India wants to be a global chip powerhouse in 5 years, says IT minister

Workers assembles smartphones at Dixon Technologies factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India wants to be among the world’s top five semiconductor producers in the next five years, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, railways and communications.  The chip industry “is a … Read more

Taiwan’s strength in semiconductors could be its ‘Achilles heel,’ economist says

Taiwan should plan to diversify its economy away from semiconductors, given the risk that China might develop the capacity to make its own chips, Paul Cavey, an economist at East Asia Econ, told CNBC. “Politicians really should be discussing more on … diversifying the economy away in terms of trying to encourage more industries to … Read more

Shares of Apple suppliers fall after Barclays downgrades iPhone maker

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 12: The new iPhone 15 Pro is displayed during an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of Apple suppliers fell in Asia on Wednesday after Barclays downgraded the iPhone maker … Read more

The 3 parties vying to replace Tsai Ing-Wen

A KMT supporter waves a giant Taiwan’s national flag outside of Central Election Commission on November 24, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.  Annabelle Chih | Getty Images News | Getty Images Taiwan’s main opposition parties have filed individual bids to unseat the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as the billionaire founder of Apple supplier Foxconn dropped out … Read more

AI chip firm Kneron raises $49 million as it looks to rival Nvidia

Albert Liu, founder and CEO of Kneron. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile | Getty Images Kneron, a U.S.-based semiconductor startup, said on Tuesday it raised a fresh round of funding as it looks to ramp up the commercialization of its artificial intelligence chips, which it hopes will rival Nvidia’s. The company said it raised an additional … Read more