Nexperia notified its Japanese automotive customers that it may no longer be able to guarantee supply, triggering renewed concern about upheaval at the Dutch chipmaker snarling global supply chains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/companies/chipmaker-short-supply-japan-auto-parts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nexperia #cars #carmakers #chipmakers
Automakers are bracing for more potential chip disruption, with China’s retaliatory export controls on an obscure Dutch supplier threatening to set off a chain reaction that could halt production lines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/carmakers-chips-china-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #cars #trade #europe #chipmakers
Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials amid its trade war with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/11/economy/china-chips-rare-earths-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chipmakers #computers #us #china #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #ai #donaldtrump #xijinping
China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls, adding five elements and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/china-rare-earth-restrictions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #rareearths #chipmakers #us #china
Faced with a long slump in their mainline petrochemical operations, major Japanese chemical makers are working with other companies over businesses related to semiconductor materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/chemical-firms-next-generation-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #chipmakers #chemicals #mitsuichemicals #resonac #mitsubishichemicalgroup
Including an equity investment from Nvidia, the Elon Musk-backed artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned to bring its ongoing funding round to $20 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/tech/nvidia-musk-xai-20-billion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #chipmakers #ai #semiconductors #elonmusk #xai
OpenAI has signed a multiyear partnership with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/openai-amd-chip-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #openai #chipmakers #tech #amd #ai
Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of a new facility for producing power semiconductors at a plant in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, which will start operations in November. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/02/companies/mitsubishi-new-chip-plant-kumamoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mitsubishielectric #chipmakers #kumamoto
Taiwan has pushed back on a U.S. request to move chip production stateside to cover half of America’s demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/tech/taiwan-demand-us-chips-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #taiwan #china #semiconductors #chipmakers #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Taiwan’s trade negotiators arrived in Washington late last week and held discussions with their US counterparts aimed at lowering the 20% tariff imposed on the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-investment-us-chip-factories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #semiconductors #chipmakers #taiwan #china #howardlutnick #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Memory maker Kioxia anticipates demand for NAND storage will grow by roughly 20% each year as AI data center operators keep scaling up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/companies/kioxia-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kioxia #chipmakers #ai
Huawei Technologies is preparing to double the production of its most advanced artificial intelligence chips over the next year to win customers in China as Nvidia struggles with geopolitical headwinds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/tech/huawei-ai-chip-nvidia-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #huawei #ai #chipmakers #semiconductors #nvidia #china
The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each one, as it seeks to drive companies to shift manufacturing to the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/27/economy/trump-tariffs-foreign-electronics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chipmakers #electronics #donaldtrump #us #tariffs #trade
Taiwan is showcasing its biodiversity, art and advanced computer chip manufacturing technology as a private exhibitor at the Osaka Expo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/taiwan-osaka-expo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #osakaexpo #chipmakers #tech
Intel has approached Apple about securing an investment as part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the U.S. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/25/tech/intel-investment-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #apple #intel #chipmakers #ai #semiconductors #tech
Taipei for the first time unilaterally imposed semiconductor export controls on a country, limiting shipments to South Africa for trying to weaken ties with Taiwan — a key demand of Beijing from its formal partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/world/politics/taiwan-chip-sector-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #taiwan #china #chipmakers #tech #tsmc #semiconductors #ai
Nvidia will invest as much as $100 billion in OpenAI to support new data centers and other AI infrastructure, underscoring booming demand for tools like ChatGPT and the computing power needed to make them run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/23/tech/nvidia-openai-data-centers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #openai #nvidia #chipmakers #computers #ai #tech
China’s cyberspace regulator has instructed companies including Alibaba to halt orders for Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D, a semiconductor for workstations that can be repurposed for artificial-intelligence applications. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/china-nvidia-ai-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #nvidia #chipmakers #jensenhuang #ai #huawei
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments related to interposers, which provide electric connections between dies and components inside a chip package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/companies/resonac-consortium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #chipmakers #tech #resonac #3m #synopsys #asmpt #canon #kao #tokyoelectron
The U.S. has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base, potentially curtailing its production capabilities at the facility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/tech/us-tsmc-waiver-china-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tsmc #taiwan #semiconductors #chipmakers #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs