Taylor city is trying to attract Samsung to locate a huge new computer chip plant there, rather than Austin, or in two other states

Sources say Japan's Trade Ministry is ready to back Western Digital's bid to merge with Kioxia if it gives the country more leverage in geopolitical tech rivalries, and a way to counter chip shortages

Semiconductor giant’s huge investment a sign of Beijing’s efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign producers

Global Times says the US move to try to block a Chinese takeover is a 'dangerous' precedent that could affect decisions on other mergers and acquisitions

Magnachip said in a SEC filing on Monday the Treasury Department sent a letter last Friday to say the Chinese takeover bid posed "risks to the national security"

Multinationals that use a large amount of computer chips are reported to have objected to Nvidia's plan to take over UK chip designer Arm, which is being assessed by regulators at home and abroad

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia and Western Digital are reported to be in talks on a $20-billion stock merger that would create a NAND memory giant to rival Samsung Electronics

Taiwan responded to US senators urging it to help address the global shortage of auto chips by saying it would do its part

Car production at Toyota plants will reportedly be slashed by hundreds of thousands next month because of the global chip shortage

Beijing plans to create state-owned companies for emerging industries such as new energy and high-end computer chips

Tokyo fears huge US incentives being poured into chipmaking amid its trade war with China could ravish Japan's once-booming semiconductor sector

Taiwanese Apple supplier buys site in chip-making hub of Hsinchu; Move follows joint venture with Yageo Corp to make integrated circuit products