While Russian gas can be replaced with other forms of energy, microchips made in Taiwan cannot. The country’s chip giant TSMC has attained a global market dominance of truly systemic proportions. But why is that?...
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Researchers have urged EU member countries to invest a lot more in chip design, with a view to becoming less dependent on China. Yet other parts of the value chain require more attention. When German...
Samsung, the world’s largest chipmaker, has flagged a massive drop in earnings, blaming weaker sales and falling prices. Is the tech giant’s first profit decline in two years a harbinger of the chip boom fizzling...
Revenue at Samsung Electronics jumped in the third quarter of 2013 as the world’s largest technology firm sold more smartphones than ever before. A rebound in memory chip prices also boosted the record result. Samsung’s...