How China’s control of battery supply chains is becoming a critical risk for U.S. military power and AI initiatives
From AI data centers to military drones, the U.S. is increasingly dependent on battery technologies and materials dominated by Chinese firms.
China chipmaker SMIC raises wafer prices by about 10% as memory demand tightens capacity
The adjustment comes as China’s largest foundry runs near full utilization and faces sustained demand from domestic customers building inventories of memory and logic chips.
SK hynix expands U.S. presence with new Bellevue, Seattle office in efforts to get closer to its largest customers
Premium SK hynix is expanding its U.S. presence with a new office in the Seattle metropolitan area, placing the world’s leading HBM supplier within minutes of Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft.
China's reverse-engineered Frankenstein EUV chipmaking tool hasn't produced a single chip
Premium Recreating an entire supply chain is incredibly difficult
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And it will continue to do so.
PC Components
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