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The Daily Star, AFP, Beijing
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.
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Reuters, Kristy Kilburn
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.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
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).
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Riddle, Ana Brown
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.
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Tom's Hardware, Jowi Morales
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%.
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Sky News, Ed Conway
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.
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Reuters, Bipasha Dey
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.
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EMS Now, Jennifer Read
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.
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TrendForce,
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.
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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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