A group of US senators last week proposed yet another bill to revive the domestic chip industry, the American Foundries Act of 2020 (AFA). This new bipartisan proposal is the second such measure in a month, following the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) act, introduced on June 10. The two initiatives highlight the effort by the US government to localize the electronics supply chain and rebuild the domestic semiconductor industry now that most of the world's production has shifted to Asia.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday introduced a measure aimed at strengthening chip manufacturing in the United States, adding to efforts to champion the sector and lure high tech supply chains back into the United States.

Globalfoundries and SkyWater Technology have reached a deal to supply semiconductor chips to the U.S. defense industry and work on new technology, the companies said on Thursday, as the industry moves toward more U.S. manufacturing.

SK Materials announced on June 17 that it has started mass production of high-purity hydrogen fluoride (99.999 percent), an etching gas used to manufacture semiconductors.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to provide more than $22.8 billion in aid for semiconductor manufacturers, aiming to spur the construction of chip factories in America amid a strategic technology rivalry with China.

China's largest contract chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), has filed for a listing in Shanghai that will raise 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion).

The American semiconductor industry is gearing up for a lobbying push to obtain billions of dollars in federal funding for factory building and research to keep the U.S. ahead of China and other countries that heavily subsidize their chip industries.

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies raised about 1.06 billion euros ($1.16 billion) by issuing new shares to partially finance its $10 billion acquisition of U.S.-based Cypress Semiconductor, it said on Tuesday.

The latest U.S. government action against China's Huawei takes direct aim at the company's HiSilicon chip division - a business that in a few short years has become central to China's ambitions in semiconductor technology but will now lose access to tools that are central to its success.

Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to answer "serious questions" about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's plans to build a U.S.-based $12 billion plant, flagging national security concerns and potentially undisclosed subsidies.

Shanghai-based chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp has secured an investment worth $2.2 billion dollars from Chinese state investors, the company announced on Friday.

US officials are working with some of the world's leading chipmakers in an effort to expand semiconductor manufacturing capability in the United States, a move intended to reduce the industry's reliance on producers in East Asia for those crucial electronics components.

Intel Capital, the venture arm of chipmaker Intel, has invested in two Chinese startups in the semiconductor sector, the company announced on Wednesday, as part of its latest batch of deals.

Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics NV (STM) on Wednesday reported a 7.9 percent growth in its profit for the first quarter, as revenues rose 7.5 percent, led by higher sales of Imaging products, and Analog and Micro-controllers.

This marks Foxconn's latest semiconductor project in China after other chip-related development initiatives in Nanjing, Jinan and Zhuhai. The Qingdao semiconductor packaging and testing plant will focus on chips used on 5G and AI-based hardware products.

Infineon said on Tuesday that it had received final regulator clearance for its takeover of U.S. Cypress Semiconductor and that funding was in place to complete the deal.

SK hynix's said Monday its non-memory semiconductor sales marked a 1.5-fold increase last year, while sales of memory products decreased by 33 percent on-year.

A group representing major U.S. semiconductor companies on Wednesday said it was working with federal officials to make clear to state and local officials overseeing lockdowns that chip companies are essential businesses that should continue operations.

The semiconductor maker is pulling masks, gloves and other gear from its factory stock.

SK hynix will work on reducing semiconductor production costs to respond to growing market uncertainties sparked by the coronavirus outbreak, its CEO Lee Seok-hee said Friday.

Cypress Semiconductor said Monday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) determined that there are no national security concerns with its proposed $10 billion takeover by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies.

ON Semiconductor on Friday cut its first-quarter revenue outlook amid the fast-spreading coronavirus, sending its shares down 4% in premarket trading.

Dutch semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier ASM International expects first-quarter revenue to fall from the guidance-beating levels seen in the previous three months, it said on Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics's semiconductor manufacturing division has won a contract to make new Qualcomm 5G chips using its most advanced chip-making technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, boosting the Korean firm's efforts to gain market share against rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Semi Korea, the local organizer of Semicon Korea, on Friday canceled the nation's semiconductor show due to mounting concerns over the new coronavirus.

As Chinese cities go into quarantine, investors get nervous over the lockdown of the world's workshop.

South Korea said Sunday that it will invest 1 trillion won ($863 million) in the next 10 years to nurture the next-generation semiconductor sector.

Taiwan's stock market is racing toward its first record high in almost three decades. Investors are taking an upbeat view on the global semiconductor industry, but President Trump's standoff with China over technology has also helped.

Broadcom is looking to sell one of its wireless-chip units, a move that would accelerate the company's shift away from its roots as a semiconductor maker.

The country is wasting billions of dollars and causing debt strains by pursuing too many semiconductor projects.

Japan's Panasonic will sell its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology, a Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday.

PDF Solution's CEO talks about the growing impact of analytics and AI on semiconductor design and manufacturing.

ASML, Europe's largest manufacturer of specialized chipmaking machines, has fallen prey to Washington's desire to curb Beijing's technological ascent and delayed shipment of a crucial tool needed to develop China's semiconductor industry.

Semiconductor stocks experienced a sector sell-off at the end of 2018 but rebounded in 2019.

Semiconductor sales fell 30 per cent, while exports to China fell 20 per cent, suggesting joint headwinds of global electronics slowdown and US-China trade war

Silicon Valley veterans take on Nvidia in AI chip market

Chip designer Dialog Semiconductor is still in the market for takeovers, and any deal it does is likely to be bigger than a recent transaction it did with Silicon Motion, CEO Jalal Bagherli said.

Arm has announced it is expanding the ways existing and new partners can access and license its technology for semiconductor design. Arm Flexible Access is a new engagement model enabling SoC design teams to initiate projects before they license IP and pay only for what they use at production. Through Arm Flexible Access, businesses will enable their design teams with more freedom to experiment, evaluate and innovate.

The rollout of 5G telecom networks helped semiconductor equipment maker ASML (ASML.AS) beat second-quarter forecasts on Wednesday despite weak demand in the memory chip market.

Russia is offering to supply etching gas to South Korea, in a move that could help Seoul get around Japanese restrictions on exports to its neighbor of the key element for semiconductor production.