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Newsletter 12-19 February: Semiconductor industry in China and the latest episodes in the Sino-US technology competition

ASML discloses theft of technology information by former China-based employee  Dutch chipmaker ASML has revealed that one of its China-based employees recently stole information about its technology, in violation of export control policy rules. ASML, the world leader in using light to etch semiconductors (lithography), said in its annual report that it had been “subject […]

Changing supply chains : the semiconductor industry
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Changing supply chains : the semiconductor industry

Chinese and non-Chinese supply chains, a policy of diversification of large international companies in Asia to the benefit of Asean countries and a partial and progressive shift of part of the chains from East to West, here are some of the trends that seem to be shaping the transformations of global supply chains in the […]

Newsletter: 5-11 December 2022
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Newsletter: 5-11 December 2022

The Netherlands is reportedly considering tightening export controls on semiconductor manufacturing machinery to China According to Bloomberg, the Dutch authorities are preparing, in consultation with the US, to introduce export controls on exports of semiconductor manufacturing machinery to China by January 2023. On 7 October, the US tightened export control rules to China for multiple […]

Shortage for automotive will go on in 2023
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Shortage for automotive will go on in 2023

IN BRIEF: The supply of semiconductors for the automotive industry is expected to remain insufficient until 2024. No improvement expected in 2023. Shortages of semiconductors for the automotive market are expected to continue despite a recent improvement. Although supply is increasing these days, it is failing to catch up with the even faster increase in […]

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Newsletter : 28th nov-4th dec 2022

New financial support measures for the Chinese semiconductor industry   In China, the government continues to take measures to support the semiconductor industry. A new development plan has been launched in Hefei, the capital of the eastern province of Anhui. It aims to serve as a high-tech centre of excellence for the downstream manufacturing sector […]

Newsletter 14-20 November 2022
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Newsletter 14-20 November 2022

There is a decrease in the amount of money invested in China. Sun Yuwang, chairman of the investment fund China Fortune-Tech Capital, said a few days ago that the number of investment projects approved by his company had almost halved from four months ago. In addition, 3,470 companies with the Chinese word for “chip” in […]

TSMC: a second plant in Arizona
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TSMC: a second plant in Arizona

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, is reportedly planning to increase its investment in Arizona by $12 billion in order to produce 3nm semiconductors in addition to the 5nm semiconductors already planned for its plant currently under construction. This was revealed by the American daily The Wall Street Journal. A second […]

Hua Hong to raise funds on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
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Hua Hong to raise funds on the Shanghai Stock Exchange

Hong Kong-listed Hua Hong received approval on 7 November for an IPO on Shanghai’s Star Market, raising a hoped-for total of $2.5 billion. Hua Hong, the country’s second largest semiconductor producer after SMIC, is at the heart of the Chinese government’s self-sufficiency strategy: at the 20th Party Congress last month, President Xi Jinping declared that […]

US seeks to pressure allies’ chip gear makers to join export control
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US seeks to pressure allies’ chip gear makers to join export control

People attending a meeting of US semiconductor equipment manufacturer representatives with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said that Dutch company ASML and Japanese chip gear makers such as Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), Nikon Corp., and Canon Corp. are likely to be required for complying the US export control to ban China’s access to advanced […]

China denied access to US new-generation semiconductors
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China denied access to US new-generation semiconductors

Xi Jinping said at the 20th CCP Congress last October that he wanted to “win the battle of key technologies” and strengthen China’s position as a major technological power. These efforts may well be undermined by Washington’s latest moves to restrict the sale of the latest semiconductor and chip-making equipment to China.On the 7 of […]