The meeting comes on the heels of a new US CHIPS Act that includes $52 billion in subsidies for companies that make chips or conduct chip research in the United States.

The world's largest memory chipmaker said plans to invest about $15 billion in the centre at Giheung, south of the capital Seoul, over the next six years, it said

Seoul's participation in the first meeting of the 'Chip 4' group could heighten the stakes as it seeks to navigate the divide between the US and China over semiconductors

MIT Professor Chen Gang, investigated by the US for links to China, is among researchers who discovered a material they say may be better for making computer chips than silicon.

SMIC got hit with US sanctions three days after he joined the company, and the Chinese government did not trust him due to his Taiwanese-US citizenship, Chiang said.

China's biggest chipmaker reported a big jump in second-quarter revenue and $514m in profit on Friday, but warned that the sector faces "panic and uncertainty"

Samsung vice-chairman Jay Y Lee and another top businessman won pardons on Friday from President Yoon Suk-yeol, who wants them to help rev up the South Korean economy.

The Taiwanese electronics maker forecast flat revenue growth for the quarter ending in September amid concerns over the impact of inflation and a potential recession on gadget demand. 

Covid lockdowns in China and soft demand hit the computer giant, which reported flat revenue for the June quarter – its worst result in nine quarters.

Chip fund chief Ding Wenwu is suspected of serious violations of the law, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

A surprise visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has brought back the spotlight on Taiwanese...

YMTC's new chip marks a breakthrough for the company and helps it close the gap on rivals including the US's Micron and South Korea's SK Hynix.