The US Commerce Department has put the tech world on notice. An official from the department confirmed that regulatory action targeting chips and artificial intelligence is forthcoming, sending a clear signal that Washington is not done reshaping the rules around advanced technology.

BOSTON -- A Massachusetts man was found guilty Monday of conspiring to unlawfully export electronic components to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, who worked at the global electronics company Analog Devices, was accused of helping an Iranian business associate get around American export control laws. 

If you wanted to find a place in China that looked as though it had been lifted straight from a science-fiction novel, chances are someone would point you to Huaqiangbei, an area in the country’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen. Known as “China’s No. 1 Electronics Street,” it is home to the world’s largest electronics market. 

Hong Kong Customs shuts down trading company selling counterfeit mobile phones and other electronic devices online Hong Kong Customs mounted a special enforcement operation on July 7 and detected a case of a trading company selling counterfeit mobile phones and other electronic devices online.

The global passive component market is entering another period of price inflation as stronger multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) demand, constrained manufacturing capacity and higher raw material costs tighten supply during 2026. The latest reports from industry analysts and manufacturers point to longer lead times, selective allocation and higher procurement costs across automotive, industrial and AI infrastructure supply chains.

German semiconductor company Infineon has opened the world’s largest power semiconductor manufacturing plant, hoping to reduce Europe’s reliance on imported chips. 

Most supply chain risk frameworks focus on visible risks: logistics disruptions, supplier financial health, demand volatility, and geopolitical exposure. These risks are real, and the frameworks that address them have become more rigorous over time. But there is a layer closer to the production line that almost no dashboard captures—the integrity of the component itself.

The investment boom in artificial intelligence (AI) servers is shaking up supply and demand in the market for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), often called the "rice of the electronics industry." As demand for high-capacity MLCCs used in AI servers surges, manufacturers are concentrating production lines on AI-related products, and the shortage is spreading to general-purpose components as well.

IBM unveiled semiconductor technology Thursday that it says could deliver computer chips with 50 percent better performance while dramatically lowering power consumption. The technology developed by IBM isn't ready for industrial use yet, but the Armonk, New York-based company said it "sees a path to production in as early as the next five years."

BOSTON, June 11 - A U.S. judge on Thursday allowed an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail just days before his trial on charges linked to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out by Iran-backed militants in 2024.