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Semiconductors are the cornerstone technology of the information age. These tiny electronic devices, usually smaller than a postage stamp, power the modern economy by acting as data-processing brains for products, from smartphones to cars and spacecraft.

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  • The US commerce department will reportedly allow Samsung and SK Hynix to keep sending certain US chip-making tools to China
  • Washington will make related announcements as early as this week, according to the Yonhap report citing unnamed sources

As local unions and Taiwanese semiconductor giant negotiate elusive labour deal, some wonder who will benefit in US push for manufacturing primacy.

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Cambricon has struggled after being blacklisted by the US and has seen losses mount despite the hype around AI chips and chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

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The influential Republican proposed legislative efforts aimed at imposing sanctions against individual Chinese firms and curbing spending on a sector-wide basis.

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Ren’s comments on importance of in-house operating systems to Huawei’s future have surfaced amid flurry of excitement over the tech giant’s powerful new smartphone, the Mate 60 Pro.

The Silicon Valley company joins several other US investment firms, including Sequoia Capital, that have made similar moves under pressure in Washington.

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Sales of Intel’s Gaudi2 processors, which are tailor-made to comply with US trade restrictions, have been strong since their launch in July, according to Taiwanese media.

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Honor chief executive George Zhao Ming said the company will focus on noncore chips such as the C1, a self-developed radio frequency communication device to boost 5G signals that it unveiled in March.

The executive says the telecoms giant will embrace an “all intelligence” strategy to transform itself into a key provider of computing power to support China’s AI development.

Ren Zhengfei, who serves as Huawei’s chief executive, said he was against ‘xenophobia’ towards any foreign brand and sees Apple as a valuable teacher.

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Greater adoption of home-developed chips, servers and personal computers would enable China to achieve hi-tech advances, according to Huawei deputy chairman Eric Xu.

Beijing has high hopes for Shenzhen and its role in ensuring that China becomes technologically self-sufficient in the face of crippling US curbs on technology transfers.

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Foxconn, which makes smartphones for Huawei and Apple, is currently offering a higher hourly rate to workers at its FIH unit in Shenzhen that assembles handsets for the Chinese tech giant than what it pays at its iPhone unit.

Legislation, which would establish the first US tax deal specifically for Taiwan businesses, supports US President Joe Biden’s goal of raising domestic chip manufacturing.

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The tech giant says it will unveil ‘many new products’ at its autumn launch this year. The event coincides with the second anniversary of rotating chairwoman Meng Wanzhou’s return to China.

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