US orders chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China's No. 2 chipmaker Hua HongAmerica has moved to curb China's chip ambitions. The US Commerce Department has directed chip equipment companies to stop sending tools to...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
US orders chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China's chipmaker Hua HongThe US government has taken decisive action by prohibiting chip equipment manufacturers from exporting their tools to Hua Hong, a significa...
29 Apr, 2026, 02.42 PM IST
US stocks today: US orders multiple chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China's No. 2 chipmaker Hua HongThe U.S. Department of Commerce has ordered chip equipment firms to halt tool shipments to China's Hua Hong, aiming to slow its advanced ch...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.27 PM IST
China's DeepSeek releases new AI model a year after viral riseChinese AI firm DeepSeek unveiled a new model with significantly lower costs and a massive one million word context. This development promi...
24 Apr, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
US lawmakers scale back bill targeting Chinese chipmakingA US bill to limit China's access to advanced chipmaking equipment has been modified. The legislation still aims to restrict ASML's deep ul...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
US targets Chinese chipmaking with proposed export restrictions on ASML and othersThe draft MATCH Act announced late on Thursday is aimed at protecting the US lead in artificial intelligence by preventing Chinese companie...
03 Apr, 2026, 05.43 PM IST
China's top chipmaker has supplied chipmaking tech to Iran military, US officials sayChina's top chipmaker, SMIC, supplied chipmaking tools to Iran's military. This development occurred about a year ago. US officials reveale...
27 Mar, 2026, 06.15 AM IST
Applied Materials to pay $252 million over illegal exports to ChinaThe US Department of Commerce on Wednesday announced a $252 million settlement with Applied Materials for illegally exporting chipmaking eq...
12 Feb, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
Taiwan adds China's Huawei and SMIC to export control listTaiwan has escalated its restrictions on technology exports to China by adding Huawei and SMIC to its export control list, alongside entiti...
15 Jun, 2025, 08.22 PM IST
Taiwan adds China's Huawei, SMIC to export control listTaiwan added China’s Huawei and SMIC to its export control list, requiring government approval for tech exports to them. The move tightens ...
15 Jun, 2025, 09.17 AM IST
China's SMIC flags chip oversupply risk on weakening demand, rising output"We face two major concerns for the second half of 2025. First, we expect order volume to decline as demand has been pulled forward to the ...
12 Feb, 2025, 02.02 PM IST
The Chinese chipmaker at the heart of the US-China tech warWhether China can advance and outrace the United States technologically now hinges on SMIC, a partly state-backed company that is the sole ...
17 Sep, 2024, 08.47 PM IST
Applied Materials under US criminal probe for shipments to China's SMICThe largest US semiconductor equipment maker is being probed by the Justice Department for sending equipment to SMIC via South Korea withou...
17 Nov, 2023, 08.34 AM IST
US lawmaker calls for ending Huawei, SMIC exports after chip discoveryChinese electronics giant Huawei last week started selling a phone called the Mate 60 Pro which contains a chip that analysts believe was m...
07 Sep, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
China threatens countermeasure after US blacklists 59 of its firmsChinese Ministry of Commerce on Saturday said that the US has "abused" export controls to suppress enterprises, institutions, and individua...
20 Dec, 2020, 10.17 AM IST
US blacklists dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, DJIThe move is seen as the latest in Republican Trump's efforts to burnish his tough-on-China image as part of lengthy fight between Washingto...
19 Dec, 2020, 09.03 AM IST
U.S. tightens exports to China's chipmaker SMIC, citing risk of military useSMIC is the latest leading Chinese technology company to face U.S. trade restrictions related to national security issues or U.S. foreign p...
27 Sep, 2020, 10.25 AM IST