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  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Huawei Technologies
    Huawei to more than halve smartphone output in 2021

    China’s largest handset maker suffers from US sanctions Biden appears to back

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Europe’s largest chipmaker tells car companies to overhaul supply chain

    Infineon chief says auto manufacturers cannot expect large inventories to be held for them

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
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    Geopolitical supremacy will increasingly depend on computer chips

    A Taiwanese semiconductor company lies at the heart of the power struggle between the US and China

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
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    Nvidia earnings boosted by gaming and data centre chip demand

    Pandemic sales surge continues as semiconductor maker beats Wall Street forecasts

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Car chip shortage shines light on fragility of US supply chain

    Semiconductor crunch becomes domestic political crisis after lay-off of assembly workers

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Sony Corp
    Chip shortage threatens PlayStation 5 supply as demand races ahead

    Sony gaming chief cannot guarantee sufficient consoles to meet sales orders next Christmas

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Texas winter storm blackouts hit chip production

    Disruption at Samsung and other plants threatens to exacerbate global semiconductor shortage

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
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    Semiconductor cycle out of balance after customers stock up

    Inventory levels rise as companies brace for supply disruptions

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
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    Taiwan’s economy feels heat as TSMC feeds global chip boom

    Demand for ‘strategic resource’ fuels labour, power and water shortages

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  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
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  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    Nvidia’s takeover of Arm faces deeper US competition probe

    Federal Trade Commission opens in-depth review as Qualcomm and other customers signal concern

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    White House scrambles to address global chip shortage

    Dearth of semiconductors has forced several US car plants to halt production

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    The price looks reasonable when held up against comparable deals

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    Japanese supplier of automotive chips invests heavily to expand into new areas including data centres

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    Taiwan senses opportunity to bolster relations with west after chip shortages

    Trade representative John Deng says scarcity means governments can no longer ignore Taipei

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
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    UK and EU to open probes into Nvidia’s $40bn acquisition of Arm

    Rivals to US chipmaker lobby regulators to block deal to acquire UK chip designer

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    GM to close 3 plants due to semiconductor shortage

    Disruption from constrained chip supply spreads across car industry

  • Sunday, 31 January, 2021
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    Taiwan asks TSMC and other chipmakers to help ease global crunch

    US, Japan and Europe seek aid as automakers scramble for semiconductors

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
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    Warning from world’s biggest memory chipmaker comes as car companies lobby governments for help

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    Global chip shortage puts car supply chain under the microscope

    Severe shortage of crucial supplies risks becoming recurring crisis for auto industry

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    Japanese conglomerate remains embroiled in an investor revolt led by two of its largest shareholders

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    Breach forces chipmaker to release earnings early

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Boardroom drama shakes China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC

    Industry’s dependence on Taiwanese talent highlighted by co-CEO’s threat to resign

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
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    German carmakers enlist Merkel as they battle chip shortage

    Car industry lobby is hoping political pressure can be used to accelerate production in Asia

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