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
The Japanese government is considering launching a think tank to conduct research and analysis and make policy advice on economic security, government officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/economic-security-think-tank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #economicsecurity #ai #minerals #chipmakers
President Donald Trump sealed a deal that gives the U.S. government a nearly 10% stake in Intel, part of an unconventional bid to reinvigorate the beleaguered company and boost domestic chip manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/23/us-intel-stake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #intel #chipmakers #us #donaldtrump #investments #computers
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company is in talks with the U.S. over the potential offering of a more powerful chip to China than a model currently greenlit for sale to the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/22/tech/nvidia-ceo-taipei-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #taiwan #tsmc #nvidia #chipmakers #jensenhuang
SoftBank is buying about 2% of Intel for $2 billion after an earlier pledge by the CEO to invest a total of $100 billion in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/softbank-intel-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #softbank #investments #masayoshison #donaldtrump #ai #usjapanrelations #tech #stargate #intel #manufacturing #chipmakers
Tokyo Electron is struggling to address the potential fallout with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. after a former employee was implicated in a possible theft of chip technology from the chipmaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/08/companies/tokyo-electron-tsmc-trade-secrets-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #taiwan #tokyoelectron #trade #tech #chipmakers #intellectualproperty
Tokyo Electron said Thursday it’s fired an employee at its Taipei unit after the island’s government arrested six people suspected of stealing trade secrets from TSMC. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/companies/tokyo-electron-tsmc-tech-stealing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoelectron #tsmc #chipmakers
Tokyo Electron has slashed its full-year earnings outlook amid weak investment appetite by some advanced logic manufacturers and a lull in chip gear spending in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/tokyo-electron-outlook-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoelectron #chipmakers #manufacturing