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China filed a dispute with the World Trade Organization trying to overturn US-imposed export controls, which aim to limit the Asian nation's ability to develop a domestic semiconductor industry and equip its military.
Bloomberg
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) added limits on exports of chips and related production tools to China, citing national security concerns. Following the announcement, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer noted he is pressing for further restrictions.
EE Times
China has begun live fire military drills - its biggest-ever in the region - in the waters around Taiwan.
BBC News
Japan will stop exporting semiconductors to Russia next week, joining the US and its European allies in efforts to cripple Russia's military capability.
Bloomberg
In the wake of President Putin's military aggression in Ukraine, some firms, including Apple, Jaguar Land Rover, H&M and Burberry, have announced they are pausing activities in Russia.
BBC News
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.
BBC News
The Biden administration on Thursday placed seven Chinese firms and government labs under US export controls for their involvement in China's effort to build supercomputers that help develop nuclear and other advanced military weapons. All seven are linked to China's ambition to build the world's first exascale computer, Commerce Department officials said.
Washington Post
A military coup in Myanmar and a bloody crackdown on protesters has piled pressure on foreign companies operating in the country. Some firms are scaling back or even pulling operations while those with ties to army-linked firms are being urged to cut them.
Reuters (via Yahoo! Finance)
"Despite our private-sector and university leadership in AI, the US remains unprepared for the coming era... China is a competitor possessing the might, talent and ambition to challenge America's technological leadership, military superiority and its broader position in the world."
The Financial Times
The Trump administration is poised to add China's top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, according to a document and sources, curbing their access to US investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Reuters
Micro semi, the largest US commercial supplier of military and aerospace semiconductor equipment, is exploring its options, including a possible sale, after it received a takeover approach, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Reuters
China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies by 2020, stepping up efforts to shift to Chinese suppliers, according to people familiar with the effort.
Bloomberg
RFMD has introduced what it claims is the world's first 6-inch GaN-on-Silicon Carbide (SiC) wafers for manufacturing RF power transistors for both military and commercial use.
Company release
The North has also shut down an emergency military hotline between Seoul and Pyongyang.
BBC News
AAI has developed a giant touchscreen tablet that could allow commanders to give orders to troops on the ground the same way you pick the angle at which you want to launch your bomb bird.
Geekosystem
"With the Embedded Initiative, Altera is enabling designers in markets such as automotive, industrial, military and wireless to easily leverage a rich ecosystem of processor, OS and IP support all through a single design flow, and to reduce overall system cost..."
Company release
Many high-technology companies have run afoul of the US' Export Control System, which regulates the overseas sales of items that can be put to use for military or intelligence-gathering purposes.
Ars Technica
Altera has announced it is shipping in production the highest density member of its 40nm Stratix IV FPGA family. Featuring 820K logic elements, the device is for a variety of high-end applications including ASIC prototyping and emulation, wireless, wireline, military, computer and storage.
Company release
South Korea's won fell the most in more than a year and the nation's stocks slumped following a report by a defector group that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ordered the military to prepare for conflict.
Business Week
Compound Semiconductor