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TSMC Founder Morris Chang Is Wrong, Globalization (Only) Needs a Reset

Globalization is alive and well but requires a reality check–and fine tuning.
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What Caught Our Eye This Week

Arm’s China sales blocked, Microsoft grabs a struggling storage processor startup.
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Ambarella vs. NXP: On Each Other’s Radar

Vision processor specialist Ambarella wants auto manufacturers to “Forget ‘smart’ radars.” Is that what carmakers want?
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Synaptics Plays ‘Go’ to Win IoT Market

Synaptics has been on an IoT shopping spree for specialized IP. Has it chosen wisely? Can it cover a range of use cases?
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Smoke on the Brain

Our parents were addicted to nicotine. We’re addicted to our screens.
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Onsemi Triangulates Its Silicon Carbide Strategy

The manager of the chipmaker’s power electronics unit emphasizes materials, devices and packaging.
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What Caught Our Eye This Week

TSMC Founder Morris Chang eulogizes globalization, FCC puts the screws to Huawei.
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SiC Manufacturers Walk a Tightrope

Many are shifting to a vertical business model in hopes of capturing demand and driving down device costs.
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SiC in China: ‘Poster Child of the Decoupling Era’

How long before China catches up with Western silicon carbide suppliers in wafer production and device manufacturing?
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European Chip Startups Top China’s Shopping List

None of the current deals presents a significant technology transfer problem. But in the longer term, China’s buying spree could give rise to competitiveness issues and a loss of homegrown know-how.
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The Supply-Chain Decoupling Quandary

The global tech industry is supposed to re-imagine its supply-chain models in pursuit of “decoupling” the economy. How, exactly, does this represent an improvement?
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Apple Created a Brilliant But Now Nightmarish Supply Chain

The question isn’t whether Apple should slash its massive sourcing and third-party manufacturing presence in China. It’s how much of a reduction is needed and how fast Apple CEO Tim Cook can do it.
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China’s Zero-Covid Conundrum

With dissent mounting, there are few good outcomes for China and the global economy.
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Claiming a New MEMS Topology, Startup Promises ‘Disruption’

Omnitron Sensors is refining its manufacturing process technology by developing reliable, affordable optical subsystems for MEMS-based lidars.
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Tech M&A Conundrum: Lessons from Nvidia’s Arm Gamble

Getting a tech deal approved in today’s fraught geopolitical environment has become extremely difficult as East-West tensions grow.
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No Frills, No Hype: AMD’s ‘Pragmatic’ Plan for a New Car Architecture

While the automotive world is going gaga over GPU/CPU-based unified platforms, why does AMD hang back?
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Ex-TSMC exec to Foxconn, back story on Biden-Xi meeting.
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Podcast: What’s Next With Mike Noonen

The startup guru’s latest venture seeks to develop extended reality technology based on holography.

Intel: Why Gelsinger Should Become CEO of Foundry Business

Intel Foundry Services needs Patrick Gelsinger as CEO and business-case champion.
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Mike Noonen: The Startup Launching Maestro

The nascent AR/VR market is the serial entrepreneur’s next target.
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