Work on TSMC's second plant in Kumamoto will begin late this year. Its factories will have a monthly capacity of over 100,000 12-inch wafers for auto, industrial, consumer and high performance-related uses

The 5nm tech will be used to produce chips for Huawei's new smartphones, and, if successful, could also be used for its AI chips

Fraudsters used past meetings to create AI deepfakes of the firm's chief financial officer and other staff to scam an employee into transferring company funds

Chinese tech giant has been forced to prioritize AI chips over production of chips for its premium Mate 60 smartphones, sources say, as they are made at the same facility

Tech giant's revenue target cut by billions amid signs that Chinese consumers are buying more 'foldables' and smartphones from Huawei, powered by a locally-made chip

The new H20 chip, made for China's AI market, has less power than 2 chips banned late last year, but is still seen as having a key advantage over Huawei's Ascend 910B

China led the funding of chip startups in 2023 by a wide margin over the US, with local startups receiving 75% of all venture-capital funds in firms doing chip design, making chips or chip equipment

China is pushing to become a world leader in the field of AI by 2030 but wants to keep the game-changing technology under its purview and control

Custom officials say integrated circuit chips, classed as strategic items and worth $11.6 million, were funneled to mainland via a South Korean company; firm's executives now face prosecution

The machines are aimed at disrupting the most expensive step in the chipmaking process, by “stamping” chip designs on to silicon wafers instead of etching them using ultraviolet light

The US is pushing to require its cloud firms to verify the identity of foreign entities who sign up for their services, through a "know-your-customer" program

The Joe Biden Administration is expected to begin handing out subsidies to top semiconductor companies in the coming weeks, according to a WSJ report