Japan said that it would restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its tech trade controls with a US push to curb China's ability to make advanced chips.
Japan, home to major global chip equipment makers, did not specify China as the target of the measures, saying equipment makers would need to seek export permission for all regions.
Foxconn, Samsung, Oppo, Wistron, Pegatron - it was mostly foreign brands that occupied consumer electronics manufacturing scene. But Super Plastronics has been an Indian flag bearer.
Chip manufacturing needs a complex ecosystem. The tools are Japanese domain; the photolithography equipment a Dutch speciality, and the materials are supplied by Russia and Ukraine.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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