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
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