This week, Chinese authorities said exports of gallium and germanium - crucial for the manufacturing of semiconductors - will require a license and declaration of their final recipient from August 1, citing national security concerns.
In the annual sessions of the National People s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the so-called "Two Sessions" that ended in March, the focus was undoubtedly on the autonomy of semiconductor technology. But AI was also mentioned quite a few times.
A recent patent lawsuit filed by US-based gallium nitride (GaN) technology specialist Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) against China s top GaN devices vendor Innoscience Technology is likely to deter the latter from developing its sales abroad.
Some chip industry analysts are optimistic that China can and probably will build its own semiconductors even as the U.S., the Netherlands and Japan have imposed export controls to critical
With the US-China tech war raging on and companies like Micron caught in the crossfire, how should the government address semiconductor R&D and talent planning in response to new situational changes? Some US academics recently suggested that besides semiconductors, the US and Taiwan can also cooperate in fields like quantum and net-zero technologies.