The United States has in recent years sought to curb exports of cutting-edge semiconductors to China, with Nvidia and other US chip companies lobbying against its tough restrictions.

A preliminary report depicted confusion in the cockpit shortly before an Air India jetliner crashed and killed 260 people last month, after the plane's engine fuel cutoff switches flipped almost simultaneously and starved the engines of fuel. One aviation expert Reuters spoke to says he believes it was a chip malfunction rather than human error that led to the crash. 

An Iranian national and U.S. lawful permanent resident has been arrested on a four-count federal indictment charging him with unlawfully exporting electronics used in railway signaling and telecommunications systems from the United States to Iran, in violation the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR).

In 2012, researchers at Cambridge University discovered a serious security vulnerability — a hidden backdoor — in a Chinese-manufactured chip used by the US military. This flaw could allow external parties to disable or reprogram the chip even with security protections in place. 

Market research and tech consulting firm Yole Group predicts that China will have 30% of the world’s global foundry production capacity, making it the largest hub of semiconductor production. At the moment, Taiwan holds the highest output capacity at 23%, followed closely by China at 21%, South Korea at 19%, Japan at 13%, the U.S. at 10%, and Europe at 8%.

For more than a year, we have been tracking the flow of sanctioned items out of the UK and towards Russia. Electronic equipment, radar parts, components used to make aircraft and drones. These are all items that have been banned from going to Russia. 

June 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. official has informed leading global semiconductor companies of plans to cancel waivers allowing them to use American technology in China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

COLLEGE PARK, MD  – At the upcoming SMTA Symposium on Counterfeit Parts & Materials, NHanced Semiconductors vice-president Dr. Charles Woychik will deliver a keynote address detailing the critical role of advanced packaging technologies needed to build a more resilient and advanced Outsourced Assembly and Test (OSAT) sector in the U.S.

According to Bloomberg, the Senate’s draft tax bill proposes a temporary boost to the investment tax credit for semiconductor manufacturers—raising it from 25% to 30% of plant investments. The measure is aimed at encouraging chipmakers to ramp up spending on new facilities before the credit expires at the end of 2026, the report notes.

HAMAMATSU, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yamaha Corporation (hereinafter “Yamaha”) (TOKYO:7951) announces that on March 20, 2025, the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court of Guangdong Province upheld the first-instance guilty verdicts in a criminal case against the individuals responsible for three Chinese companies involved in manufacturing and selling counterfeit Yamaha PA analog mixers.