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Canadian Technology Organizations Form Semiconductor Working Group

Several Canadian tech organizations are forming a group to advance the country’s semiconductor industry. The group is called the Semiconductor Industry Leadership and Innovation Canada Action Network. It says it will advocate for the semiconductor industry with the federal and provincial governments and develop a made-in-Canada action plan for leadership across the global sector. Members…


US Experts Worried About China Cornering Market for Old-Gen Chip Technology

With Chinese firms increasingly focusing on boosting the production of older generation chips, experts in the United States and the Western world more broadly, are worried about the development posing a significant international security threat. Older generation chips are still critical for various technologies. For instance, 28-nanometer chips have been in use since 2011 in…


Chipmaking Giant Slashes Capital Spending by 10 Percent, Slowdown Warning to Tech Sector

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has slashed its capital spending despite posting strong profits, with the company expecting the market to slump in the near future. Capital expenditure (capex) for 2022 was slashed to roughly $36 billion in 2022, down from previous estimates of at least $40 billion. About half of the change is due…


Chipmakers Post Weak Results, Reduce Spending Amid Recession Fears

Multiple chip manufacturers are posting disappointing financial results and cutting down on spending—developments that are negatively affecting the share prices of these firms. AMD, for example, recently announced its preliminary third-quarter sales, missing projections by more than $1 billion. The third-quarter revenue is expected to be $5.6 billion, below the company’s forecast of $6.7 billion….


South Korea Faced With Picking Sides as US-China Chip War Heats Up

South Korea, a leader in the global semiconductor chip industry, now faces the dilemma of choosing sides in the U.S.-China semiconductor chip war. South Korea has been invited by the United States to join the Chip 4 alliance with the United States, Japan, and Taiwan, explicitly to counter China’s dominance in the global chip industry….


Destroying Taiwan

Commentary America can save Taiwan from Chinese invasion by promising to destroy it, or at least its chipmaking capability, argues an article in Parameters, the U.S. Army War College’s quarterly. In “Broken Nest: Deterring China from Invading Taiwan,” Air University’s Jared McKinney and Colorado State University’s Peter Harris say that Taipei and Washington should make the…