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
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/trump-beijing-china-hawks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #chipmakers #nvidia #jensenhuang #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans
Rapidus has prototyped an advanced chip, an early step in the government-backed startup’s attempt to leapfrog years of innovation with the help of billions of dollars in public funding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/rapidus-advanced-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rapidus #chipmakers
A shift in U.S. strategy for selling advanced technology to China could be a sign of what's to come in the relationship between the world’s biggest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/tech/trump-china-nvidia-reversal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech#uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping #chipmakers #nvidia
Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of an growing string of cyber espionage campaigns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/china-hackers-taiwan-chip-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #hacking #chipmakers
Nvidia's planned resumption of sales of its H20 AI chips to China is part of U.S. negotiations on rare earths, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/tech/nvidia-ai-china-rare-earths-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #chipmakers
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
Chipmaker Kioxia plans to raise as much as $3 billion via a dollar bond sale that would be its first corporate debt issuance, in the latest sign of investor appetite abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/kioxia-bond-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#kioxia #ipo #bonds #chipmakers
The industry ministry has announced a plan for the government to hold a veto-wielding "golden share" in exchange for financial aid to companies such as Rapidus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/04/golden-share-rapidus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rapidus #chipmakers #meti
Tokyo Electron is set to widen its lead against Chinese chip tool makers despite the money Beijing is mobilizing to catch up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/tokyo-elecron-head-not-worried-about-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoelectron #chipmakers #china #ai #tech
Former Intel CEO Gelsinger advises Japan's Rapidus to distinguish itself in some way from Taiwan's TSMC. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/playground-gelsinger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #intel #ai #tech #manufacturing #chipmakers #rapidus #taiwan #hokkaido #chitose