By Karen Freifeld and Toby Sterling (Reuters) -A U.S. official was heading to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government to urge the allies to further restrict China’s ability to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Alan Estevez, the U.S. export policy chief, is visiting both countries this week as […]
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -A U.S. official was headed to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government in an effort to push allies to further crack down on China’s ability to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Alan Estevez, the U.S. export policy chief, was again trying to […]
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – A U.S. official was headed to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government in an effort to push allies to further crack down on China’s ability to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Alan Estevez, the U.S. export policy chief, was again trying […]
China wants to dominate global chip manufacturing, but its ambitions are dashed by the hard reality of its low domestic production rates. According to a graph from a Nikkei report, China’s domestic chipmaking tool manufacturers produce 20% of the tools the country uses for chipmaking, but it currently only has a production rate of 1% […]
A high-ranking Huawei executive has reportedly made a rare admission that China’s ambitious semiconductor efforts may have peaked. On June 9, during the Mobile Computility Network Conference in Suzhou, China, Huawei’s Cloud Services CEO Zhang Ping’an voiced concerns about China’s inability to source 3.5nm chips because of U.S. sanctions. Zhang pointed out that TSMC, based […]
Speculation is swirling about how far US-sanctioned Huawei Technologies can push its latest chip-making techniques to keep up with the cutting-edge designs enabled by the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines it is unable to use, 10 months after shocking the world with a 7-nanometre-grade processor. The Shenzhen-based telecommunications equipment giant has kept its cards close […]
The first Russian photolithography tool, capable of producing chips with a 350 nm process technology or thicker, has been built in Russia and is undergoing testing in Zelenograd. This mature technology is currently used for some automotive and power chips, though it could be used for military equipment too. We estimate that the new piece […]
What you need to know In November 2023, the US government imposed exportation rules preventing NVIDIA and AMD from supplying China with AI chips due to security concerns. Top semiconductor brands ASML and TSMC have reportedly disclosed that they can hinder China’s chipmaking machines remotely should they manage to invade Taiwan. The Biden-Harris administration is […]
By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian software firm Zoho is planning a foray into chipmaking and seeking incentives from the federal government, two sources with direct knowledge of the proposal said, with one of them pegging the investment plan at $700 million. Zoho, established in 1996 and now headquartered in India’s Tamil Nadu, […]
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to press the Netherlands next week to stop its top chipmaking equipment maker ASML from servicing some tools in China, two people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. leans on allies in its bid to hobble Beijing’s tech sector. Alan Estevez, […]
By Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney (Reuters) – Intel on Tuesday disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business, a blow to the chipmaker as it tries to regain a technology lead it lost in recent years to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Intel said the manufacturing unit had $7 billion in operating losses for 2023, […]
(Adds operating profit and revenue figures, recasts headline and lead) By Stephen Nellis April 2 (Reuters) – Semiconductor company Intel disclosed increasing operating losses for its foundry business on Tuesday, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. SEC. Intel said the manufacturing unit had $7 billion in operating losses for 2023, a steeper loss […]