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South Korea's SK Group considers asset sales, mergers as part of overhaul

The group, best known for its chip firm SK Hynix , has become bloated over the past decade and its electric vehicle battery unit has lost billions of dollars

China's ByteDance collaborates with Broadcom to develop advanced AI chip

ByteDance's tie-up with Broadcom, an existing business partner, would help slash procurement costs

US wants Netherlands, Japan to further restrict chip equipment to China

In a response on Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China was opposed to the US "coercing other countries and suppressing China's semiconductor industry"

Discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan, but move impossible, says TSMC

Chairman C.C. Wei said that given 80 per cent-90 per cent of its production capacity is in Taiwan, it would be impossible to move the factories

High bandwidth memory almost sold out for 2025: Nvidia supplier SK Hynix

The Nvidia supplier and the world's second-largest memory chipmaker will begin sending samples of its latest HBM chip

Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia Holding hit with cyberattack

The company was last year subject to an investigation by the Dutch government related to its acquisition of chip firm Nowi Energy BV as the state increased its scrutiny of Chinese tech investments

Why maintaining ASML equipment is new front in US-China chip war?

ASML dominates the market for lithography tools - huge expensive, complex machines that perform one step in the chipmaking process, helping to create circuitry

South Korea's production of semiconductors rises by most in 14 years

The memory-chip market that underpins South Korea's semiconductor industry is notorious for its boom-and-bust cycle

India now distinct regional priority for Intel: Exec VP Christoph Schell

The global semiconductor industry is projected to reach a trillion-dollar valuation by 2030

How India is betting big on the global outsourced semiconductor play

The Cabinet today cleared two projects, the Tata's assembly testing and packaging plant (ATMP) and the Murugappa-owned CG Power with Renesas from Japan as its tech partner

US-China tech rivalry keeps South Korean chipmakers in costly limbo

While China is still by far South Korea's biggest trading partner, monthly exports to the US surpassed those to China for the first time in more than two decades

From chip makers to car cos, global firms flocking to Gujarat: Officials

Though Gujarat has only about six per cent of India's geographical area and nearly five per cent of the population, the state has become an engine of the country's development with world-renowned firms coming here for business, according to officials. As per the official website of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS), the state has over 200 industrial estates with close to 100 private industrial parks. The 10th edition of VGGS, the state's biennial investors' meet, is scheduled to be held next month in the capital Gandhinagar. To further strengthen sector-specific investments and infrastructure, the state has also announced several sector-specific industrial parks, said the website. I have always said that the development of the country depends on the development of Gujarat. The world's largest multinational companies, including 100-plus Fortune 500 global companies, are operating in the state. These include Suzuki, Honda, Hitachi, Toyota, and many more" said Prime Minister ..

China's largest chipmaker SMIC's Q3 net down 80%; says market stabilising

Their results echoed others such as Taiwan's TSMC and Germany's Siltronic, who have faced similar earnings pressure from a slowdown in the semico­nductor industry

TSMC's $72 bn rout concerns investors of prolonged weakness in chip sector

The 12-month earnings estimate for TSMC has also been revised down by about 8% from a high in October last year, according to Bloomberg data

TMS Ep516: Tata and Haldiram's, 7nm chips, markets, India or Bharat

Why does Tata want Haldiram's on its plate? Is China winning the chip war? Is it time to bargain hunt speciality chemical stocks? India or Bharat: What the Constituent Assembly decided. Answers here

Huawei's chip advance is part of China's history of grievance against west

History has lots of examples of technology spreading in spite of government attempts at monopoly - mostly to the detriment of China

China move to curb chipmaking material exports escalates supply worries

China has hit the American trade restrictions where it hurts, said Peter Arkell, chairman of the Global Mining Association of China

China defends ban on Micron, accuses Washington of 'economic coercion'

The Chinese government on Wednesday defended its ban on products from US memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. in some computer systems after Washington expressed concern, adding to strains over technology and security. The security review of Micron products was conducted in accordance with the law," said a foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Sunday said Micron products have unspecified security risks but gave no details. It banned them from computers that handle sensitive information. That came after Washington, Japan and the Netherlands blocked Chinese access to technology to make advanced processor chips on security grounds at a time when the ruling Communist Party is threatening to attack Taiwan and is more assertive toward its other Asian neighbours. China's cybersecurity review does not target specific countries or regions, Mao said. We do not exclude technologies and products from any country. Companies on both sides have bee

China flags supply chains, population as top priorities for new policies

China has become increasingly alert to supply chain security risks amid a US push to cut it off from advanced chip technology. Adding to it, its population has shrunk signaling a demographic crisis

Global chip revenue to decline 11% this year, short-term outlook grim

The PC, tablet and smartphone semiconductor markets are stagnating. The combined markets will represent 31 per cent of semiconductor revenue in 2023 and total $167.6 billion