Tag: Industrial Electronics
7 months ago
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The Chip Wars Are Metastasizing

All areas of the supply chain are becoming battlegrounds. Next up: chip packaging, where China has considerable heft.

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11 months ago
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S&P 500 Opens Higher Ahead of Nvidia Earnings

Stock indexes rose and Treasury bond prices rallied ahead of fresh U.S. manufacturing data and earnings from Nvidia.

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11 months ago
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The Arm IPO Will Test Investors’ AI Conviction

Now that the artificial-intelligence-driven tech rally has cooled slightly, investors will need to put their money wh...

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12 months ago
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China’s Chip Champion Is Taking It From All Sides

The U.S.-China tech war is a mixed bag for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.—but the China growth slowd...

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about 1 year ago
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Japan Wades Into the Chip Wars

Intel has ruled the market for central processing units since the 1980s. But rival AMD overtook Intel in market value...

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about 1 year ago
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Japan Bets Big on Micron—and Its Own Chip Ambitions

The country, once a chip-making heavyweight, has fallen behind in fabrication. But recent trends could help change that.

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over 1 year ago
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TSMC’s Tough Quarter Complicates Its U.S. Chip Ambitions

The $53 billion Chips Act seeks to end the U.S.’s reliance on foreign-made semiconductors, especially those used by t...

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over 1 year ago
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Micron Gets Caught in U.S.-China Crossfire

Beijing has long hesitated to strike back at U.S. chip companies—but Micron is a soft target

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over 1 year ago
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Turkey Epitomizes the West’s Russia Sanctions Dilemma

As Turkey struggles with inflation and the earthquake aftermath, Russia emerges as a vital trading partner

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over 1 year ago
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U.S. and China Suddenly Play a Bit Nicer—Except in Chips

China is making some significant concessions to Washington in the trade and financial policy arenas.

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over 1 year ago
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TSMC’s U.S. Chip Gambit Has Powerful Backers

The Taiwanese chip maker’s investment won’t be enough to end U.S. reliance on Asia, but the trend is promising.

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over 1 year ago
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Beijing Has Few Good Options to Retaliate for Chip Bans

China hasn’t retaliated against the Biden administration’s extensive semiconductor export controls, but that might be...

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almost 2 years ago
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China’s Battery Champion CATL Keeps Powering Up

The Chinese EV-battery giant has managed to keep profits growing rapidly despite rising costs and tensions with the W...

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almost 2 years ago
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TSMC Isn’t Immune to the Chip Downturn—or Geopolitics

The world’s largest contract chip maker keeps exceeding expectations amid the malaise affecting the chip industry, bu...

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almost 2 years ago
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U.S. Goes Full-Court Press on China’s Chip Sector

The comprehensive nature of the restrictions, which go far beyond previous measures, are a clear signal that the U.S....

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almost 2 years ago
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China’s EV Battery Runner-Up is Worth a Look

The coming listing of China’s third largest EV battery maker, CALB, could give a jolt to Hong Kong’s lackluster IPO m...

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almost 2 years ago
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Renesas Will Drive Around the Chip Downturn

With the increasing automation of cars, the semiconductor maker looks likely to cruise through to more clement weather.

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almost 2 years ago
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For China’s Chip Champion, the Easy Part Is Over

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. was a beneficiary of the pandemic. Now it must contend with slowing d...

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almost 2 years ago
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Hydrogen Stock Ceres Power Is Heating Up Again

The British intellectual-property company offers a relatively steady way to join the clean-power ride.

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almost 2 years ago
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Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Gambit Reshapes Political Risk in Asia

Big market moves are unfolding in the wake of the speaker’s visit and China’s response. But they still probably under...

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about 2 years ago
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Tech Stocks Lead Declines as Australia’s ASX 200 Tumbles After Holiday Weekend

Australian stocks are on course for their biggest declines since March 2020 after a sharp opening fall on Tuesday wip...

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over 2 years ago
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Chip Famine is a Feast for China’s SMIC

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s largest foundry, is bringing in record revenue but spending ...

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over 2 years ago
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Nvidia Can Afford to Lose an Arm. But SoftBank Needs to Slim Down

SoftBank, which bought Arm for $32 billion in 2016, will receive a $1.25 billion break fee but will need to find anot...

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over 2 years ago
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Afterpay’s Acquisition by Block Cleared for Completion

Block’s acquisition of Afterpay has cleared its final regulatory hurdle and will be implemented on Feb. 1, the Austra...

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over 2 years ago
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Intel Erases Reference to China’s Xinjiang After Social-Media Backlash

In a letter to its suppliers, the U.S. chip maker had previously called on its business partners to avoid sourcing fr...

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over 2 years ago
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Intel Apologizes After Asking Suppliers to Avoid China’s Xinjiang Region

The California-based chip maker said a letter it had sent to global suppliers was written only to comply with U.S. la...

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almost 3 years ago
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Europe’s Electrification Stalwarts Go Digital

The companies that built last century’s power grid are preparing for a more high-tech build out in the next wave.

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about 3 years ago
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TSMC Sees Chip Shortage Easing—but Geopolitics Aren’t Going Away

The world’s largest contract chip maker has more demand for its products than it knows what to do with. Politics, not...

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over 3 years ago
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China’s Tech Giants Have Chip Ambitions, Too

Beijing is spending vast sums on the strategic semiconductor sector following Huawei’s problems, but private-sector c...

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over 3 years ago
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New Age of Chinese Nationalism Threatens Supply Chains

A significant conflict between the U.S. and China in East Asia is still unlikely but it can no longer be ruled out as...

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over 3 years ago
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Bitcoin and Chip Makers Are Caught in a Bad Romance

Cryptocurrency miners love graphics cards and computer chips. Chip makers aren’t returning the love.

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over 3 years ago
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Chip Shortage Buoys SMIC, but Sanctions Could Still Bite

The Chinese chip maker’s margins took a hit last quarter as U.S. sanctions against Huawei disrupted its business, but...

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over 3 years ago
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Battle of the Robots Still Favors Japan and Europe—For Now

Chinese robotics companies took market share last year amid the disruptions of the pandemic.

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over 3 years ago
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TSMC Sailed Through 2020 in Ship Shape

The world’s largest contract chip maker is benefiting from surging demand, struggling competitors and top-notch techn...

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over 3 years ago
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NIO, the Chinese Electric-Vehicle Startup, Unveils New ET7 Sedan

The electric-vehicle startup unveiled a fourth production model, the luxury ET7 sedan, as it prepares to face the cha...

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over 3 years ago
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China’s State Capitalism Collides With Its Technological Ambitions

The enduring power of China’s state-owned enterprises to siphon off resources and box out competitors still looks lik...

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over 3 years ago
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WeChat Becomes a Powerful Surveillance Tool Everywhere in China

China’s do-everything app, WeChat, has become one of the most powerful tools in Beijing’s arsenal for monitoring the ...

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over 3 years ago
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China’s Champion Chip Maker Checks if Co-CEO Still Wants to Work There

Shares of China’s top chip maker fell sharply over uncertainty surrounding the possible departure of one of its two c...

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over 3 years ago
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Fighting Wildfires in Australia Goes High Tech With Drones, Sensors and Satellites

As a new fire season begins in Australia, researchers are looking to rely more on technology—and less on people in to...

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