According to Financial Times, China is reportedly facing setbacks in its efforts to consolidate its fragmented semiconductor sector into a few dominant state-backed players capable of competing with major U.S. and European firms. Sources cited in the report say that merger talks among chip manufactu...

China’s two leading foundries, SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor, have released their second-quarter 2025 earnings. According to Reuters, China’s largest chipmaker SMIC reported a 19.5% year-on-year decline in second-quarter profit. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the company stated t...

Shortly after EDA giant Cadence pleaded guilty and agreed to pay over $140 million for illegal sales to China, Republican Senator Tom Cotton sent a letter to Intel’s board questioning CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s China ties — noting he led Cadence until 2021, as per Reuters. Later, President Trump blasted...

The linear motor is a core component of the motion platform in a lithography machine. Lithography machine must “carve” circuit patterns onto silicon wafers with nanometer-level precision. The linear motor directly drives the worktable and the mask stage to achieve high-speed, ultra-precise linea...

According to ijiwei, Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced its largest-ever price hike for Chinese customers, raising prices by 10% to 30% on more than 60,000 products. While TI’s notice states that the new pricing will take effect on August 15, some Chinese customers report that the changes have ...