Italy plans to set aside more than EUR4 billion (US$4.6 billion) until 2030 to boost domestic chip manufacturing as it seeks to attract more investment from tech companies such as Intel, a draft decree seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.

Toyota will shut down all 14 of its factories in Japan on Tuesday after a possible cyber-attack. Its supplier Kojima Industries Corporation suspected it had been hit by a cyber-attack, causing a halt in production.

Rivian Automotive is "making progress" in the increase of production for electric vehicles at its Normal, Illinois, assembly plant and is aiming to take 10% share in the EV market by 2030, CEO RJ Scaringe said on Thursday.

That sophisticated tracing system emerged from a relatively low-tech and crowd sourced development process.

Oil prices have surged past US$100 a barrel after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a "special military operation" in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine.

ASML, a key supplier to computer chip makers, is examining alternative sources for the small amount of neon it uses in its factories in case a conflict between Russia and Ukraine disrupts supplies.

Micron Technology, the biggest maker of computer memory chips in the US, said the growing crisis in Ukraine highlights the complexity and vulnerability of the semiconductor supply chain. Some of the gases used in the production of chips comes from the country which the US says Russia is invading.

Seattle-based logistics giant Expeditors International of Washington Inc. said it had shut down most of its operating systems in response to a cyberattack disclosed Sunday. Numerous logistics professionals have raised grave concerns.

Oil prices are climbing on fears that the Ukraine-Russia crisis will disrupt supply chains across the world.

Intel is increasing its reliance on erstwhile rival TSMC in its attempt to boost sales and eventually regain dominance as the world leader in manufacturing scale and chip process technology.

The semiconductor industry has long struggled with a notorious cycle of booms and nasty downturns. Now though, the industry is confident of beating the patterns of the past to extend what is an extraordinary run for the sector.

Luxshare Precision Industry, an Apple Inc supplier, said on Monday it aims to raise up to CNY13.5 billion yuan (US$2.13 billion) to fund six projects, including building a production line for wearable devices.

This week's announcement that India's Vedanta has tied up with Taiwan's Foxconn Technology to make chips is being lauded as proof that New Delhi is gaining traction with its plans to build a semiconductor industry. That's hardly the case.

Arm has introduced its new Mali-C78AE image signal processor (ISP), which is added to its "AE" line of safety-capable IP suitable for ADAS and human vision applications.

Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger said Intel would be interested in participating if a consortium emerges to own the British semiconductor and software design company Arm.

It was a darling with investors and customers. What happened next is more dramatic than anybody knows.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a conference call with analysts that regulators would not budge in their opposition to Nvidia's proposed $80 billion acquisition of Arm.

Despite multiple COVID-19 resurgences, offline channel disruptions due to restrictions and sustained component shortages affecting OEMs, key SEA countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam) saw a 5% YoY growth in smartphone shipments in 2021, according to Counterpoint Research. At 96 million units, the 2021 shipments were the highest ever for a calendar year and more than the pre-pandemic levels.

The Mercury Research CPU market share results are in for the fourth quarter of 2021, showing that AMD now comprises 25.6% of the overall x86 market, its highest share ever, partially on the strength of its increasing gaming console shipments.

Construction of TSMC's first advanced chip plant in the US is three to six months behind schedule.

Nth Cycle extracts critical metals from batteries for a second life through a special electrical recycling technology

Tesla is receiving competing bids for a second Gigafactory in China, according to new documents released by a Chinese province. The automaker said that it expects to announce a new factory location this year. Tesla currently operates two main factories, Tesla Fremont and Gigafactory Shanghai, and it has Gigafactory Texas and Gigafactory Berlin slowly starting to ramp up production.

Intel is close to buying Israeli firm Tower Semiconductor for about US$6 billion, a source familiar with the matter said, as the US company looks to advance its strategy of contract manufacturing chips for other businesses.

AMD has received approval from all necessary authorities to proceed with the acquisition of Xilinx.

Oil prices jumped Friday after a senior White House official warned that the US believes Russian President Vladimir Putin could order an invasion of Ukraine imminently.

ASML has warned that an affiliate of a China company it previously accused of stealing its trade secrets has begun marketing products that could infringe on its intellectual property rights.

In the early weeks of 2022, the government had to take drastic measures to ensure that (coal-fired) electricity is not interrupted, while in this same year it is leading the Group of 20, in which one of three priority issues is sustainable energy transition. It would be a gross oversimplification to pass quick judgement on any government facing one of the most challenging wicked problems - namely energy transition.

(Bloomberg) -- Panasonic Corp. is renovating a facility in Japan to start testing mass production of a new type of lithium-ion battery that's championed by Tesla Inc. as the key to unlocking cheaper electric vehicles.

Intel has just announced $1 billion for the foundry ecosystem. The company will prioritize investments in "capabilities that accelerate foundry customers' time to market - spanning intellectual property (IP), software tools, innovative chip architectures, and advanced packaging technologies." What's interesting is that it does not only cover x86 architecture but also Arm and RISC-V, with a focus on the latter, as Intel has just become a Premier member of RISC-V International.

Several experts expressed optimism. There are signs of improvement. The number of container ships in the queue for L.A.-Long Beach totaled 78 as of late Wednesday, down from a peak of 109 a month ago. The first phase of transport from Asia to North America is taking 7% less time now than it did in November. Pockets of worsening congestion are still easy to see. The protest blocking freight traffic from Detroit into Canada is starting to bite, as Ford was forced to idle a Canadian engine factory.

The $5 billion will be distributed to states over five years, with $615 million available in fiscal 2022. The first year of the program will prioritize EV charging stations along designated alternative fuel corridors, particularly along the Interstate Highway System. Subsequently, states will be able to use funding to develop community charging infrastructure, a senior administration official told reporters on a press call.

Sumco, a key supplier of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, said it has already sold out its production capacity through 2026, a sign shortages in the industry may not abate for years.

Heavy investment is needed to increase capacity in the semiconductor industry and there is no immediate danger of oversupply, the CEO of Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML said on Wednesday.

Samsung Electronics is making the biggest change to its smartphone strategy in years by reorganizing around its big-selling Galaxy S and foldable Galaxy Z series of devices. The company plans to discontinue its Note lineup of stylus-equipped phones and instead distribute that capability across its portfolio while pushing premium foldables in its challenge to Apple.