A Tatebayashi Moulding worker shapes a stamping die with a grinder: Under the ownership of BYD, the company is moving to implement new designs more quickly. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Business Spotlight

Japanese auto parts makers scramble to prepare for EV shift

'No time to rest,' given lead time for phase out of gasoline-powered cars

13 September 2024
SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha speaks to Nikkei Asia during an interview on Sept. 5. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Semiconductors

More chip hubs needed to bolster global supply chain resilience: SEMI CEO

Association chief sees semiconductors becoming a $1tn industry within eight years, $2tn by 2040

12 September 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers an address at Semicon India on Sept. 11. (Photo by Aya Onishi)
Semiconductors

Semicon India: Modi touts goal to become chipmaking powerhouse

Now is 'right time' for global chipmakers to be in India: PM says at expo

12 September 2024
A worker cuts iron rods outside a workshop at an iron and steel market in New Delhi.
Commodities

India to impose up to 30% tariffs on China, Vietnam steel pipe

Tax on imports from the countries to last for the next five years

11 September 2024
Diggers work at a lithium battery anode material project in China's Guizhou province. 
Commodities

Australian miners rally as China's CATL 'adjusts' lithium output

Oversupply has dragged on prices for key battery material over a year

11 September 2024
Leading European chipmaker Infineon is pioneering larger gallium nitride (GaN) wafers for power semiconductors. 
Semiconductors

Infineon unveils world's first 12-inch GaN power chip wafer tech

Chipmaker aims to capture demand from power-hungry AI data centers

11 September 2024
All of the top five global suppliers of solar panels last year hailed from China.
Supply Chain

China dominates global supply of solar panels and wind turbines

Top players gain market share in renewable energy, EV supply chains

11 September 2024
Taiwan's Passive System Alliance (PSA) has started production at its new printed circuit board factory in Malaysia's Penang. (Photo by Lauly Li)
Supply Chain

Taiwan's PSA opens Malaysian PCB plant to tap server, auto demand

Factory doubles the company's local capacity for printed circuit boards

10 September 2024
Dump trucks transport mined materials at Mount Holland lithium mine in Southern Cross, Western Australia.
Commodities

West urged to give lithium more support to break China's supply grip

Ex-Pilbara chief's warning comes as Arcadium moves to mothball Australian mine

10 September 2024
Signs are growing that the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be easing up on its controls on inbound Chinese investment.
Asia Insight

India edges warily toward accepting more Chinese investment

Despite security concerns, FDI seen as key to Modi's manufacturing drive

10 September 2024
Tata Electronics CEO Randhir Thakur, left, and Tokyo Electron CEO Toshiki Kawai announce a partnership in India.  (Tata Electronics)
Semiconductors

India's Tata enlists Tokyo Electron in semiconductor push

Tata Electronics to work with Japanese company on skills building

10 September 2024
JDI and Sharp will no longer supply displays for new Apple smartphones after the fourth-generation iPhone SE comes out in 2025. (Photos obtained by Nikkei)
Supply Chain

Japan display makers pay dearly for failing to foresee iPhone's LCD exit

With switchover to OLED, Japanese companies shut out of Apple supply chain

8 September 2024
The Netherlands, home to ASML, is tightening its export restrictions on chipmaking tools.
Technology

Netherlands curbs more ASML exports, in line with U.S. rules

Dutch company is Europe's top semiconductor equipment maker

6 September 2024
New U.S. export controls restrict shipments of quantum computing technology and other items that could be used to fuel China's advances in strategic areas. 
Technology

U.S. implements new export curbs on advanced chips and quantum tech

Rules take aim at China's advances in cutting-edge technologies

6 September 2024
Toyota Motor plans to build a new electric-vehicle battery factory that will supply a nearby Lexus assembly plant. (Photo by Haruka Kadooka)
6 September 2024
BOS Semiconductors' R&D center in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam is attracting attention from global chip companies. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Semiconductors

Vietnam proposes chip incentives from tax breaks to faster visas

Draft tech law offers grants and deductions despite global minimum tax deal

5 September 2024
The Geoje shipyard of South Korea's Hanwha Ocean, which recently signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the U.S. Navy. (Hanwha Ocean)
Indo-Pacific

Pentagon to set up military repair hubs in 5 Indo-Pacific countries

U.S. eyes global network of sustainment, expanding to Europe and Latin America

4 September 2024
Semicon Taiwan draws thousands of attendees in Taipei on Sept. 4. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Semiconductors

SK Hynix and Samsung seek closer ties with Taiwan's supply chain

AI opportunities and challenges drive unprecedented push for collaboration

4 September 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook shows off the new iPhone SE featuring 5G and the A15 Bionic chip during an event at Apple Park in March 2022. (Photo by Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc.)
Supply Chain

Japan no longer iPhone display supplier as Apple ends LCD use

U.S. tech giant to switch iPhone SE's screen to OLEDs in 2025

3 September 2024
Neon gas is a critical material for chipmaking, but supplies have faced significant disruption in recent years.
Semiconductors

Taiwan top chipmakers plan to localize neon gas supply by 2025

Scarcity of key material after Ukraine war leads firms to shore up supply

3 September 2024
A server chip made by China Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., one of the companies driving China's record investment in chip production.
Semiconductors

China buys more chip tools than South Korea, Taiwan, U.S. combined

Record $25bn spent in first half in Beijing push to develop local supply chain

2 September 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks at the Indonesia-Africa Forum in Bali on Sept. 2. (Photo courtesy of Indonesia's foreign ministry)
International relations

Indonesia vows to 'defend interests of Global South' at Africa forum

Jokowi aims for $3.5bn in business deals at 3-day gathering in Bali

2 September 2024
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Semiconductors

Supply security now trumps price for chip industry: IQE CEO

U.K. chip materials maker sees China developers gaining market share

2 September 2024
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India's iPhone hopes and South Korea's EV concerns

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