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Gurjit Singh | PM’s Europe-UAE Mission: Key Focus On Energy & Tech

Gurjit Singh | PM’s Europe-UAE Mission: Key Focus On Energy & Tech

The tour also showed how India is increasingly linking West Asia and Europe into a common strategic and economic theatre...

22 May 2026 11:24 PM IST

Earlier reports claimed that last year, Apple applied for a patent application for a foldable display and is likely researching ways to create a foldable iPhone. (Photo: This photo is a fan-made foldable iPhone concept shared by MacRumors)

Part-organic device may help make bendable smartphones

The invention opens the door to a new generation of high-performance electronic devices that will be biodegradable.

8 Oct 2018 8:14 AM IST

The worlds largest semiconductor and smartphone maker is expected to forecast a 46 per cent jump in operating profit in the January-March period to 14.5 trillion won (USD 13.7 billion).

Samsung's first-quarter profit seen at USD 13.7 billion

The world's largest semiconductor and smartphone maker is expected to forecast a 46 per cent jump in operating profit.

4 April 2018 11:29 AM IST

As autonomous car technology develops, Sohn said Samsung was working with automobile companies on development of 5G networks, needed for autonomous driving. (Photo: AP)

Samsung C&T, Samsung Electronics almost double cost of finishing new...

The contract covers finishing work on the line at Samsung Electronics' Hwaseong plant on South Korea's west coast.

1 April 2019 11:11 AM IST

Even if companies can continue to sell components without being subject to US restrictions, any disruption to Huaweis operations will have a knock-on effect on its suppliers. (Photo: AP)

Huawei US blacklisting knocks semiconductor stocks

The selling was particularly amplified as investors exited bullish positions built up in the trade-sensitive sector in...

21 May 2019 10:53 AM IST

Chip design and manufacturing equipment used in the worlds semiconductor plants is mostly US-made, so the new rule affects foreign producers that sell to Huawei and affiliates including HiSilicon, which makes chips for supercomputers with scientific and military uses. The US Commerce Department said foreign foundries would be granted a 120-day grace period for chips already in production.

China warns US on Huawei suppression, says all measures will be taken...

Under new rules, foreign semiconductor makers that use American technology must obtain a US licence to ship...

17 May 2020 5:51 PM IST

Intel CEO Bob Swan said in a letter last month to two Pentagon officials that strengthening U.S. production is more important than ever, given the uncertainty created by the current geopolitical environment. (Photo | AP)

Intel, Taiwanese chip maker express interest in building semiconductor...

Concern about relying heavily on chips from Taiwan, South Korea and China had begun even before the coronavirus outbreak

11 May 2020 9:33 PM IST

The SMIC IPO push is part of the Communist Partys strategy to develop global leaders in artificial intelligence, big data, and other advanced sectors.

Chipmaker SMIC set for a huge IPO as China looks to make semiconductor...

SMIC is China's biggest contract manufacturer of chipsets, and the country's hope to make its tech firms non-dependent...

6 July 2020 9:07 PM IST

Every foreign-made semiconductor of any type anywhere in the world is now subject to US licence requirements if a Huawei company is in any way involved, directly or indirectly, in the transaction. (Photo | AP)

Now, US puts a stop to Huawei's chances to access US chip technology...

The Semiconductor Industry Association, representing American chipmakers, said Monday it will cause significant...

18 Aug 2020 6:15 PM IST

Washington cut off Huaweis access to US components and technology including Googles music and other smartphone services last year. Those restrictions were tightened in May when the White House barred vendors worldwide from using US technology to produce components for Huawei. (Photo | AFP)

Isolated by US, Huawei can produce smartphone chips no more

Huawei CEO Yu Chengdong said Friday that production of the company's high-end Kirin 9000 chipset would stop from...

8 Aug 2020 8:53 PM IST

Apart from worries about China being able to develop competitors to American industry using American technology, Washington also worries about Chinas development of long-range missiles, supercomputers that can be used in nuclear warhead development and other high-tech weapons. (Representative Image)

Fearing US blacklisting, Chinese chipmaker SMIC asserts its tech is...

SMIC is a leader in a semiconductor industry built up by the ruling Communist Party in an effort to reduce China's...

6 Sept 2020 4:30 PM IST

Companies producing chips using 130 nanometer technology or smaller will be tax exempt for two years.

China cuts tax rates for chipmakers amid trade tensions with US

The move comes as the United States is considering imposing tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese exports.

30 March 2018 4:45 PM IST