Japan’s industry ministry is set to nearly quadruple its budgeted support for cutting-edge semiconductors and AI development to about ¥1.23 trillion for the next fiscal year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/economy/ai-budget-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ai #japaneseeconomy #chipmakers #meti #cabinet #us #china #sanaetakaichi #tech #budgets
While the local economy has been boosted by the full-scale launch of operations at TSMC's first Japan plant a year ago, residents remain concerned about its impact on groundwater. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/companies/tsmc-kumamoto-plant-groundwater-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #taiwan #kumamoto #water #chipmakers #manufacturing
The U.S. has accused China of engaging in unfair trade practices in the semiconductor sector, but is holding off on imposing additional tariffs on chip imports until at least mid-2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/tech/us-hold-off-china-chip-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #uschinarelations #us #china #tech #chipmakers #tariffs #trade
Chinese chipmakers are rushing to the IPO market, raising funds that are key to the nation’s goal of technological self-reliance and winning the global race on artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/tech/china-chipmakers-ipo-rush/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #chipmakers #ipo #ai
Rapidus is betting on artificial intelligence-enhanced design tools to give it an edge over its competitors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/tech/rapidus-ai-design-tools/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #rapidus #chipmakers #tech #ai #investments
A team of former engineers from Dutch semiconductor giant ASML have reverse-engineered its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines and built a prototype for China using parts from older ASML machines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/tech/china-west-ai-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #ai #chipmakers #huawei #asml #us
Honda Motor will halt production at plants in Japan and China in coming weeks, highlighting the lingering fallout of the global chip shortage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/companies/honda-halt-china-chip-shortage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #china #carmakers #chipmakers #nexperia
Semiconductor materials linchpin Resonac Holdings is eyeing solid growth from Beijing’s ambition to build its own chip industry, leaving the door open for further investment in China in the years ahead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/companies/resonac-china-chip-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #resonac #chipmakers #china
Three years after ChatGPT made OpenAI the leader in artificial intelligence and a household name, rivals have closed the gap and some investors are wondering if the sensation has the wherewithal to stay dominant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/tech/open-ai-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #openai #microsoft #google #samaltman #chatgpt #ai #computers #tech #chipmakers
Kyocera, Fujifilm Holdings and other Japanese firms are considering investing in Rapidus, which aims to mass-produce next-generation semiconductors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/13/kyocera-fujifilm-rapidus-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #kyocera #fujifilm #investments #rapidus #chipmakers
Japan's three megabanks are set to give loans totaling up to around ¥2 trillion in stages from fiscal 2027 to Rapidus, which aims to mass produce cutting-edge chips, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/12/companies/megabanks-rapidus-loans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rapidus #banks #chipmakers #mufg #sumitomomitsui #mizuho
The tech industry this year has poured about $400 billion into specialized chips and data centers, but questions are mounting about the wisdom of such levels of investment in the artificial intelligence dream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/tech/tech-ai-chips-longevity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #tech #nvidia #chipmakers
American microchip manufacturers have been accused in a series of lawsuits of failing to keep their technology out of Russian-made weapons used to kill and wound civilians in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/world/intel-amd-chips-russian-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #chipmakers #intel #amd #texasinstruments #lawsuits #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to China doesn’t just reshape U.S. tech policy, it also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with his Chinese counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/economy/trump-nvidia-china-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #nvidia #chipmakers #pla #china #us #computers #donaldtrump #xijinping #tech #jensenhuang
U.S. President Donald Trump decided to let Nvidia sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China after concluding the move carried a lower risk because Huawei already offers AI systems with comparable performance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/tech/trump-nvidia-china-security-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #chipmakers #pla #china #us #computers #donaldtrump #xijinping #tech #jensenhuang
Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to China marks more than just a shift in U.S. tech policy. It also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/politics/trump-nvidia-shift-xi-opening/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #xijinping #uschinarelations #chipmakers #nvidia #tech
U.S. President Donald Trump has granted Nvidia permission to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% surcharge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/tech/nvidia-trump-us-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #chipmakers #computers #ai #tech #china #us #donaldtrump
An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies as prices soar for the essential components that allow devices to store data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/03/tech/ai-global-supply-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #shipping #semiconductors #tech #chipmakers #microsoft #google #bytedancemicron #samsung #skhynix
Amazon’s cloud unit raced to get the latest version of its artificial intelligence chip to market, renewing efforts to sell hardware capable of rivaling products from Nvidia and Google. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/03/tech/amazon-ai-chip-nvidia-google/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazon #semiconductors #chipmakers #ai #tech
Taiwanese prosecutors charged Tokyo Electron for failing to prevent staff from allegedly stealing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. trade secrets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/companies/taiwan-charge-tokyo-electron-tsmc-secrects/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #tokyoelectron #chipmakers #taiwanjapanrelations