Showing posts with label microchips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microchips. Show all posts

Thursday, December 5, 2024

China bans exports of key microchip elements to US as trade tensions escalate

Gallium and germanium are used in semiconductors, while germanium is also used in infrared technology, fibre optic cables and solar cells. Antimony is used in bullets and other weaponry, while graphite is the largest component by volume of electric vehicle batteries...


Sunday, October 23, 2022

Opinion | Biden Just Clobbered China’s Chip Industry - The New York Times

"That's why I have been so impressed with the aggressive and creative way the Biden administration has gone about curtailing China's alarming, decades-long effort to build a domestic semiconductor industry that's independent from the rest of the world. This month, the Commerce Department announced a set of restrictions that prevent China from getting much of what it needs to establish a commanding position in the chip business. The government said the rules were meant to block "sensitive technologies with military applications" from being acquired by China's military and security services. With few exceptions, the sanctions prohibit China from buying the best American chips and the machines to build them, and even from hiring Americans to work on them. Analysts I spoke to said the rules will devastate China's domestic chip industry, potentially setting it back decades..."


Friday, February 25, 2022

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Though the economic consequences of a war that threatens the lives and livelihoods of many Ukrainians will always be secondary to the looming humanitarian crisis, here are five areas likely to see trouble ahead:…









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