvidia has significantly upgraded its global supply chain monitoring practices in recent...

Monday 20 April 2026

Samsung files injunction to prevent union from occupying chip facilities

Samsung Electronics has taken legal action amid escalating labor disputes with its union, filing for an injunction at a South Korean court on April 16, 2026, to prevent the union from...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Claude Code leak rattles industry, legal risks mount

A major internal code leak has recently struck Anthropic, with approximately 510,000 lines of core source code from its AI coding tool, Claude Code, being unintentionally exposed and...

Thursday 2 April 2026

TSMC plans 12 fabs in Arizona as supply chain shifts from passive to active

TSMC's expansion scale in the US has exceeded expectations, prompting Taiwanese suppliers with existing or planned local operations to take a more proactive approach. Reportedly, companies...

Saturday 28 March 2026

Samsung labor talks resume as new law boosts union leverage

Samsung Electronics has decided to restart negotiations on wages and collective agreements, temporarily halting a planned large-scale strike scheduled for late May. The risk of strike...

Friday 27 March 2026

Taiwan weighs response as China expands 'long-arm jurisdiction' reach

More than a decade after Taiwanese display makers were swept up in a global antitrust crackdown, officials in Taipei are again warning of the risks posed by expanding legal reach across...

Friday 27 March 2026

GlobalFoundries sues Tower Semiconductor over chip manufacturing patents

GlobalFoundries has filed multiple lawsuits against rival Tower Semiconductor, alleging infringement of 11 patents related to chip manufacturing...

Friday 27 March 2026

Taiwan reviews National Security Act, targets hybrid threats; no link to TSMC's Wei-jen Lo case

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Internal Administration Committee held its second public hearing on proposed amendments to the National Security...

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