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Samsung might trade OLED secrets for cheaper wafers
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Korean giant risks IP leak in rumoured China supply tie-up

Samsung could end up handing over some of its crown jewels to China to cut costs on its next-generation chips and displays.

Arm boss says US chip bans just shrink the pie
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Rene Haas warns that locking down tech hurts everyone

Arm CEO Rene Haas has taken a swipe at US chip export bans, warning that trying to stifle China’s AI development is more likely to shrink the entire tech economy than give anyone a competitive edge.

Taiwan says no to Huawei and SMIC
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Silicon Island tightens the screws

Taiwan has just thrown a sizeable spanner into China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency fantasy, with the democratically elected island adding Huawei and SMIC to its strategic high-tech commodities entity list.

German state expels Microsoft
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Schleswig-Holstein doesn’t want teams


The German state of Schleswig-Holstein is revolting and ditching the software King of the world, Microsoft, from its public sector.

Rice boffins cook up Frankenstein's glaphene chip
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Bends the rules of physics and common sense

Materials scientists at Rice University have emerged from their smoke filled labs with a new type of computer chip build from a fusion of graphene and silica glass called glaphene.