U.S. senators and pro-China business lobby at odds over chip subsidy bill
A key goal of the funding is to bring the world's most advanced chip plants to the United States, but only foreign firms have the technology to do that.
Taiwan’s COVID-19 surge masks a serious climate problem
While the government works to rein in the outbreak, water and energy strains highlight longer-term challenges from the island’s unusual vulnerability to climate change.
U.S. chip funding could result in seven to 10 new factories, officials say
Last week, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled revised bipartisan legislation to spend $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor chip production and research over five years.
World’s semiconductor supply is in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccines
Taiwan’s predicament illustrates its strategic yet vulnerable position at the confluence of U.S.-China tensions.
Global chip shortage likely to continue to haunt Japanese automakers
Manufacturers and tech players are itching to get free of a chip shortage that has derailed their production, but are likely in for a bit of a wait.
Consumer electronics makers, such as computer, video game and phone makers, have warned that they cannot keep pace with demand.
Taiwan aims to keep chip production humming as COVID-19 spreads
Taiwan’s government has pledged to try to keep the world supplied with chips even as COVID-19 cases escalate, while anticipating a limited impact from its worst outbreak so far. If only domestic consumption is hit and the outbreak ends by June 30, gross domestic product ...
Honda Motor Co. on Friday forecast a 10.3% drop in net profit to ¥590 billion ($5.4 billion) in the current business year through next March amid uncertainty over semiconductor supplies and surging material costs. Honda's cautious outlook came after record car sales in China and ...
South Korea unveils $450 billion push to seize global chipmaking crown
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will lead more than 510 trillion won of investment in semiconductor research and production in the years to 2030 under a national blueprint devised by Moon.
Toyota set to dodge earnings nightmare caused by chips crisis
On the other side, Japan's other automakers remain mired in a morass of factory closures due to the global shortage.
Nintendo warns chip crunch may hit Switch amid gaming boom
Nintendo’s better-than-expected results, released Thursday, suggest the COVID-19-era growth in gaming that turned Animal Crossing into the world’s online town hall has legs.
