Semiconductor stocks fell globally on Tuesday as an expected visit by the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, fueled a fresh escalation in tensions between Washington and Beijing. China views the visit by Pelosi, second in the line of succession to the US presidency and a long-time critic … Read more
The United States is considering limiting shipments of American chipmaking equipment to memory chip makers in China including Yangtze Memory Technologies Company Limited (YMTC), according to four people familiar with the matter, part of a bid to halt China’s semiconductor sector advances and protect US companies. If President Joe Biden’s administration proceeds with the move, … Read more
Even coming off its fastest annual growth in 37 years, the US economy is still bogged down by a persistent shortage of the computer chips essential to the technology that connects, transports and entertains us. The problem has been building since pandemic-related lockdowns shut down major Asian chip factories more than two years ago. Now … Read more
Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology, two of the world’s largest memory chip makers, warned that a COVID-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Xian could affect their chip manufacturing bases in the area. Micron said on Wednesday the lockdown could lead to delays in the supply of its DRAM memory chips, which are widely used in … Read more
The White House is pressing automakers, chip companies, and others to cooperate in a bid for more information about the ongoing semiconductor crisis that has forced cuts to US auto production, but made clear on Thursday that the industry needs to take the lead to solve the problem. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, who along with … Read more
The White House is pressing automakers, chip companies, and others to cooperate in a bid for more information about the ongoing semiconductor crisis that has forced cuts to US auto production, but made clear on Thursday that the industry needs to take the lead to solve the problem. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, who along with … Read more
Nvidia on Tuesday announced a series of powerful gaming chips it designed using new memory tech from Micron and that it is having manufactured by Samsung. The Santa Clara, California-based company said its GeForce RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070 chips will improve video game graphics with twice the performance and nearly twice the power efficiency … Read more