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Democrats on Friday muscled legislation through the House that they say positions the United States to better compete with China economically and on the global stage by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry and shoring up strained supply chains.The bill passed by a vote of 222-210. It marks an important step for a top Biden administration priority, but the legislation is likely to be extensively revised as negotiators reconcile differences with what the Senate passed about eight months ago. President Joe Biden…

The European Union announced a $48 billion (roughly Rs. 3,58,520 crore) plan Tuesday to become a major semiconductor producer, seeking to curb its dependency on Asian markets for the component that powers everything from cars to hospital ventilators and game consoles.At a time when natural gas shortages and Europe's reliance on Russia for energy shows the political risks of economic dependency, the 27-nation bloc is moving to boost its economic independence in the critical semiconductor sector with its Chips Act.“Chips…

Apple's prime supplier Foxconn Technology Group halted operations at two of its factories in eastern China's Kunshan after new COVID-19 cases were reported on site, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.The operations at those plants have been suspended since Wednesday last week, with all employees confined to dormitories inside, the report said.The two Foxconn plants, located at Dianfa and Fuhong in the northern part of Kunshan, are two of four manufacturing campuses operated in the city by the Taiwanese firm,…

Samsung has been rumoured to be working on the Galaxy Z Fold 4, which is expected to release alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 4 in August 2022. Now, a notable tipster has suggested that the S Pen stylus for this new foldable smartphone could be under mass production in several regions of Europe and Asia. Furthermore, some rumours speculate that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 could be the first foldable smartphone to feature a slot for storing a stylus. Notably, its predecessor, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is compatible with the S Pen Pro and…

Taiwan's Unimicron Technology said on Thursday that one of its two plants in eastern China's Kunshan would remain closed to comply with COVID-19 curbs but the other would resume production.Unimicron, a chip substrate and printed circuit board maker that supplies Apple and Intel, said in a statement one plant had resumed some production under a "closed loop management" system that keeps workers isolated inside.A company representative said it was difficult to estimate current production capacity but it was "not…