President Joe Biden visited a new semiconductor plant in Arizona on Dec. 6 as part of an effort to reestablish the United States as a world leader in advanced chip manufacturing. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TMSC), the Taiwanese chipmaker that runs the plant, announced that it plans to triple its planned investment in the…
‘American Manufacturing Is Back’: Biden Welcomes Planned New Semiconductor Plant in Arizona
December 6, 2022
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Industry Group Calls for More US Investment in Chip Design
December 5, 2022
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The U.S. government enacted a massive bill earlier this year directing more than $52 billion in federal investment into semiconductor research and manufacturing, with the goal of strengthening local supply chains and countering China’s rising clout in the important high-tech sector. But an industry group is calling for tens of billions in additional funding, saying…
Toyota Cuts Output Target Amid Chip Crunch as Profit Tumbles 25 Percent
TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday posted a worse-than-expected 25 percent drop in quarterly profit and cut its annual output target, as the Japanese firm battles surging material costs and a persistent semiconductor shortage. The world’s biggest automaker by sales also warned that it remained difficult to predict the future after posting its fourth consecutive quarterly…
Faster and Less Energy Consuming Devices in Sight as Scientists Form Interlayer Quasiparticle Pairs
October 26, 2022
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Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a way to create interlayer exciton pairs using bilayer semiconductor technology, paving the way for faster devices that consume less energy. This research could lay the groundwork for a new generation of smartphones and computers and next-generation technologies that high-speed computing, information processing, and data communication…
Biden Administration’s Semiconductor Export Controls Face Mounting Hurdles
October 19, 2022
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The Biden administration’s recent move to limit semiconductor exports to China is facing several hurdles that could negatively impact the effort and place additional strain on international supply chains. The administration issued sweeping new export controls on Oct. 7 in an effort to hamstring the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military modernization. Among those rules is a…
Taiwan Says It Will Comply With Latest US-Issued Chip Export Rules Aimed at China
October 12, 2022
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On Oct. 7, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced sweeping new export controls that will cut China off from certain semiconductor chips that are made with U.S. technologies, regardless of whether the chips were manufactured in the United States. In response to the new move, Taiwan’s Economy Ministry on Oct. 8 said that Taiwanese firms…
Biden Admin Unveils Tough Restrictions on Semiconductor Exports to China
October 7, 2022
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The Biden administration unveiled sweeping new export controls Oct. 7, in an effort to hamstring the military modernization of an increasingly hostile China. Among the new export rules is a measure that will cut communist China off from certain semiconductor chips that are made with U.S. technologies, regardless of whether the chips were manufactured in…
The CHIPS Bill: Strange Mix
Commentary Washington has rushed to save computer chipmaking in the United States and has found $280 billion for the project. Even by the standards of modern Washington, that is a sizable sum. And as is typical of federal practice, the new legislation is about a lot more than manufacturing semiconductors. Chipmaking will get a little…
Biden Admin Bars Construction of ‘Advanced’ Semiconductor Factories in China for 10 Years
September 7, 2022
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The Biden administration announced this week that technology companies that receive funds from the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act will be barred from building advanced facilities in China for a period of 10 years. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the rule during a Sep. 6 press conference, framing the rule as an important…
US Restricts Nvidia Corp. From Selling AI Chips to China and Russia, Company Says
September 1, 2022
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Tech firm Nvidia Corp. has been told by Washington not to sell two of its artificial intelligence (AI) acceleration chips to Beijing and Moscow, potentially affecting millions of dollars’ worth of revenues. “On August 26, 2022, the U.S. government, or USG, informed NVIDIA Corporation, or the Company, that the USG has imposed a new license…
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