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May 28, 2023 | Mary Hong

Beijing’s Shift to Military for Chip Development Reason for OPPO’s Chip Closure: Analysts

Chinese smartphone company OPPO launched its chip branch, ZEKU, in 2019 when independent semiconductor chip research and development (R&D) was a national campaign of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Four years later, China’s chip bubble finally burst when OPPO abruptly terminated ZEKU. It is believed that more Chinese semiconductor developers will soon follow suit. Experts analyzed […]

March 23, 2023 | NTD Newsroom

US Lays Out New Rules to Limit China’s Chip Access

The commerce department proposed new rules to limit the number of chips ending up in the hands of adversarial countries like China. That’s following the CHIPS act passed and put aside $52 Billion to advance America’s chip capacity, from research and development to manufacturing.

February 4, 2023 | NTD Newsroom

Kansas: $304 Million Committed to Chip Plant to Draw Federal Funds

Kansas officials are planning to hand over more than $300 million in taxpayer-funded incentives for a semiconductor company to build a new factory in the state’s largest city. But there’s a catch: The project won’t go forward without funds promised by the federal government for rebuilding the nation’s chip-making capacity. According to Gov. Laura Kelly […]

January 28, 2023 | NTD Newsroom

Report: Japan, Netherlands to Join US in Restricting Chip Equipment Exports to China

China’s access to semiconductors could soon take yet another hit, as Japan and the Netherlands reached an agreement with the United States in restricting exports of some advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to the communist country, according to a report by Bloomberg on Jan. 27.

November 22, 2022 | Reuters

TSMC Planning Advanced Chip Production in Arizona, Says Company’s Founder

TAIPEI—Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is planning to produce chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology at its new factory in the U.S. state of Arizona but the plans are not completely finalized yet, the company’s founder Morris Chang said on Monday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd. (TSMC), a major Apple Inc. supplier and the world’s largest contract chipmaker, […]

August 31, 2022 | Reuters

Rubio Criticizes Biden Administration’s Approval of Chip Deal With China Ties

WASHINGTON—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Monday criticized U.S. regulatory approval of a bid by chip intellectual property company Alphawave to purchase U.S.-based OpenFive, over alleged national security risks posed by the buyer’s ties to China’s Wise Road Capital. On Friday, the Toronto and London-based Alphawave, which licenses its technology to chipmakers, said it had received […]

February 8, 2022 | Katabella Roberts

Nvidia Terminates Planned $40 Billion Acquisition of UK Chip Designer Arm Due to ‘Significant Regulatory Challenges’

Nvidia’s planned acquisition of the UK-based chip designer Arm from SoftBank has collapsed due to “significant regulatory challenges,” the companies said in a joint release Tuesday. The cash-and-stock deal was originally announced in 2020 and had a value at the time of $40 billion. It planned to bring together Nvidia’s AI computing platform with Arm’s vast […]

January 26, 2022 | Dorothy Li

US-China Ties Growing More Adversarial Due To ‘Much More Aggressive’ Beijing, Blinken Says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 24 said he sees increasingly “adversarial” aspects of the United States relationship with the Chinese regime. The change is largely because the Chinese regime has become “much more assertive, much more aggressive, whether it’s in the region or beyond, by a variety of means,” Blinken said during […]

January 26, 2022 | Katabella Roberts

US Semiconductor Chip Shortage Poses Economic, National Security Risks: Commerce Dept.

The United States is facing a chronic shortage of semiconductor chips and a long-term solution is desperately needed to avoid economic and national security risks to the nation, according to a new report by the U.S Department of Commerce. A government survey of more than 150 companies that produce and buy chips—aimed at providing insight into the complex […]

January 21, 2022 | The Associated Press

Intel Building $20 Billion Ohio Chip Facility Amid Global Shortage

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games, with plans to grow the massive development in the future, the company announced Friday. Intel said two planned factories, or fabs, will support its own […]

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