Fearing worsening trade friction, Chinese tech firms stockpile U.S. chips
China is stockpiling U.S. computer chips, a sign that tech companies there are preparing for worsening trade relations that could lead to being cut off from American technology. Chinese imports of American semiconductors, integrated circuits and the equipment to make them have risen strongly in ...
Suicide of Mitsubishi Electric unit employee caused by overwork, labor office rules
The supervisor’s December 2017 suicide at Mitsubishi Electric unit Melco Semiconductor came after he logged over 100 hours of overtime per month.
Sony records strongest Q2 profit as image sensor demand offsets slide in gaming earnings
Sony Corp. on Wednesday said operating profit jumped 16 percent in its strongest-ever result for a second quarter, as robust sales of image sensors offset a tumble in earnings from its gaming division. The results, which beat estimates, prompted the entertainment and electronics firm to ...
The popularity of the semiconductor sector helped Tokyo stocks extend their gains on Friday. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 49.21 points, or 0.22 percent, to end at 22,799.81, rewriting a year-to-date high for the fifth straight session. The key market gauge grew 125.22 points Thursday. The ...
U.S. activist fund laments Sony's rejection of spinoff proposal for 'uncut rough stone' chip unit
U.S. activist hedge fund Third Point LLC expressed frustration Thursday over Sony Corp.'s decision to stick with the status quo and turn down a proposal to spin off its lucrative semiconductor business. "It is difficult for us to imagine that a company of Sony's size ...
Japan and South Korea discuss export controls at WTO, but solution to dispute still far off
Tokyo and Seoul are believed to have repeated their claims during the Geneva talks.
Japan delaying export of key chipmaking material beyond 90-day limit, South Korea says
Japan is delaying export approval of a material vital to South Korea's semiconductor manufacturing industry, Seoul's trade ministry said in a statement as the bilateral trade fight shows no signs of abating. The trade ministry issued a statement Tuesday saying Japan has not approved the ...
Sony explains reasons for rejection of plan to spin off semiconductor business
Sony Corp. has clarified why it rejected a proposal by the U.S. hedge fund Third Point LLC that the electronics and entertainment giant spin off its semiconductor business. In June, Third Point announced a $1.5 billion investment in Sony and called on it to split ...
Elite Ushio lights the way to next-gen computer chips in Japan
Chipmakers have spent two decades pouring investment into a revolutionary new technique to push the limits of physics and cram more transistors onto slices of silicon. Now that technology is on the cusp of going mainstream, thanks to a secretive Japanese company that's mastered ...
Japan's curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire in long run
Japan's curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding its dominance over a key link in the global chip supply chain, suppliers and experts have said. Japan tightened restrictions last month on exports of three chipmaking materials ...
Japan releases second batch of high-tech material to South Korea, sources say
Japan has approved shipments of the material to South Korea for the second time since imposing tighter export restrictions last month, sources said Tuesday.
Samsung seeks alternatives to Japanese suppliers amid trade row
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest smartphone and memory chipmaker, is seeking alternatives to Japanese suppliers for some key materials, it said Wednesday as Seoul and Tokyo remain embroiled in a bitter trade dispute. The row has seen the Japanese government ...
