Following the U.S. Commerce Department's late 2024 investigation into whether TSMC produced AI chips for Huawei, the latest development suggests the foundry giant could face a penalty exceeding $1 billion, as per Reuters. The report suggests that the probe is linked to a chip TSMC produced for Ch...

Recently, an engineer team from Columbia University, Cornell University, and other institutions has successfully developed a novel three-dimensional (3D) optoelectronic chip by deeply integrating photonic technology with advanced complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) electronics. This ne...

Following the release of the U.S.'s latest tariff policy, North American lighting manufacturers Acuity Brands and RAB Lighting promptly announced price increases on related lighting products. On April 2, U.S. President Trump announced a 10% "benchmark tariff" on all imports, effective April 5, an...

According to a report from TechNews, citing Tom’s Hardware, China has introduced new export restrictions on rare earth materials critical to RF (radio frequency) and storage applications—specifically scandium and dysprosium. These measures may affect major players in the industry, including Broa...

Amid ongoing tech layoffs and geopolitical tension, rumors swirled that Microsoft would exit China in 2025 and cut around 2,000 jobs, based on a leaked internal email. But according to ijiwei and YiCai Global, the message came from Wicresoft—Microsoft’s outsourcing partner in Shanghai—not Micr...