State media said the investment was a clear sign of Beijing's push to end the country's reliance on foreign semiconductor firms

Analysts expect more debate in the US on the effectiveness of chip curbs and the possibility of Congress including harsher sanctions in a competition bill it is preparing against China

The development follows sanctions-hit Huawei's success in building an advanced 7-nanometer processor, in collaboration with state-backed SMIC

Reports that Huawei's latest smartphone has 5G capabilities has sparked questions on the effectiveness of US sanctions and whether chip curbs on China should be expanded

US officials from various agencies say Chinese intruders without proper authorization have been found at multiple US bases and sensitive sites in recent years, according to a new report

Aditya-L1 is designed to travel 1.5 million km over four months, far short of the sun, to a kind of parking lot in space where objects tend to stay put because of balancing gravitational forces

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

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

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

If true, the development of a homegrown 5G chip would mark a win for China's local semiconductor sector, which has seen stock market gains of roughly 8% so far this week

Commerce Secretary has raised many important bilateral issues on her Chinese visit – from firms caught in the "chip war" to climate change and artificial intelligence

US Commerce Minister meets counterpart Wang Wentao in Beijing, notes that 99% of their $700bn in bilateral trade does not involve national security; vows to be 'direct, open, practical'