Japanese companies TDK and Murata Manufacturing already make solid-state batteries for use in portable devices, but no one has yet released larger batteries of this type. This omission is scheduled to be rectified by Maxell this summer will adapt...
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Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Liesje Shreinemacher in an interview with a Japanese magazine Nikkei Asian Review also confirmed that the country will impose restrictions on the supply of certain types of lithographic equipment to China, namely those...
Storing information on electronic media has long been a very difficult task, which sometimes turned into a serious problem. For example, in Japan, some tax-related information must be retained for at least 100 years. For exactly this case, Pioneer...
Japanese companies, including SoftBank and Hitachi, have started restricting their employees’ use of AI services like ChatGPT in workflows. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, this is due to the risk of information leaks and other threats...
Japanese officials have nothing to say yet amid recent announcements by Dutch authorities about the need to introduce additional restrictions on chipmaking equipment shipments abroad, the agency noted. Bloomberg. Japan and the Netherlands, according...
Cooperation between China and South Korea in the field of chip production continues and is even intensifying in some areas, despite the US desire to limit its development. It became known that the import of silicon wafers for the production of chips...
Funded by several major Japanese corporations, Rapidus expects to have test production of 2nm chips in the Land of the Rising Sun by mid-decade and transition to mass production by 2027. It was announced this week that the first Rapidus facility...
The pandemic has exposed the semiconductor industry’s vulnerabilities, autochips and other cheap, mass-produced products are in short supply, and US authorities have begun to look for ways to improve supply chain reliability. The long...
TSMC’s first facility in Japan is to be built with the participation of Sony and Denso and will focus on 28nm and 12nm contract manufacturing. Now the Japanese media is reporting that before the end of the decade, a second TSMC facility will...
A pilot project to test the digital yen will be launched in April, Reuters writes, citing a report by the Bank of Japan. In the first phase in April 2021, the mechanisms for issuing and transferring digital currencies were tested; testing of other...
FTX Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, announced on Monday that customers will be able to withdraw funds in fiat and crypto again starting Tuesday 12:00 p.m. local time. reported The register resource. In doing...
So far, efforts by the Japanese authorities to support the national semiconductor industry with large budgets have not been impressive, but a certain legal framework has already been put in place over the past year. According to the existing rules...
Japanese government-backed chipmaker Rapidus plans to launch a prototype 2nm semiconductor production line by the first half of 2025. This was announced by the management on Tuesday, January 24th. Image source: Laura Ockel/unsplash.com The company...
In early October last year, US authorities tightened their own export control rules regarding the supply of certain semiconductor components and equipment to China for their production. Products shipped from the Netherlands and Japan were not fully...
In the last few weeks of last year, lively rumors circulated about the interest of the Taiwanese TSMC in setting up a company for custom manufacturing of chips in Europe, in Germany. Speaking to analysts on today’s quarterly conference call...
At an industry event this week, TSMC CEO CC Wei denounced the decoupling trend between China and the United States, which is stifling the development of the semiconductor industry and driving up costs. Incidentally, he explained that the...
Chipmaker Rapidus, a joint venture between Toyota, Sony, NEC and other Japanese companies aiming to restore Japan’s chip leadership, has signed a partnership agreement with IBM. Additionally, according to Bloomberg, the company needs multi...
In late November, a squad of US officials landed in the Netherlands to coordinate support for tech sanctions against China by key US trade allies, and a phone call was held with Japan’s industry minister last week. According to some reports...
In early October, US authorities announced a new set of export restrictions aimed at hampering the development of China’s semiconductor industry. Now they are trying to persuade the authorities of the Netherlands and Japan to go in the same...
US attempts to isolate China in terms of lithographic technology development will inevitably bear fruit, widening the gap between the two countries’ companies. However, the domestic market offers considerable growth potential for Chinese...
