Chinese chipmakers still need US tech
We can’t have independence without a little dependence
Chinese chipmakers have been warning their government that they cannot meet targets to domestically source 40 per cent of chips by 2020 without US involvement.
Apple to move a third of production out of China
Will take 18 months
Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided to spend the next 18 months avoiding the impact of US/China tariffs by moving a third of its production out of China.
Japanese Tokyo Electron bows to US pressure to blacklist Chinese
Even if they do not have to follow American law
Japan’s Tokyo Electron, the world’s third-biggest semiconductor manufacturing equipment, will not supply to Chinese clients blacklisted by Washington.
China warns big tech of “dire consequences” of trade war
Do not shift your supply chains out of China
China has formally warned big US tech companies of “dire consequences” if they shift their supply chains out of the country as part of Donald “Prince of Orange” Trump’s trade war.
China might play its trump card
Rare earths – no US electronics without it
As Donald (Prince of Orange) attempts to win his trade war with China by opening a new front against Mexico, he has forgotten that the Middle Kingdom has a trump card it can play.
Foxconn shifts 155 US jobs to Mexico
Promises to Trump appear to be slipping
After promising Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump that it would create shedloads of US jobs, Foxconn has shipped 155 US jobs to Mexico.
IEEE backs down on anti-Chinese moves
Bans on Huawei lifted
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has backed down on its anti-Chinese curbs.
IEEE loses the Chinese
It doesn’t matter, America apparently invents everything these days
Chinese boffins have had a gutsful of US anti-Chinese sentiment at the IEEE and have pulled out of the organisation.
China could replace Windows
Worried about security
Beijing has decided to develop a custom operating system that will replace the Windows OS on computers used by the Chinese military.
Huawei defends Apple from wrath of Chinese
Says it will protest against a China ban
While the fruity cargo cult Apple is worried that it could be banned from selling its expensive goods in China, it has found an unexpected ally in Huawei.