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Arm Seen Signing Tech Giants for $50-55 Billion IPO
Arm Seen Signing Tech Giants for $50-55 Billion IPO

Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, AMD, as well as Intel, Samsung, plus Cadence Design and Synopsys are among the firms and clients that said they will be strategic investors in the chip designer's listing

Vietnam Chip Engineer Shortage May Spoil US Plan to Rival China
Vietnam Chip Engineer Shortage May Spoil US Plan to Rival China

The 100-million-people country has only 5,000 to 6,000 trained hardware engineers for the chip sector, against expected demand of 20,000 in five years

ASML to Ship Top Tech to China Even as Dutch Chip Ban Starts
ASML to Ship Top Tech to China Even as Dutch Chip Ban Starts

The company said it will continue to ship the products in its NXT:2000i and more advanced DUV models, which fell under the restrictions that started on Friday

China’s Big Banks Cut Rates, Prepare to Lower Mortgages
Baidu, SenseTime Launch ‘ChatGPT’ Bots After Beijing Approval
Rumours of 5G Chip in New Huawei Phone Fuel China Chip Rally
Foxconn’s $10bn Wisconsin Plant Plan a Fading Memory – engadget
China’s Guangzhou Eases Mortgage Rules to Help Housing Market
China Says Doors Will Open Wider, After Raimondo Bombshell
Meta Links Chinese Law Enforcement to ‘Spamouflage’ Posts

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors