(Natural News) Officials from the United States are meeting with counterparts from the Netherlands in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Jan. 27, to talk about putting up new restrictions on exporting semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China. The two nations could reach an agreement on mutual export bans on the same day if they can agree on […]

(Natural News) Global electronics manufacturing giant Samsung’s operating profits dropped by 69 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. The downturn reduced Samsung’s operating profit to $3.4 billion in the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022. The company has cited the diminished demand for electronics products and semiconductors resulting from the slowing global economy as […]

(Natural News) For many decades, the United States and Taiwan have enjoyed a longstanding and vibrant trade relationship – and one that is absolutely critical for the economic viability of both nations. High-end electronics and their components (i.e., microchips and semiconductors) that the United States relies on are often manufactured in Taiwan, usually at substantially […]

(Natural News) Experts believe America’s semiconductor ban on China has accelerated the severing of ties between the two countries. The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the ban on Oct. 7, which put in place new export restrictions on advanced semiconductors and chip-manufacturing equipment bound for mainland China. The new rules sought to prevent the Chinese Communist Party […]

(Natural News) With 300,000 troops mobilized and a reported 70,000 Belarusian troops ready to join the fight, Russia is staging tanks, personnel and even Mig-31 fighter jets in Belarus in what appears to be preparation for a 2nd wave assault against Ukraine. Kiev will likely be the target in this assault, as Putin attempts to […]

(Natural News) Representatives from Japan and the United States have agreed to work together to develop next-generation two-nanometer (nm) semiconductor chips. On July 29, the newly-established U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee met for the first time and issued a statement laying out how both countries want to “foster supply chain resilience,” especially in the field […]

(Natural News) A team of researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) discovered a cheaper and more efficient way to produce hydrogen through electrolysis. The researchers led by Dr. Siva Karuturi found a way to produce hydrogen through electrolysis without an external source of electricity and any carbon emission. Their research has been published in Advanced […]

(Natural News) Russia’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced that the country will limit until the end of 2022 the exports of noble gases such as neon, which is an essential element in making computer chips. The move is expected to worsen the ongoing supply crunch in the global chip market. Ukraine was also […]

(Natural News) The global shutdown over COVID-19 affected every aspect of the world economy and those reverberations will be felt for years to come in the way of shortages and delays. And in no industry is this being felt more than the manufacture of computer chips — components that are vital in literally every aspect […]

(Natural News) Officials ordered a partial shutdown of Suzhou, a major industrial city in China, after the omicron variant of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVD-19) was detected in the area. The government is now ramping up their testing, along with other pandemic measures. A top city official said the trading and industrial hub located in the eastern […]