Industry News
Maeil Business Newspaper, Bang Youngdouk
Five people, including a former manager of Samsung Electronics, who siphoned off key semiconductor technologies and related engineers to China, were put on trial. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said on the 25th that it has indicted five people (three arrested, two without detention)...
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CNBC, Reuters
Three German nationals have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technologies that could be used for military purposes, German prosecutors said on Monday.
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Bastille Post Global,
Emerging high technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), have played a significant role in assisting China's electronics exporters explore overseas market.
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IConnect007, SEMI
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment edged down 1.3% to $106.3 billion in 2023 from an all-time record of $107.6 billion in 2022, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
A California man pleaded guilty yesterday to a scheme to defraud the
Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) by selling
over $3.5 million worth of fan assemblies to the DLA that were either
counterfeit or misrepresented to be new.
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MSN, Reuters
(Reuters) -China has introduced guidelines to phase out U.S. microprocessors from Intel and AMD from government personal computers and servers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft's Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options, the report said.
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Bloomberg, Bloomberg Technology
The Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei after the telecom giant notched a significant tech breakthrough last year, according to sources. Bloomberg's Executive Editor for US Government Michael Shepard joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Technology".
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The New York Times, Jes Aznar
Construction cranes still surround the brand-spanking new plant in Kulim’s industrial park in Malaysia. But inside, legions of workers hired by the Austrian tech giant AT&S are already gearing up to produce at full capacity by year’s end.
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Securing Industry, Phil Taylor
Two former employees of aviation parts distribution company Sofly have pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell and export aircraft parts with counterfeit airworthiness approval tags.
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EPSNews, Adam Hook
The always-present risk of procuring counterfeit electronic components was exacerbated during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prolonged lead times quoted by tier-1 component suppliers left many OEMs unable to ship vehicles and high-value electronic systems worth $100,000 or more.
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