U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that receive CHIPS Act funding to build factories in the country, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/tech/trump-us-chip-makers-chips-act/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #howardlutnick #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #semiconductors #tech #intel #micron #tsmc #samsung
U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take a cut of revenue from chip sales to China offers U.S. companies a model for circumventing years of trade tensions with the Asian giant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/tech/trump-deal-nvidia-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #amd #semiconductors #jensenhuang #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #china
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he might allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down version of its next-generation advanced graphics processing unit chip in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/tech/trump-nvidia-ai-chips-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jensenhuang #nvidia #semiconductors #china #ai #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China to the US government as part of a deal with the Trump administration to secure export licenses, the Financial Times reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/11/tech/nvidia-amd-china-chip-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #amd #china #semiconductors #tech #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
TSMC faces serious threats from attempted trade secret theft and U.S. tariff uncertainty, but its technological dominance and strategic importance keep Taiwan’s “silicon shield” intact — for now. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/08/tsmcs-crown-cant-be-tarnished/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #taiwan #tsmc #tariffs #semiconductors #chipmaking
South Korea's top trade envoy has said that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix won't be subject to 100% U.S. tariffs on chips, with the country benefiting from favorable rates on chips under its deal with Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/south-korea-samsung-sk-hynix-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #southkorea #samsung #skhynix #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #semiconductors
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose a 100% tariff on semiconductor imports, though companies moving production back to the United States will be exempted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/trump-chips-tariff-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #timcook #semiconductors #apple #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
The Trump administration could impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductor chips, with an exception for companies like Apple that have committed to manufacturing in the US. One way or another, expect electronics prices to go up though. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/trump-plans-100-tariff-on-chips-with-carveout-for-apple-others #chips #tariffs#Semiconductors
Six people have been arrested in Taiwan on suspicions that they trade secrets from global tech industry linchpin Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/tech/taiwan-tsmc-chip-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tsmc #huawei #semiconductors #taiwan #china
Intel has posted quarterly revenue that topped market expectations, saying it has cut about 15% of its workforce to be "more agile." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/25/companies/us-chip-intel-revenue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #intel #chipmakers #semiconductors #skhynix #tsmc #samsung
Nvidia plans to resume sales of its H20 AI chip to China after securing Washington’s assurances that such shipments would get approved, a dramatic reversal from the Trump administration’s earlier stance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/tech/nvidia-h20-ai-chip-china-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jensenhuang #nvidia #china #semiconductors #chipmakers #tech #us #huawei #ai
Malaysia will now require permits for exports of high-performance U.S. artificial intelligence chips, suggesting the government is aiming to clamp down on any possible diversion of it to places like China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/tech/malaysia-ai-chip-us-china-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #malaysia #semiconductors #us #china #ai #nvidia #jensenhuang
Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the U.S. government doesn’t need to be concerned that the Chinese military will use his company’s products to improve their capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/tech/nvidia-huang-china-ai-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #jensenhuang #china #us #ai #semiconductors
Nvidia has become the first company to reach $4 trillion in market value , a new milestone in Wall Street's bet that artificial intelligence will transform the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/tech/ai-nvidia-first-4-trillion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #semiconductors #ai #tech
Samsung has yet to secure certification from Nvidia for its most advanced high-bandwidth memory chip, creating an unusually long lead time for rivals and sinking its quarterly operating profit around 56% from a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/tech/samsung-profit-us-chip-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #samsung #us #semiconductors #ai
The U.S. has lifted recent export license requirements for chip design software sales in China, as Washington and Beijing implement a trade deal for both countries to ease some restrictions on critical technologies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/tech/us-chip-software-curbs-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #donaldtrump #trade #tech #semiconductors #china #electronicdesignautomation
AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intelligence operations, a senior U.S. official said, adding that the startup sought to access high-end chips that cannot be shipped to China under U.S. rules. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/tech/deepseek-china-military-export-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #deepseek #china #nvidia #semiconductors