As the U.S. presidential election approaches, uncertainties also arise. Compared with the stance in President Biden’s term, U.S. presidential candidate Trump shows a remarkably different attitude regarding the “Taiwan issue,” while he highlights the “America First” agenda further. Howev...

As former U.S. President Trump has brought up the topic that Taiwan should pay for protection, raising concerns on cross-strait issues at the same time, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry and its foundry leader, TSMC, have once again draw market attention. Some scholars believe that the U.S. must rea...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent remarks on Taiwan “taking about 100% of our chip business” and thus should pay the U.S. for defense have raised concerns in the semiconductor industry. According to a report by Economic Daily, citing a Taiwanese scholar’s observation, a...

Though the U.S. keeps tightening the export controls on the semiconductor sector, major chip equipment makers seem to become increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. According to a report by Nikkei, citing financial data such as Applied Materials and Lam Research, China’s share of sales have ...

The chip war between the U.S. and China keeps escalating, as China’s new regulation would reportedly take effect soon. This time it has a new target - rare-earth materials. According to the reports from Nikkei and Tom’s Hardware, the new regulation would be effective on October 1, asserting stat...