The Latest Breaking News from Semiconductor

Thai Honda on course to reach 10% sales growth

Thai Honda Co, a manufacturer and distributor of multi-purpose engines, is maintaining its 10% growth target this year, with motorcycle sales expected to stand at around 1.3 million units despite the prolonged semiconductor shortage.

Bangkok Post · Aug 16, 2022

Chipmakers’ pandemic boom turns to bust as recession looms

Even in an industry famous for its roller-coaster cycles, chipmakers are bracing for a particularly severe shift in coming months, when a record-setting sales surge is threatening to give way to the worst decline in a decade or more.

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Entries invited from semiconductor startups

Incubation programme to foster innovation, entrepreneurship across semiconductor sector launched by AIC T-Hub Foundation

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2022

What’s in the recently passed CHIPS Act?

The CHIPS Act contains more than $50 billion to support the domestic semiconductor industry.

USAFacts · Aug 12, 2022

FTI sees opportunity in strait spat

Thailand should take advantage of the China-Taiwan tensions by inviting companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to invest here as Taiwanese semiconductor and electronics companies are expected to relocate their production facilities overseas, says the Federation of Thai Industry (FTI).

Bangkok Post · Aug 11, 2022

Why Beijing is banning imports of a popular brand of Taiwanese corn chips but not their microchips

China has blacklisted more than 2,000 Taiwan-made products in the wake of Nancy Pelosi's visit, but the self-ruled island's most important export — microchips — is not one of them.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

POINT: Innovative CHIPS and Science Act will improve the lives of all Americans

The CHIPS and Science Act is an innovative and important industrial policy. It makes targeted investments in critical industries to strengthen America’s manufacturing base, protect workers, and fortify U.S. national and economic security. It will help reverse the decades-long trend of job and supply-chain offshoring and contribute to inclusive growth.

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

COUNTERPOINT: CHIPS, a path toward inefficiency, waste and political dysfunction

President Joe Biden claims the CHIPS Act will boost domestic manufacturing, lower prices and bolster U.S. national security. In reality, the bill will be unlikely to achieve any of these objectives. Instead, it could precipitate important distortions in domestic and international markets that lead to inefficiency, waste and political dysfunction.

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

ON Semiconductor Whale Trades Spotted

  A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on ON Semiconductor. Looking at options history for ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ON) we detected 11 strange trades.

Benzinga · Aug 10, 2022

5 Hidden Chip Stocks to Buy Before the Spending Boom

The U.S. government is ramping up expenditure in the semiconductor sector to compete with China, which is expected to bolster the industry’s prospects. Moreover, given the growing chip market, we think it might be the right time to buy hidden chip stocks Texas Instruments (TXN), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Photronics (PLAB),…

StockNews.com · Aug 10, 2022