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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      News in-depth29 min
      The race for semiconductor supremacy | FT Film

      Can the US regain a leading role in advanced chip manufacturing?

      Silicon Supremacy
    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      China’s economic malaise hits efforts to raise $41bn chip fund

      Biggest financing round to date to support domestic semiconductor industry struggles to attract capital

      The gate of Semiconductor Manufacturing International’s factory in Shanghai
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      How TSMC’s chip plant is shaking up Japan

      Semiconductor giant’s arrival in a small town highlights broader challenges for Asia’s most advanced economy

      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s factory under construction in Kikuyo, Japan
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      LexAsia-Pacific companies
      Kokusai Electric: Japanese listing arrives in time for chip boom   Premium content

      Debuts in the local market have been the best performers in the region this year

      Kokusai Electric signage
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Chris Miller
      What the most ‘Chinese’ smartphone yet tells us about politics

      The advances in domestic chipmaking suggest western controls will be far from watertight

      An advertisement for the Huawei Mate 60 series smartphone in a Shanghai street
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Huawei Technologies
      Huawei makes processor breakthrough in flagship smartphone

      Facing US sanctions, Chinese company emulates Apple by using its own designs in chips for Mate 60 Pro

      A photo montage of a smartphone chip and a Huawei Mate 60 Pro
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      Newly listed Arm faces its next challenge: jump-starting growth

      After strong public debut, SoftBank-owned UK chip designer is trying to expand core business and stake out new ones

      Arm chief executive Rene Haas rings the bell at the Nasdaq exchange
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      News in-depthTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC bets on silicon photonics to enable more powerful ChatGPT

      Emerging field becomes new battleground for major tech players

      Silicon Photonics Global Summit
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      Arm shares jump by 25% on first day of trading

      SoftBank-backed chip designer’s stock climbed as high as $63.59 in early trading as valuation exceeds $65bn

      Logo outside Arm’s US office
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      Arm prices shares at $51 apiece ahead of IPO

      Move values UK chip designer at more than $52bn as it prepares to begin trading on Thursday

      The Arm logo on its US headquarters in San Jose, Calfornia
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      #techAsia
      Apple’s China headache and Alibaba’s surprise shake-up Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Raine Group LLC
      The Broadway producer orchestrating SoftBank’s Arm IPO

      Tech-focused boutique bank Raine Group has had a long and lucrative relationship with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son

      A montage of Jeff Sine and Masayoshi Son and the Raine Group logo
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Qualcomm Inc
      Qualcomm strikes new Apple deal on 5G chips

      Extension of supply agreement signals Big Tech group is still unable to perfect the technology in-house

      A man uses his phone near the Qualcomm stall at a tech fair
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      Strong demand pushes Arm to close IPO order book early

      Pricing could land towards the top end of the initial range of $47-$51 a share

      Arm sign on side of building
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast31 min listen
      Bonus: Arm’s race to IPO

      Hear a live recording from the FT Weekend festival!

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      $50bn Arm IPO more than five times oversubscribed, bankers say

      Some fund managers on US roadshow see red flags in small size of listing and large number of banks involved

      Arm logo on phone surrounded by computer chips
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      US to check on chips used in Huawei’s ‘Made in China’ smartphone

      Mate 60 Pro sells out in China as public celebrate reports of domestic chip breakthrough despite years of sanctions

      A specialist disassembles Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      IPOs
      KKR to list chip equipment maker as Tokyo experiences IPO revival

      Private equity group aims to float Hitachi Kokusai Electric at valuation that would make it Japan’s biggest initial public offering since 2018

      A visitor looks at an electronic stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
      Japan seeks revival as a semiconductor powerhouse

      New joint venture aims to reduce reliance on Taiwanese chips but faces tough challenges

      Atsuyoshi Koike, president of semiconductor venture Rapidus, breaks ground during a ceremony in the city of Chitose, northern Japan. where the country’s new chip plant will built
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      Arm targets valuation of up to $52bn in IPO

      Updated filing shows chip designer will raise an initial $4.9bn for current owner SoftBank

      Arm and SoftBank logos on a board
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      SoftBank faces investor scepticism over $50bn price tag for Arm IPO

      Top fund managers say UK chip designer and Japanese group will struggle to sell its growth story

      Arm’s logo on the screen of a smartphone above a computer motherboard
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Moral Money
      Water worries hit the chip sector Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a controversial way to cool the planet

      The TSMC logo behind blurred people in the foreground
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      SoftBank-backed Arm targets $50bn-$55bn valuation as it pitches IPO

      Nvidia and Apple among the companies expected to take part in chip designer’s listing

      A photographer takes a picture in front of the Arm logo
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Inside BusinessJune Yoon
      Nvidia’s critical weak point: Taiwan

      Building more fabrication plants in other countries is not the solution for companies that require the highest tech chips

      Jensen Huang
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      John Thornhill
      High hopes over Arm’s relisting may clash with reality

      The languishing IPO market awaits the outcome of the British chip designer’s flotation

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