chip manufacturing

Japan Said to Restrict Chipmaking Equipment Exports, to Align With US China Curbs

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Japan said on Friday it will restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its technology trade controls with a US push to curb China’s ability to make advanced chips. Japan, home to major global chip equipment makers such as Nikon and Tokyo Electron, did not specify China as the target of the … Read more

TSMC Founder Morris Chang Supports US Moves to Curb China’s Chip Advances

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The retired founder of TSMC said on Thursday that even as he supported US efforts to slow China’s advances in the semiconductor industry, the “bifurcation” of the global supply chain and the reversal of globalisation would increase prices and reduce the ubiquity of chips that power the modern world. “There’s no question in my mind … Read more