China's push for self-sufficiency in the computer chip supply chain was a noted feature of the annual Semicon China exhibition in Shanghai this week

US lawmakers were already looking to cut SMIC off from US tech imports after it produced the surprisingly high-end chip for Huawei’s latest handset

Micron, one of the two suppliers of top-end chips to Nvidia along with South Korea's SK Hynix, added nearly $19 billion to its market value this week

Nvidia CEO downplayed the risk of conflict and said he saw little chance of being forced to move away from working with Taiwan's TSMC

Experts say the impact of US chip curbs on China is a 'mixed picture', but there is “no way back” to the global semiconductor ecosystem that existed before the Covid pandemic

Chinese carmakers are turning to Nvidia for advanced technology in an effort to compensate for what they currently lack in global brand recognition

Dozens of South Korean companies have left China in recent years for reasons ranging from bilateral strains, geopolitical rivalry, plus China's economic slowdown and push for self-sufficiency

The US has reportedly been pressing Seoul, since the second-half of 2023, to implement export curbs targeting chip supplies to China

Raimondo, on a tour to push investment in states in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, says the US is looking to diversify sources of chip production

Advanced Micro Devices applied for a licence to sell similar laptop chips after Biden took office but never received a response, it says

While pledging billion-dollar investments in Manila, Raimondo said the US was constantly looking at ways to expand chip curbs against China and restrict its tech progress

Thanks to artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Nvidia’s valuation has rocketed from $1 trillion to more than $2 trillion in just nine months