WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday U.S. lawmakers should get rid of a landmark 2022 bipartisan law to give $52.7 billion in subsidies for semiconductor chips manufacturing and production and use the proceeds to pay debt.

Chinese buyers are circumventing U.S. export controls to order Nvidia's latest artificial-intelligence chips, illustrating the challenges the Trump administration will face in choking off cutting-edge American technology.

The first month of 2025 revealed shifts in testing demand, manufacturer trends, and emerging supply chain risks at White Horse Laboratories. External Visual Inspection (EVI), X-ray Analysis, and Decapsulation/Die Analysis remained the most widely used testing methods, but new insights emerged regarding RF components, material verification, and market consolidation among manufacturers.

2024 proved to be a much tougher year for our industry than nearly anyone had predicted. At the start of last year, most were foreseeing a tough first half, followed by an upturn later in the year. Well, that was half right—unfortunately, not the good half. The upturn never truly materialized.

The CHIPS Act program operates under the federal agency and personnel cuts could signal the end of efforts to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US. Proposed cuts at a key US government agency will likely mean the demise of CHIPS Act funding, which could effectively end the program and undermine efforts to reshore semiconductor manufacturing and research to the US.

The semiconductor industry is undergoing a period of dramatic upheaval, marked by the potential breakup of Intel and sale to Broadcom and/or TSMC, the rise of Arm as a chip manufacturer, and increasing geopolitical tensions. This seismic shift will have far-reaching implications for the semiconductor supply chain, the balance of power within the industry, and the future of technological innovation.

Augmented reality (AR) is most recognizable as a consumer technology. It’s the driving force behind popular mobile games, such as Pokémon GO, and lets e-commerce shoppers visualize products in their homes before they buy. However, AR’s potential goes much further. It may also prove critical in future electronic component sourcing and managing supply chains.

Flighttime Enterprises Inc., an American subsidiary of a Russian aircraft parts supplier, along with three of its current and former employees, have been charged federally with crimes related to a scheme to illegally export aircraft parts and components from the United States to Russia and Russian airline companies without the required licenses from the Department of Commerce.

VILNIUS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - China is helping Russia's military drone production by becoming a hub for the smuggling of critical Western components for Moscow's armed forces, Estonia's foreign intelligence said in its annual national security report published on Wednesday.

Electronics companies are concerned about how new and potential tariffs might disrupt their global supply chain. In this episode of Inside Electronics, Sara Jensen, Executive Editor at Power & Motion, Robert Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief at IndustryWeek, James Morra, Senior Editor at Electronic Design, and William Wong, Senior Content Director at Electronic Design discuss the topic, including the reasons why these issues are so complex.