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Intel appoints semiconductor veterans Eric Meurice and Steve Sanghi to its board after ousting CEO Pat Gelsinger
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Intel appoints semiconductor veterans Eric Meurice and Steve Sanghi to its board after ousting CEO Pat Gelsinger

Live Mint  

- Intel on Thursday named two chip industry veterans to its board, as the struggling semiconductor firm looks for a new top boss following the recent ouster of Pat Gelsinger and tries to reclaim its lost glory. The chipmaker said Eric Meurice, former CEO of chipmaking equipment provider ASML, and Steve Sanghi, interim CEO of Microchip Technology, are the new …

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China fights back against US' new chip restrictions, blocks export of key minerals needed in chipmaking
3 weeks ago

China fights back against US' new chip restrictions, blocks export of key minerals needed in chipmaking

Firstpost  

Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced the restrictions, effective immediately, targeting gallium, germanium, antimony, and other key materials. It accused Washington of weaponising trade under the guise of national security China’s decision to block mineral shipments highlights its willingness to leverage its dominance in critical resources, as the country produces 98 per cent of the world’s gallium and 60 per cent …

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China tightens curbs on exports of materials with chip-making applications to US
3 weeks ago

China tightens curbs on exports of materials with chip-making applications to US

Live Mint  

China will strengthen controls on U.S.-bound exports of some materials that are used in chip making and can have military applications, a move that comes amid rising trade tensions between the two countries. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that it will ban exports of so-called dual-use materials to the U.S. for military purposes. A ministry spokesperson said the …

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger breaks silence after being forced out by the company board
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger breaks silence after being forced out by the company board

Hindustan Times  

Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, has been forced out of the chipmaking giant less than four years after taking the top job at the company. The Intel board told Gelsinger he could retire or be removed, and he chose to step down, news agency Reuters reported, quoting sources. Pat Gelsinger resigned as the CEO of Intel on December 1. I …

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US unleashes another crackdown on China’s chip industry
3 weeks, 2 days ago

US unleashes another crackdown on China’s chip industry

Al Jazeera  

The move is President Joe Biden’s administration’s last large-scale effort to stymie China’s ability to access and produce chips. The United States has launched its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group, among other moves. The latest effort on Monday to hobble Beijing’s chipmaking ambitions also …

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Amid trade war with West, China buys more chipmaking tools than South Korea, Taiwan & US: Report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Amid trade war with West, China buys more chipmaking tools than South Korea, Taiwan & US: Report

Firstpost  

China has spent a record $25 billion in buying chipmaking equipment so far this year and is expected to spend $50 billion by the end of the year Amid an escalating trade war with the West, China has emerged as the top buyer of chipmaking tools this year, according to a report. Amid such a conflict, the Semiconductor Equipment and …

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Inside the race to train more workers in the chip-making capital of the world
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the race to train more workers in the chip-making capital of the world

LA Times  

Build the technology of the future. These were some of the rewards of working in the semiconductor industry, 200 high school students learned at a recent daylong recruiting event for one of Taiwan’s top engineering schools. “Taiwan doesn’t have many natural resources,” Morris Ker, the chair of the newly created microelectronics department at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University told …

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To hire chip-making professionals, Tata Group all set for huge Taiwan talent hunt
8 months, 2 weeks ago

To hire chip-making professionals, Tata Group all set for huge Taiwan talent hunt

Hindustan Times  

With so much importance being put globally on hardware these days, especially on manufacturing chips, there was a widely noticeable and glaring gap in India’s ability, talent-wise and even infrastructure-wise, to be able to do so. For that, Tata Electronics has planned and will be going on a roadshow in Taiwan to attract top talent there and supplant them in …

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Chipmaking Hub Taiwan to be Hit by Power-Price Hikes From April
9 months ago

Chipmaking Hub Taiwan to be Hit by Power-Price Hikes From April

Hindustan Times  

Chipmaking hub Taiwan will be hit by higher electricity rates starting April 1, a move that’s set to impact large industrial users the most and will likely spur inflation. HT Image Internet data centers and large scale industrial users, which include the likes of chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., will see their power tariffs jump by between 15% and …

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Why ASML’s new chip-making machine is a scientific marvel | Explained
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Why ASML’s new chip-making machine is a scientific marvel | Explained

The Hindu  

Computers denote data in bits – the famous 0s and 1s – using semiconductors. We have powerful computers almost everywhere around us thanks to a technology called semiconductor lithography – the science of printing intricate circuits with extreme precision. Industry analysts say the machine ups ASML’s competition with Intel in the market for the most advanced semiconductors, to power the …

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Gujarat in talks with chipmakers in Japan, US, South Korea as PM Modi eyes chipmaking hub
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat in talks with chipmakers in Japan, US, South Korea as PM Modi eyes chipmaking hub

Firstpost  

With an aim to become a chipmaker for the world, the Gujarat government is in talks with chipmakers in Japan, South Korea and the United States for potential investments in the state. Gujarat has also held talks with Foxconn over a semiconductor plant, and U.S. memory chip firm Micron Technology Inc is also building a chip assembly and testing facility …

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Netherlands Blocks ASML Exports of Some Chip-Making Equipment to China
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Netherlands Blocks ASML Exports of Some Chip-Making Equipment to China

Live Mint  

Netherlands has blocked chip-equipment manufacturer ASML’s exports to China of some lithography systems, which are essential to making advanced microprocessors, in a partial license revocation following U.S. export restrictions. The Netherlands-based company said Monday that the Dutch government recently partially revoked an export license for shipping the NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems to China in 2023. Dutch semiconductor companies have …

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China receives U.S. equipment to make advanced chips despite new rules: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

China receives U.S. equipment to make advanced chips despite new rules: Report

The Hindu  

November 15, 2023 06:04 pm | Updated 07:18 pm IST - WASHINGTON Chinese companies are buying up U.S. chipmaking equipment to make advanced semiconductors, despite a raft of new export curbs aimed at thwarting advances in the country's semiconductor industry, a report said on Tuesday. The 741 page annual report, released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, takes …

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U.S. throws Nvidia a lifeline while choking off China's chipmaking future
1 year, 2 months ago

U.S. throws Nvidia a lifeline while choking off China's chipmaking future

The Hindu  

While stripping China's access to key U.S. artificial intelligence chips, the Biden administration's sweeping new rules also quietly threw Nvidia, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices a potential lifeline to preserve lucrative business in one of the world's biggest chip markets. Buried deep in more than 400 pages of rules issued on Tuesday, officials at the U.S. Bureau of Industry and …

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Samsung and SK Hynix granted permission to export U.S. chipmaking tools to Chinese facilities
1 year, 2 months ago

Samsung and SK Hynix granted permission to export U.S. chipmaking tools to Chinese facilities

India TV News  

The U.S. government has granted Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, two major South Korean chip manufacturers, updated general authorizations to continue supplying specific U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment to their facilities in China. This decision comes as a result of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security designating both companies as "validated end users," which eases the licensing requirements for …

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US allows Samsung, SK Hynix to keep getting US tools in China
1 year, 2 months ago

US allows Samsung, SK Hynix to keep getting US tools in China

The Hindu  

The United States gave permission for South Korea's SK Hynix and Samsung to keep receiving certain U.S. chipmaking tools at their Chinese plants, the Commerce Department said in a statement on Friday. The authorization allows them to continue their Chinese chipmaking operations without the headache of applying for U.S. licenses to get new equipment, after new rules issued last October …

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ROK gets 'gift' for ceding tech firms' control to US
1 year, 2 months ago

ROK gets 'gift' for ceding tech firms' control to US

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The Joe Biden administration will soon allow Samsung and SK Hynix to acquire the equipment they need from US companies to expand their chipmaking operations in China by putting the two chipmaking giants on its "List of Validated End Users", according to Seoul. The gratitude the Yoon Suk-yeol government has expressed to the Biden administration after the …

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Today’s Cache | OpenAI explores chipmaking; Meta, X face heat over AI-generated deepfakes; Billions laundered through blockchain
1 year, 2 months ago

Today’s Cache | OpenAI explores chipmaking; Meta, X face heat over AI-generated deepfakes; Billions laundered through blockchain

The Hindu  

OpenAI explores chipmaking OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is exploring making its own artificial intelligence chips going as far as evaluating a potential acquisition target. Meta, X face heat over AI-generated deepfakes Two Democratic members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing “serious concerns” about the emergence of AI-generated …

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Biden administration warned China to expect updated export curbs in Oct: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden administration warned China to expect updated export curbs in Oct: Report

Live Mint  

The US had warned China of its plans to update rules on export of the AI chips and chipmaking tools as soon as early October, an official told Reuters news agency. Now, the Biden administration aims to limit access to more chipmaking tools in line with new Dutch and Japanese rules and to close some loopholes in export restrictions on …

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Intel’s Big Chip-Making Push in Germany Hits Bottleneck
1 year, 2 months ago

Intel’s Big Chip-Making Push in Germany Hits Bottleneck

Live Mint  

MAGDEBURG, Germany—Intel says it needs 3,000 people to staff the semiconductor factory it plans to build in eastern Germany by the end of the decade. The German government trumpeted Intel’s planned development as a game changer, backed by federal subsidies totaling 10 billion euros—equivalent to $10.59 billion—that would help the economy pivot toward new industry. Intel and local officials said …

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Foxconn to apply for India chipmaking incentives after breaking up with Vedanta
1 year, 5 months ago

Foxconn to apply for India chipmaking incentives after breaking up with Vedanta

India Today  

Taiwan's Foxconn said on Tuesday it plans to apply for incentives that India is offering under its semiconductor manufacturing policy, a day after the company parted ways with Vedanta on a $19.5 billion chipmaking joint venture. "Foxconn is committed to India and sees the country successfully establishing a robust semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem," the company said. On Monday, Foxconn withdrew from …

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Foxconn dumps $19.5bn Vedanta chip plan in blow to India
1 year, 5 months ago

Foxconn dumps $19.5bn Vedanta chip plan in blow to India

Al Jazeera  

India has made chipmaking a top priority for its economic strategy, and this pullout is a blow to efforts to get investors. Taiwan’s Foxconn has withdrawn from a $19.5bn semiconductor joint venture with Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta, it said, a setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chipmaking plans for India. Modi has made chipmaking a top priority for India’s economic …

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China’s restrictions on chip-making materials are ’just the start’, warns ex min
1 year, 5 months ago

China’s restrictions on chip-making materials are ’just the start’, warns ex min

Live Mint  

China's export control measures of chip-making materials is "just the start" and the country has more sanction measures and tools available, China Daily reported former Vice Commerce Minister Wei Jianguo as saying. " Meanwhile, according to Wall Street Journal, China set export restrictions on two minerals the US says are critical to the production of semiconductors, missile systems and solar …

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China to restrict export of chipmaking materials in trade war with US
1 year, 5 months ago

China to restrict export of chipmaking materials in trade war with US

India Today  

China will control exports of some metals widely used in the semiconductor industry, its commerce ministry announced on Monday, the latest salvo in an escalating war over access to high-tech microchips between Beijing and the United States. The controls, which China said were aimed at protecting national security and interests, will require exporters to seek permission to ship some gallium …

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