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Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan
11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing
Legal31 Mar 2025 | 8
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
GlobalFoundries fined $500K for violating US sanctions
Updated Chip slinger fessed up, got off light, says Uncle Sam
Systems04 Nov 2024 | 7
China's SMIC sounds alarm on price wars from silicon surplus
Competition heats up while profits cool down
Systems10 May 2024 | 3
Teardown confirms Huawei's Pura 70 contains SMIC 7nm process node
'Remarkably similar' to the Kirin 9000 processor that shocked many last year
Personal Tech29 Apr 2024 | 18
Teardown finds Huawei's 5nm notebook processor was made in Taiwan, not China
Stockpiled TSMC silicon from 2020 shock!
Personal Tech05 Jan 2024 | 25
There's no Huawei Chinese chipmakers can fill Nvidia's shoes... anytime soon
Analysis Chinese AI and GPU vendors face a less than fab-ulous dilemma where to get their chips built moving forward
Systems22 Oct 2023 | 65
BROADER TOPICS
China may have to reassess chip strategy in face of US sanctions
Beijing's dreams of producing advanced semiconductors could take much longer than hoped
Systems04 Jan 2023 | 19
Biden administration prepares to bring hammer down on Chinese chipmakers
Wait? Is the plan to ban them from buying parts they can already make?
Systems13 Sep 2022 | 40
The trade ban that wasn't: US allows 94% of restricted tech exports to China anyway
谢谢 美国!
On-Prem17 Aug 2022 | 26
US bans export of tech used in 3nm chip production on security grounds
Not mentioned: China. Obvious target: China – even if the country hasn't designed advanced chips
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 7
Chinese chipmaker workers told to sleep at their factories
'Closed loop' ordered to keep fabs and manufacturing plants running amid COVID-19 outbreaks
On-Prem25 Jul 2022 | 22
China seems to have figured out how to make 7nm chips despite US sanctions
Foiled again, Team America
On-Prem22 Jul 2022 | 71
Foxconn faces fine for unsanctioned Chinese chip investments
Taiwan gov is threatening a — checks notes — 0.1 percent fine. Yeah, that'll teach em
Systems15 Jul 2022 | 5
US expands efforts to hamstring China’s chipmaking mojo
Beijing can't get next-gen lithography gear, America now trying to block sales of older machines
Systems05 Jul 2022 | 19
Semiconductor market to be hit by fresh wave of rising component costs
Chemicals supplier warns it expects to raise prices, may cut some product lines
Systems05 Jul 2022 | 2
Intel freezes hiring for PC chip team, cites 'macroeconomic uncertainty'
Inflation, Apple M2, PC market shrink: Could the timing have been worse?
Systems09 Jun 2022 | 4
Demand for PC and smartphone chips drops 'like a rock' says CEO of China’s top chipmaker
Markets outside China are doing better, but at home vendors have huge component stockpiles
Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 19
Almost two-thirds of SMIC's Shanghai employees are living at work
Closed-loop factories are all the rage as COVID rages on, despite China’s insistence that the virus stop
Systems28 Apr 2022 | 13
Think tank: US will need to import semiconductor talent to fill new factories
Engineers at TSMC and Samsung look pretty good, so make sure they can get visas
On-Prem15 Mar 2022 | 11
US warns Chinese chipmakers: Sell to Russia, suffer Huawei's fate
Secondary sanctions well and truly in play now
Systems10 Mar 2022 | 20
Canada invests in chip and photonics future
Modest cash infusion to boost Great White North's computing industry
Systems09 Mar 2022 | 1
Here's why prolonged Russia-Ukraine war would be really bad for us, say chip designers
Our R&D is in an occupied nation, Corsair also warns investors
Systems04 Mar 2022 | 15
China's top chipmaker pivots to domestic sales, struggles to satisfy demand
SMIC not enjoying its place on the USA's Entity List
On-Prem14 Feb 2022 | 9
Biting the hand that feeds IT
