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 ...

Just ahead of the reciprocal tariffs taking effect on August 7, U.S. President Trump announced plans to slap a 100% tariff on imported chips. According to Politico, the U.S. imported over $60 billion worth of chips in 2024, with Taiwan emerging as the top supplier at roughly $12 billion. As a result...

U.S. President Trump announced on the 7th plans to impose a 100% tariff on semiconductors, while noting that chips manufactured in the U.S. would be exempt. As such, TSMC is expected to qualify for the exemption. In line with this, MoneyDJ notes that TSMC is accelerating construction of its U.S. fab...