China has imposed export controls on selected Japanese dual-use goods, including rare earths, and launched an anti-dumping investigation into Japanese dichlorosilane, further straining bilateral ties. Against this backdrop, Beijing's latest comments on localizing key semiconductor materials have attracted industry attention

Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics has launched a stock-and-cash deal to acquire control of WeEn Semiconductors, a China-owned power semiconductor IDM that originated from NXP's former bipolar device business