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Business Wire, Yamaha Corporation
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.
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Tom's Hardware, Mark Tyson
The Chinese government has decided to ease export curbs affecting
companies that trade in rare earth metals and goods based on these
resources. The change of policy was signaled by state media, reports Reuters.
However, this change is only being implemented to the benefit of
Chinese and European semiconductor companies...
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EMS Now, Jennifer Read
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The SMTA is pleased to announce the
technical program for the Symposium on Counterfeit Parts &
Materials. Co-organized by SMTA and the Center for Advanced Life Cycle
Engineering (CALCE), the event will be held June 24-26, 2025 in
Hyattsville, Maryland at the College Park Marriott Conference Center.
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EETimes, Pablo Valerio
China’s semiconductor market is at a pivotal moment, characterized by
an aggressive state-driven ambition for self-sufficiency and rapid
indigenous technological development. This forceful
drive grows against persistent geopolitical pressures and significant
technical hurdles.
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Korea JoongAng Daily, Oh So-Yeong, Kim Bo-Reum
Korean police referred a man in his 40s for potential prosecution on
Friday, accusing him of attempting to leak semiconductor packaging
technology overseas. The Seoul Metropolitan Police
Agency’s security investigation bureau accused Kim of committing
violations the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection
Act including leaking trade secrets.
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Data Center Dynamics, Charlotte Trueman
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has
formally rescinded the AI Diffusion Rule, introduced by Joe Biden at the
end of his Presidential term and set to come into force on May 15.The AI Diffusion Rule
restricts the access of AI chips and AI model weights by countries,
determined by a tiered system decided by the US government. It
essentially blocked or capped the export of high end semiconductors,
including GPUs.
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The Japan Times, Stephen Nellis, Max A. Cherney
SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. lawmaker plans
to introduce legislation in coming weeks to verify the location of
artificial intelligence chips such as those made by Nvidia after they
are sold.
The effort to keep tabs on the chips, which drew bipartisan support
from U.S. lawmakers, aims to address reports of widespread smuggling of
Nvidia's chips into China in violation of U.S. export control laws.
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EMS Now, Jennifer Read
March data from White Horse Laboratories highlights a continued focus on circuit reliability, component precision, and supplier diversity – key factors in navigating today’s increasingly complex electronics supply chain. We also observed persistent risks in switch-related devices and notable failure rates even among well-known brands.
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The Japan Times, Karin Kaneko
The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered Amazon Japan to pay ¥35
million in damages to a Japanese distributor of a medical device, ruling
that the platform’s failure to remove Chinese counterfeit products —
which appeared on the site as if they were the same product — led to a
loss in sales.
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EETimes, Alan Patterson
China’s export controls on rare earths could cause production delays and
higher costs in the semiconductor industry as soon as next year, Boston
Consulting Group (BCG) Associate Director Karl Breidenbach told EE
Times.
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