According to a report from Commercial Times, TSMC’s board on May 13 approved the sale of equipment to VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a Singapore joint venture between its subsidiary Vanguard and NXP. As TSMC shifts toward more advanced nodes, it is scaling back mature node...

Before Biden’s AI chip rules kick in on May 15, Trump slams the brakes, and Washington is now zeroing in on Chinese AI chips and models. According to Bloomberg and the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, the agency clarified that using Huawei’s Ascend AI chips anywhere breaches US export rules...

Recently, Huawei Hubble Investment announced investment in two innovative companies to further deepen its deployment of technological ecosystem in May, followed by a series of investments in third-generation semiconductors, EDA tools, chip design, laser equipment, and core semiconductor materials. ...

Japanese electronics firm Sharp has announced it will sell its LCD plant in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, to its parent company, Foxconn, as noted in a Nikkei report on the 12th. While Foxconn has yet to respond, sources suggest the move may be linked to its efforts to expand in Japan’s electric vehic...

As China races to localize AI chips and memory, rumors are mounting that Washington may tighten controls on its HBM production. According to Chinese media outlet EE Times China, Hanmi Semiconductor has informed Chinese clients it will halt shipments of TC bonders, crucial tools for stacking HBM chip...