10 h. ago Singapore cyber summit stresses need for unified front amid rising threats

Experts and officials at a major cybersecurity summit in Singapore have called for deeper collaboration between governments and tech giants, warning that fragmented efforts are no match for increasingly sophisticated digital threats. Speaking at the Singapore International Cyber Week, policymakers and industry leaders said closer partnerships were essential to sharing threat intelligence, innovating jointly and mounting coordinated responses to cyberattacks. These partnerships were crucial as...

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6 d. ago Shenzhen semiconductor expo shows China’s progress in tech self

Chinese semiconductor companies, part of the more than 600 exhibitors at an industry event in Shenzhen this week, unveiled an array of advanced products that appear to bolster the country’s broad push towards tech self-reliance. At the three-day WeSemiBay Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo 2025, which concludes on Friday, Shenzhen municipal government-backed SiCarrier, which is known to work with Huawei Technologies, drew much attention when the chip equipment maker presented more than a dozen...

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7 d. ago Chip supply at risk in fight over Nexperia, unit of China’s Wingtech

Nexperia, the European semiconductor subsidiary of Chinese electronics part maker Wingtech, is caught in the crossfire of the US-China tech war and faces an uncertain future amid restrictions from both the Chinese and Dutch governments, according to analysts. The Dutch government has taken over Nexperia, a move that provoked strong opposition from its Chinese owner Wingtech, the Chinese government and players in China’s semiconductor supply chain. They have vowed to fight for control of the...

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8 d. ago US warned Dutch Nexperia CEO must go to avoid entity list fallout: court

US officials told their Dutch counterparts that the Chinese CEO of Nexperia “will have to be replaced” for the company to be exempt from Washington’s entity list, newly disclosed court documents show. The disclosure comes after the Dutch government effectively seized control of the semiconductor firm, a subsidiary of the Chinese company Wingtech, forcing a change in management under an obscure law known as the Goods Availability Act. In doing so, the Dutch authorities removed founding CEO Zhang...

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1 week ago Beijing targets consultancy that does teardown reports on Huawei chips

The Chinese government has put a Canadian semiconductor consultancy, which is known for its reverse-engineering analysis of chips to track their source, on a trade blacklist in a sign of a widening tech war with the West. Ottawa-based TechInsights was added to the “unreliable entity list” published by China’s Ministry of Commerce and banned from doing business with the country. Chinese individuals and organisations have been told not to “transmit data or provide sensitive information” to the...

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2 w. ago Chinese semiconductor companies line up their chips to match US giants

Chinese semiconductor companies line up their chips to match US giants  ET Manufacturing

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