EDA software ban latest blow to China’s chip makers

Beijing aims to boost its chip-design software program sector in response to new United States-imposed bans on shipping to China electronic design automation (EDA) software program used in making one of the most cutting-edge 3-nanometer (nm) semiconductors. The United States Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on August 12 its decision to establish brand new export controls […]

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The disappointing economic backdrop to China’s policy dilemma

Industrial production also missed expectations. Concerns over fresh COVID-19 flare-ups, worries about jobs and the crisis in the property sector have dented borrowing by companies and consumers. Chinese banks extended 679 billion yuan (US$101 billion) in new yuan loans in July, less than a quarter of June’s amount, according toContinue Reading

Ukraine sets the mold for commercial space wars

Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed that a recent attack on a Russian military base in Crimea caused more damage than Russia had suggested in public reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]

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Ukraine puts Indonesia on brink of a noodle crisis

JAKARTA – Despite the involvement of a domestic company in renewed grain shipments, Indonesia has not been – nor is likely to be – the early beneficiary of any wheat from Ukraine or Russia following the reopening of Black Sea ports under a United Nations-brokered deal last month. Instead, Association of Flour Producers (Aptindo) chairman […]

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UK chips industry dying a certain death

US semiconductor giant Micron is to invest US$40 billion (£33 billion) during the 2020s in chip manufacturing in America, creating 40,000 jobs. This is on the back of incentives in the recent US Chips Act, which has also unlocked major investments from fellow US players Intel and Qualcomm. The EU is also making moves to […]

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