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US may expand restrictions on Chinese access to American tech exports

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 21, 2022
The concern is the potential use of advanced technologies for military purposes.
Russell Funk, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota and a co-author of the paper, explains why science may be slowing.
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Demand for electronics is falling. But some types of semiconductors are still in short supply.

by Justin Ho
Oct 7, 2022
Samsung and AMD say demand is weakening for high-end devices like laptops and smartphones. But vehicles still face semiconductor shortages.
While chips for computers are no longer in high demand, supplies are tight for lower-end chips that go into vehicles.
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What does it take for chip manufacturers to get a new plant up and running?

by Stephanie Hughes
Aug 23, 2022
Semiconductor makers seek locations with plenty of space, water, electricity and workers. First, they need megabucks for construction.
An array of machines at a semiconductor plant in Germany. Now that the CHIPS Act has passed, chipmakers are looking to build more facilities in the U.S.
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Taiwan has leverage in U.S.-China standoff: semiconductors

by Matt Levin
Aug 1, 2022
Decades of investment and training in tech have helped Taiwan build a so-called silicon shield.
TSMC produces more than 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductors.
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China could soon surpass U.S. in crucial emerging technologies, report warns

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Dec 14, 2021
"This has big implications," says Harvard's Graham Allison, one of the report's authors.
"This has big implications," says Harvard's Graham Allison, one of the report's authors.
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Are we headed toward a wage-price inflation cycle in 2022?

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Daniel Shin
Nov 26, 2021
Economist Betsey Stevenson weighs in on fixing the supply-and-demand imbalance for semiconductors and other goods to quell inflation.
A prolonged semiconductor shortage could mean higher prices for goods like cars, adding to inflationary pressures.
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What this Dutch semiconductor company could tell you about the car market

by Stephanie Hughes
Aug 2, 2021
NXP is one of the top suppliers of computer chips to automakers.
The Nijmegen, Netherlands headquarters of Dutch chip maker NXP in 2015.
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Lagging care economy "makes us uncompetitive," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Jul 15, 2021
Raimondo discusses the infrastructure packages moving through Congress and the semiconductor chip shortage.
"If we're able to land the plane on these packages, it'll be a great day in America," says Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about the Biden administration's infrastructure plan.
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From semiconductors to containers, “every day, it’s a different problem” on the supply chain

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 2, 2021
A conversation with the CEO of an importer caught in the crosshairs of global business disruption.
A cargo ship is loaded at a Chinese port. India Hynes, CEO of Vinotemp, said getting product onto vessels in China is among the biggest problems facing her company.
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Shortage of semiconductors is a security risk, and what the U.S. can do about it

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 21, 2021
Semiconductors are in almost everything, including military equipment, and we don’t have enough of them.
Biden’s infrastructure proposal calls for $50 billion to create a technology directorate that would focus, in part, on semiconductor manufacturing.
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