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Former chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup sentenced to death for corruption
Former chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup sentenced to death for corruption
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A Chinese court as sentenced Zhao Weiguo, the former chairman of Chinese semiconductor company Tsinghua Unigroup, to death after finding…
US to rescind curbs on AI chip exports
US to rescind curbs on AI chip exports
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The US government is going to rescind and replace the Export Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion, according to reports quoting…
ST signs Innoscience as GaN development, manufacturing partner
ST signs Innoscience as GaN development, manufacturing partner
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STMicroelectronics NV has signed a GaN technology development and manufacturing agreement with China’s Innoscience. The Joint Development Agreement (JDA) covers…
China-developed EUV lithography could trial in 2025
China-developed EUV lithography could trial in 2025
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Chinese electronics giant Huawei is testing elements for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine at its Dongguan facility, according to…

Chinese buyers swoop on BelGaN equipment assets
Chinese buyers swoop on BelGaN equipment assets
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Chinese companies were among the main buyers at bankruptcy auction of chip manufacturing equipment belonging to BelGaN, according to The Brussels Times. Plans for a possible purchase of the wafer…
GPU pioneer Imagination up for sale, say reports
GPU pioneer Imagination up for sale, say reports
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Private equity company Canyon Bridge, the owner of Imagination Technologies Group Ltd. (Kings Langley, England), has instructed asset management firm Lazard to seek a buyer for the graphics pioneer, according…
ST tips Hua Hong deal to support ‘China-for-China’ strategy
ST tips Hua Hong deal to support ‘China-for-China’ strategy
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European chip giant STMicroelectronics NV has revealed it is transferring its 40nm embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) CMOS logic process to foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (Shanghai, China) as part of…
US tells TSMC to halt shipments of advanced AI, GPU chips to China
US tells TSMC to halt shipments of advanced AI, GPU chips to China
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The US Department of Commerce has instructed Taiwan foundry TSMC to stop exporting AI processing and GPU chips to China that are made using 7nm or more advanced manufacturing process…
TSMC cuts off Bitmain-related AI developer after Huawei find
TSMC cuts off Bitmain-related AI developer after Huawei find
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Taiwanese foundry TSMC has suspended shipments to a customer Xiamen Sophgo, after a chip made for that company was found in a Huawei Ascend 910B multi-die AI processor, according to…
China warns ASML over lithography equipment controls . . . again
China warns ASML over lithography equipment controls . . . again
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The Chinese government has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with what it says is an expansion of export controls on semiconductor lithography equipment, according to Global Times. Global Times is owned by…
ROHM and UAES sign SiC power device agreement
ROHM and UAES sign SiC power device agreement
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Building on a long-standing technical partnership, the agreement ensures UAES has a long term sulky of SiC devices for the Chinese market.
China’s EDA startup X-Epic forced to lay off staff, says report
China’s EDA startup X-Epic forced to lay off staff, says report
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Chinese EDA software startup X-Epic Ltd. (Nanjing, China) is cutting up to half its staff according to the South China Morning Post, quoting unnamed sources. The exact reason for the…
Innoscience asks USPTO to rule Infineon GaN patent invalid
Innoscience asks USPTO to rule Infineon GaN patent invalid
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GaN power chip maker Innoscience, has asked the US Patent and Trademark to review of the validity of a patent owned by Infineon Technologies Austria AG. Infineon’s US. Patent No.
Applied ordered to provide information on China sales
Applied ordered to provide information on China sales
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Earlier this month chip-making equipment company Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) received a fifth subpoena seeking information relating to Chinese customer shipments. The latest subpoena came from the US…
China doubles down on Big Fund with US$47.5 billion third phase
China doubles down on Big Fund with US$47.5 billion third phase
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China has launched its third and largest semiconductor investment fund with 344 billion yuan (about US$47.5 billion), according to reports. The move shows China doubling down on its aspiration to…
Intel, Qualcomm confirm immediate US ban on chip sales to Huawei
Intel, Qualcomm confirm immediate US ban on chip sales to Huawei
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The US Department of Commerce has revoked licenses granted to Intel and Qualcomm to supply certain chips to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China) with effect from May 7. Intel…
Former Arm China CEO returns with RISC-V startup
Former Arm China CEO returns with RISC-V startup
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The controversial former CEO of Arm China, Allen Wu (Wu Xiongang) has formed a RISC-V startup that will compete with his former employer, according to the Chip_Inside WeChat channel. The…
China’s ATX Semiconductor moves into Malaysia
China’s ATX Semiconductor moves into Malaysia
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IC packaging and test service provider ATX Semiconductor Group has opened its first factory outside China in Melaka, Malaysia, with an investment of 258 Malaysian Ringgit (about US$55 million). The…
Huawei builds R&D base for home-grown lithography
Huawei builds R&D base for home-grown lithography
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Huawei is completing a US$1.66 billion R&D facility in Shanghai where one of the functions will be to develop lithography technologies, according to Nikkei Asia. The R&D facility is part…
Huawei pursues quad patterning to make 5nm chips
Huawei pursues quad patterning to make 5nm chips
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Huawei and a Chinese chipmaking equipment developer called SiCarrier were granted patents on self-aligned quad patterning late in 2023, according to Bloomberg. The patents describe the use of deep ultraviolet…
China ‘concerned’ over US moves on mature chips
China ‘concerned’ over US moves on mature chips
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Wang Wentao, China’s minister of commerce, phoned US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on January 11 and expressed “serious concerns” about US investigations into the supply chain of mature process…
China researchers report 256 core, chiplet-based processor
China researchers report 256 core, chiplet-based processor
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The China Academy of Sciences has reported on a chiplet-based architecture of “Big Chip” as a means of exploring the challenges and options for scaling processor performance. The research team…
EpicMEMS takes funding over US$100 million
EpicMEMS takes funding over US$100 million
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Kaiyuan Communications Technology Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China), an RF chip startup that trades as EpicMEMS, has raised hundreds of millions of yuan in a Series B of equity financing. One…
Siemens EDA faces Chinese startup competitor
Siemens EDA faces Chinese startup competitor
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SEIDA (Hangzhou, China) is an EDA startup formed in 2021 by Chinese engineers that had previously worked for Siemens EDA, formerly Mentor Graphics. The company is focusing on optical proximity…
JBD’s red microLED brightness exceeds 1 million nits
JBD’s red microLED brightness exceeds 1 million nits
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MicroLED manufacturer Jade Bird Display Ltd. (Shanghai, China) has announced that the brightness of its 0.13-inch red MicroLED chips has exceeded 1 million nits, setting a record high. Since its…
U-blox wins Chinese patent case for M8 GNSS receivers
U-blox wins Chinese patent case for M8 GNSS receivers
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The Chinese Supreme Court ruled against Techtotop in a patent infringement case brought by u-blox for its M8 GNSS receivers.
Gowin fills out Arora-V FPGA family
Gowin fills out Arora-V FPGA family
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Gowin Semiconductor Corp. (Guangzhou, China) has filled out its Arora-V FPGA family with smaller LUT device offerings. When the family was launched in September 2023, based on 22nm SRAM technology,…
Renesas told to stop saying US has banned Quectel IoT modules
Renesas told to stop saying US has banned Quectel IoT modules
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Quectel Wireless Solutions Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China), a vendor of wireless IoT products, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Renesas Electronics Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) demanding it stop saying that Quectel…


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