US President Donald Trump has emphasised that the United States cannot depend on China for essential technologies like semiconductors, chips, smartphones, and laptops, the White House said on Saturday (April 12), following a decision to exempt these items from steep new tariffs. The exemptions mark a significant policy move within Trump’s broader strategy to reduce…
China has clarified the place of origin for integrated circuits (ICs) amid an escalating US-China tariff war, which is expected to give local semiconductor foundries a significant boost, potentially undermining US President Donald Trump’s plan to bring manufacturing back to America. The state-backed China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) informed its members on Friday, citing customs…
Misa Zhu Mingming, an engineer who had worked at Alibaba Group Holding, left in 2014 to found his own venture, Rokid. The start-up, which develops smart glasses, was backed by angel investors that included Vision Plus Capital, formed by Eddie Wu Yongming and others before Wu became CEO of Alibaba in 2023. A decade later,…
The chair of a high-profile US House committee asked the US trade representative to apply tariffs to all semiconductors made in China and liaise with US allies like Japan and South Korea, even as US President Donald Trump threatens to impose levies on many of those trusted partners. Testifying at a hearing hosted by the…
Imagination Technologies rejects insider claims its deals with Moore Threads and Biren Technology saw critical AI tech transferred to China Image: UK chip designer denies accusations of AI technology transfers to Chinese companies UK chip designer Imagination Technologies has denied striking deals that could’ve seen high-end AI chip technology transferred to two Chinese semiconductor firms,…
With President Joe Biden leaving office soon, the Commerce Department is wrapping up loose ends, including allocating billions of dollars in subsidies to help build advanced chips on U.S. soil. The Commerce Department will give Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) up to $6.6 billion in direct funding for three semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Arizona, according to…
By Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export…
PALO ALTO, California — The U.S. has finalized rules to restrict certain American investments in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao in high-tech sectors including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum technology. The final rules, published by the Department of the Treasury on Monday, prohibit U.S. individuals from making certain transactions related to semiconductors and microelectronics,…
HONG KONG/TAIPEI — Chinese artificial intelligence giant SenseTime Group is using “a lot” of domestic chips, including from Huawei Technologies, to train its large language models, as part of efforts to rapidly develop a homegrown AI computing ecosystem, a senior executive told Nikkei Asia. Alvin Zou, vice president of SenseTime’s Asia Pacific operations, said the…
Sir Edward Byrne, recently named the head of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, or KAUST, signaled that the institution will prioritize US technology and cut off ties with China if it jeopardizes its access to chips made in the US. Byrne, an Australian neuroscientist, served as president at King’s College…