With chipmaking tools at the center of the U.S.-China tech war, Chinese equipment maker Beijing E-town Semiconductor has sued U.S. giant Applied Materials for allegedly stealing trade secrets, seeking 99.99 million yuan ($13.9 million) in damages for violating China's Anti-Unfair Competition Law, ac...

A fire at Japanese industrial gas maker Kanto Denka Kogyo’s nitrogen trifluoride operations is raising alarms over semiconductor supply chain disruptions, as the company supplies major clients including TSMC, Samsung, Micron, and Japan’s Kioxia, Sony, and Rapidus—highlighting the potentially w...

After announcing in early July plans to wind down its Gallium Nitride (GaN) wafer foundry services by July 31, 2027, TSMC has now confirmed—following yesterday’s board meeting—that it will also phase out 6-inch wafer production within two years and further consolidate 8-inch capacity to improv...

After calling Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan “highly conflicted” and demanding his immediate resignation last week over alleged ties to Chinese firms, U.S. President Donald Trump now says Tan—along with his cabinet members—will present new proposals to him next week, according to Reuters. Trump, wh...

Singapore-headquartered ASMPT, which specializes in semiconductor assembly and packaging solutions, announced on August 11th that it will strategically restructure its manufacturing operations in China by closing Advanced Semiconductor Equipment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, w...