261 news items tagged China government
TSMC, UMC enjoy ramp-up in China fab utilization rates
Tuesday 5 November 2019Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their China-based wafer fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by growing...
Taiwan to invest more in basic research, says science minister
Friday 27 September 2019Taiwan's IC design ability is currently leading China by at least 10 years, but the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will continue to allocate more budget for basic research...
China semiconductor revenues increase 11.8% in 1H19, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 26 September 2019Despite the global semiconductor industry's weakening demand in the first half, China's semiconductor industry continued to perform stably with sales rising 11.8% on year during the...
China IC industry revving up to sharpen in-house supply capability
Tuesday 27 August 2019China semiconductor industry has been aggressively revving up its "de-Americanization" drive since the start of 2019 seeking to sharply wean itself off US suppliers of crucial IC...
China DRAM industry development on track, says Winbond chairman
Tuesday 18 June 2019The development of China's homegrown DRAM industry is on track despite the escalating US-China trade war resulting in a slowdown in demand for end-market applications including handsets,...
Yangtze Memory to volume produce 64-layer 3D NAND chips ahead of schedule
Friday 31 May 2019China's Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is likely to kick off volume production of 64-layer 3D NAND flash chips ahead of schedule, as it is striving to gain orders from Huawei,...
Waffer Kunshan plant hit by explosion
Tuesday 2 April 2019An explosion hit metal chassis maker Waffer Technology's plant in Kunshan, China on March 31, with seven people reported to have died and another five injured.
TSMC gaining foundry steam from China IC design houses
Friday 22 March 2019TSMC has seen a significant pickup in foundry demand for AI, IoT and 5G chips from China's IC design sector and global tech firms seeking to develop chips on their own, according...
SEMICON China 2019 to open March 20
Tuesday 19 March 2019SEMICON China 2019 will open March 20 for a three-day run at Shanghai New International Expo Center, with global semiconductor industrial chains to showcase their latest technologies,...
Taiwan makers facing competition from China for car-use PCBs
Wednesday 20 February 2019Taiwan-based PCB makers are facing fierce price competition from China-based rivals in the mid-range to entry-level segments of the car-use electronic component industry, but in the...
China IC production to grow 15% through 2023, says IC Insights
Monday 11 February 2019China-based IC production is forecast to exhibit a strong 2018-2023 CAGR of 15%, according to IC Insights. Considering that China-based IC production was only US$23.8 billion in 2018,...
China reportedly to sharply cut 2019 PV subsidies
Friday 25 January 2019The China government is looking to sharply cut subsidization for the PV industry in 2019, with plans to set an upper limit of CNY3 billion (US$440 million) on subsidies based on feed-in-tariffs...
China set to impose stricter regulations on PCB industry
Friday 4 January 2019China will implement a new set of strict regulations on the operations of the PCB industry on February 1, which may threaten the survival of small- to medium-size makers, according...
Foxconn reportedly to start 12-inch semiconductor fab construction in China in 2020
Monday 24 December 2018Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) ambition in the chipmaking sector is taking shape. The Taiwan-based conglomerate reportedly has stuck a deal with China's Zhuhai...
China unlikely to give up on homegrown memory firms despite Korea DRAM dominance
Wednesday 5 December 2018South Korea's dominance in the manufacture of DRAM memory seems solid, given that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together control three quarters of the global DRAM market, but China,...
China government examines renewable energy installation
Monday 26 November 2018China's National Energy Administration (NEA), in order to thoroughly inventory renewable energy installation nationwide, has undertaken retrospectieve examination of unqualified PV...
China crystal-growing furnace makers eyeing semiconductor sector
Tuesday 6 November 2018China-based crystal-growing furnace makers who have long been focusing on the PV industry, have developed tools looking to build their presence in the semiconductor sector, according...
China cryptocurrency mining fading quickly, says paper
Friday 19 October 2018With China tightening control on cryptocurrencies and having shut down trading of Bitcoin at the end of September, cryptocurrency mining is dissipating quickly in the country, according...
China rising as largest EV battery exporter, says Digitimes Research
Monday 6 August 2018China is rising as the world's largest exporter of EV (electric vehicles) batteries, expected to account for more than 70% of the global output by 2020, according to Digitimes Rese...
China government to tighten regulation on PV industries
Friday 27 July 2018China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will strengthen the regulation on PV industries in an attempt to eliminate comparatively unqualified PV makers, according...
China IIoT platform assessment criteria to drive market growth
Thursday 26 July 2018China has recently released a set of standards for evaluating performances of IIoT (industrial IoT) platforms, which is expected to inject new growth momentum into the IIoT platform...
China electric car sector to see little impact from trade war with US, says UBS analyst
Wednesday 25 July 2018China's electric vehicle industry will see limited impact from the raging US-China trade war, in which both countries exchange a 25% tariff on car imports from each other's side,...
Energy storage cost expected to reach level of PV power generation in 2020, says CNESA
Wednesday 18 July 2018Energy storage cost is on the decline by at least 20% a year and is expected to keep dropping to a level low enough to commercially match energy storage with PV power generation in...
Taiwan solar-grade poly-Si wafer makers suffer from China PV installation control
Monday 16 July 2018The China government on June 1 announced plans to control PV installation, leading to drastic reduction in PV demand in the China market and consequently bringing large negative impact...
5G user base is expected to exceed 1.1 billion by 2025, but market unlikely to see boom as fast as that for 4G
Thursday 7 June 2018Digitimes Research estimates the number of 5G users will reach 1.14 billion by 2025 to account for 13.4% of all mobile service subscribers.
- Hong Kong airport authority cancels flights over protests (Aug 12) - The Guardian
- US-China talks stuck in rut over Huawei (Jul 17) - Wall Street Journal
- Huawei: still fighting for survival despite Trump truce (Jul 3) - The Financial Times
- Tsinghua Unigroup, Chongqing to invest up to $100 bln in IC sites over next decade (Feb 14) - Reuters
- China forecast to miss chip targets (Jan 26) - EE Times
- Q&A: Ray Bingham on Canyon Bridge, Imagination (Oct 2) - EE Times
- Beijing-backed fund makes a play for chip pioneer Imagination (Jul 22) - Daily Telegraph (UK)
- China defends big chip bet (Jan 12) - EE Times
- Chinese access to US semiconductor industry may be curbed (Jan 2) - Wall Street Journal
- Chinese company in patent dispute with Apple barely exists (Jun 23) - Wall Street Journal