As the former Biden administration tightened chip export controls, targeting processors with 30 billion transistors at 16/14nm or smaller nodes, TSMC followed suit. Chinese media ijiwei reports that TSMC notified many Chinese IC firms it would halt shipments of 16/14nm and below products from Januar...

Amid the tightening U.S. chip export controls, China’s semiconductor industry seems to be unfazed, as its integrated circuit exports in 2024 reached roughly USD 160 billion, setting a historical record and maintaining a 14-month consecutive increase, as noted by Chinese media outlet MyDrivers. ...

As 2024 draws to a close, how the chip industry in China has been developing amid the heating chip war attracts attention. According to reports from Commercial Times and anue, citing Chinese media outlets ijiwei and QQ News, the wave of chip company closures has continued in China, with over 14,000 ...

Rumors have been circulating that the Biden administration might announce new export restrictions targeting China around Thanksgiving. Now more details have surfaced, as a report from Bloomberg indicates that additional restrictions on the sale of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China...

China has been in the spotlight lately with its breakthroughs in semiconductors. Following the buzz that SMIC is said to produce 5nm chips for Huawei this year, Xiaomi is rumored to have taped out its first 3nm SoC. China’s efforts can also been seen by the surge of semiconductor patent applicatio...