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Two former Samsung bigwigs nabbed for allegedly swiping $3.2 billion worth of the company's intellectual property to build a 'brand new second-hand' chip fab in China
TRADE SECRETS Two former Samsung executives were jailed for allegedly stealing Samsung technologies worth approximately $3.2 billion to build a chip-making plant in China.
Plans for China's invasion of Taiwan could be thwarted by a leading European chipmaker's "kill switch," which can remotely deactivate sophisticated chipmaking equipment
KILL SWITCH Chipmakers ASML and TSMC address concerns about the Chinese invasion of Taiwan with a remote switch for advanced chipmaking machines.
Microsoft flags deceptive strategies and AI-generated disinformation from China that could potentially disrupt the upcoming US election
MISINFORMED AI China is reportedly using AI-generated images, videos, and memes to misinform voters about the elections and brew outrage in the US, South Korea, and India.
With tensions between the US and China, will Microsoft continue to run operations in its Beijing-based AI lab?
What's next? The US and China's long-term rivalry continues to brew more trouble with a debate on whether Microsoft should continue running its operations in its Beijing-based AI tech lab.
The US could be a decade or two away from attaining full independence from Chinese and Taiwanese chipmakers, according to NVIDIA CEO
CHIP MANUFACTURING Despite the ongoing construction of advanced fabs in the US by reputable semiconductor brands like Samsung, NVIDIA's CEO, Jensen Huang, believes the country needs up to two decades to gain full independence from Chinese and Taiwanese chipmakers.
The US government's newly imposed export rules block $5 billion worth of advanced AI GPUs from China
ROADBLOCK 🚫⛔ No AI chips for China.
US further limits AI chip exports to China from NVIDIA and other manufacturers
NO CHIPS Biden's administration placed a major cap on AI chip exports to China.
Blizzard games like Overwatch and World of Warcraft are being pulled from China
Losing Games The long-term agreement between Activision Blizzard and NetEase has fallen apart.
