The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.

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The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

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President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.

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President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.

President Trump said Nvidia can export some chips. But years of U.S. restrictions have propelled China to make everything it needs for advanced A.I.

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President Trump said Nvidia can export some chips. But years of U.S. restrictions have propelled China to make everything it needs for advanced A.I.

Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.

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Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.

We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.

A leading German automotive supplier said it was again allowed to ship semiconductors that Beijing had barred for export.

Amid skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence systems, the chip-making giant has been thrust into the economic feud between Beijing and Washington.

Some analysts say Beijing won a major victory in its trade talks: Getting the U.S. to withdraw a national security measure that previously was not under discussion.

The president signaled he would discuss the sale of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips in a summit on Thursday, a move U.S. officials warned would be a “massive” national security mistake.

The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.

China’s far-reaching rules already affect manufacturers of semiconductors, cars and many other products. They will soon become much broader.

Nexperia, a computer chip maker based in the Netherlands, was taken over by the Dutch government after pressure from officials in Washington.

Beijing’s latest effort to weaponize global supply chains is modeled on the American technology controls that it has long criticized.