China Voices Concern on ‘Negative Factors’ in Dealings With US

asiafinancial.com Talks between China and the US’s top diplomats kicked off in robust fashion in Beijing on Friday with Foreign Minister Wang Yi warning his US counterpart Antony Blinken that…

Blinken Urges China to Play Fair With American Companies

asiafinancial.com China has been urged to play fair with American businesses operating in the country, by providing a level playing field and by shunning “non-market economic practices”. US…

US continues chips focus with massive Micron subsidy

siliconrepublic.com The US is offering up to $13.29bn in direct funding and loans to help Micron boost its domestic production of chips, including plans for a ‘megafab’ in New York. The US has…

Huawei Revs Up Intelligent Driving Push With Software Launch

asiafinancial.com Chinese tech giant Huawei has unveiled a new intelligent driving software brand which it’s aiming to see installed in 500,000 vehicles before the end of the year. The new…

Huawei Takes Another Bite Out of Apple’s Market Share in China

asiafinancial.com A slew of new smartphone launches from Chinese technology giant Huawei weighed on Apple in the first quarter of the year, with the iPhone-maker seeing its worst performance…

China Researchers Got Banned Nvidia Chips Via Server Products

asiafinancial.com Universities and research institutes in China have been able to buy high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence chips via resellers, despite stronger US curbs imposed by…

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on U.S. microchip production, blocking of sales to China, Russia

cbsnews.com What does the secretary of commerce do? Until now, mainly promote U.S. businesses abroad. It had not been a high-profile job til Gina Raimondo turned the second-tier agency…

Huawei wants to take homegrown HarmonyOS phone platform worldwide

theregister.com Huawei plans to expand its native HarmonyOS smartphone platform worldwide, despite coming under US-led sanctions that have deprived it of access to key technologies. The…

Record Rains See Floods Swamp China’s ‘Factory Floor’

asiafinancial.com Record-breaking rains have hit China’s densely populated Pearl River Delta, swamping the province once dubbed the “factory floor of the world”. Guangdong has been battered…

Fake AI Political Vids Spark India Election Meddling Fears

asiafinancial.com Fake videos of two of India’s A-lister Bollywood actors, criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and campaigning for the opposition Congress party, have raised fears of AI…

China is still years behind the U.S. despite Huawei's breakthrough chips, Raimondo tells '60 Minutes'

cnbc.com WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo listens as U.S. President Joe Biden participates virtually in a meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives…

Gina Raimondo says ‘we’ve out-innovated China’ amid chips war

thehill.com Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo proudly held up the progress of American industry on semiconductor manufacturing Sunday, declaring that the U.S. has “out-innovated” China…

Huawei’s China-Made 7nm Chip ‘Years Behind US’, Raimondo Says

asiafinancial.com US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo panned Huawei’s domestically-made 7 nanometre chip in an interview on Sunday, saying it was far behind American semiconductors and proof…

Tiny piece of technology roiling U.S. tensions with China, Russia

cbsnews.com Semiconductors have emerged as a key battleground between the U.S. and Russia and the growing Cold War between the U.S. and China The chips are imperative for almost every…

US commerce secretary downplays chip in advanced Huawei phone

investing.com The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday,…

Raimondo says Huawei’s chip breakthrough is years behind U.S. tech

japantimes.co.jp U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Huawei Technologies' latest phone shows that China remains behind on cutting-edge chip technology. In an interview with CBS News’…

Huawei’s 7-nanometer chip breakthrough is 'years behind what we have,' U.S. Commerce Secretary says

fortune.com US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest phone shows that China remains behind on cutting-edge chip technology. In an interview with CBS…

Report: US Looks to Forge AI Partnerships With UAE

pymnts.com The White House reportedly wants U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) companies to form partnerships in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). By launching operations in the UAE, the…

The 'deeply misguided' belief hurting economy: Commerce Sec. Raimondo

cnbc.com On Monday, when U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo was in Texas to tour a new Samsung semiconductor plant being built with financial support from the CHIPS Act, the…

Micron Poised to Get Over $6 Billion in Chips Grants in Announcement Next Week

finance.yahoo.com Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer-memory chips, is poised to get more than $6 billion in grants from the Commerce Department to help pay for domestic…

Micron poised to get over US$6 billion in chips grants in announcement next week

scmp.com Micron Technology poised to get over US$6 billion in chips grants in announcement next week Micron Technology, the largest US maker of memory chips, is poised to get US$6.1…

Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry

theregister.com Small businesses wishing they could get their hands on some of those billions of dollars in semiconductor funding being doled out as part of America's CHIPS Act are in luck,…

US should not delink from China: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

semafor.com The News U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday that the U.S. should avoid decoupling entirely from China, and focus instead on limiting Beijing’s access to…

U.S.-backed Microsoft deal elbows out China's AI in Gulf

axios.com Microsoft's new $1.5 billion partnership with G42, a government-backed tech-investing giant in the UAE, marks a stunning move in AI's increasingly frantic global chess game.…

Microsoft’s $1.5B funding for G42 signals growing US-China rift

techcrunch.com As the Gulf region gains growing strategic importance in the tech war between the U.S. and China, Microsoft makes a big move into one of its oil-rich countries. On Monday…

Samsung to get $6.4 billion to make computer chips in Texas

texastribune.org Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has…

Raimondo: Commerce Dept. will spend all of the CHIPS Act grant money this year

cnbc.com TAYLOR, Texas — The Commerce Department is on track to dole out all of the $39 billion in grant money allocated under the CHIPS Act by year-end, Commerce Secretary Gina…

Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas

finance.yahoo.com The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and…

U.S. to award Samsung $6.4-billion in grants to expand chip production complex in Texas

theglobeandmail.com The Biden administration will award up to $6.4-billion in grants to South Korea’s Samsung to expand its chip production in central Texas as part of a broader effort to…

Biden administration will provide up to $6.4bn in direct funding for Samsung to develop Texas chip manufacturing and research cluster

fortune.com The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and…

How Biden's new student-loan forgiveness plan could be jeopardized before it even goes into effect

businessinsider.com US President of the United States Joe Biden delivers remarks on student debt and lowering costs for Americans at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, United States on…