A rapid explosion in AI-enabled devices, coupled with a range of other factors including climate change, natural disasters and geopolitical tensions, pose significant risks to chip supply chains

Top executives from the Taiwanese tech giant were said to be discussing building a factory on a par with some of its biggest home sites

The chipmakers have been in the crosshairs of US officials due to the headway they've made in HBM chips used in artificial intelligence chipsets

Shares of Chinese chips firms were on a high on reports the country had developed chipmaking machines of its own, but experts doubt they are much of a 'breakthrough'

Tokyo is between a rock and hard place on the issue of chip tech exports, facing the risk of retaliation from both China and the US

Weak industrial data causes Goldman Sachs and Citibank to cut growth forecasts, while Nomura says China may face a second wave of economic shocks

Samsung is struggling to keep up with smaller chip rival SK Hynix, while it’s also facing stiff smartphone competition from Apple and Huawei

The US is pressing the Korean government to ensure Samsung and SK Hynix restrict sales of their high-bandwidth memory chips to China

Korean engineers accused of using Samsung chip tech to make 20nm memory chips at a plant in southern China. The $3.2bn case has led to calls for tougher penalties for theft of 'critical tech'

"I think to make the case that this is about national security is getting harder and harder" said Christophe Fouquet

China was the only country to increase its year-on-year chip equipment purchases, with other major buyers like Taiwan, South Korea and the US all spending less

China has emerged as a significant buyer of ASML’s products — accounting for nearly half of its sales — in the first quarter of the year