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Nvidia set to ship powerful AI chips to China in policy U-turn
Nvidia has been largely shut out of China’s market for advanced AI chips since the Biden administration imposed sweeping export controls, citing national security...
Trump administration reviews Nvidia AI chip sales to China in sharp policy shift
The Trump administration has launched an inter-agency review that could clear the first-ever sales to China of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips, the company’s...
Inside China’s Secret Push to Build Its Own Extreme UV Chip Machine
In a high-security laboratory in Shenzhen, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing the most advanced semiconductor chips used...
Nvidia Develops Location-Tracking Tech to Combat AI Chip Smuggling
Nvidia has quietly developed new location verification technology for its AI chips, aiming to help prevent the smuggling of advanced processors into countries where...
The ‘Silicon Drain’: When US Tech Sovereignty Erodes Taiwan’s Shield
Strategic planners in the Indo-Pacific region will likely face an unsettling week after the latest reports. The Trump administration is making its way through...
Global AI Boom Triggers New Memory-Chip Supply Chain Crisis
A worldwide shortage of memory chips is intensifying as artificial intelligence expansion collides with constrained semiconductor production. From Japan to China to Silicon Valley,...
Can the CHIPS Act Truly Cut America’s Reliance on Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry?
In 2022, US President Joe Biden officially signed the CHIPS and Science Act, a form of protectionism for the domestic manufacturing industry and a...
Mexico’s Strategic Dilemma: The National Grid as the Silent Handbrake on AI and Semiconductors
Introduction: The Ambition at the Crossroads
Mexico currently faces an unparalleled economic juncture. Global geopolitical dynamics, driven by nearshoring and the imperative to diversify supply...
Critical Industries, Critical Risks in ASEAN Supply Chains
ASEAN is attempting to secure a foothold in the global semiconductor and electric-vehicle battery industries. Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand have each announced concrete industrial...
Trump Administration in Talks with Taiwan to Boost U.S. Semiconductor Workforce
The Trump administration is negotiating a trade deal with Taiwan aimed at increasing investment and training for U.S. workers in semiconductor manufacturing and advanced...