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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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