Integrated Circuits

How US prevented Japan's Toshiba from becoming No.1 chipmaker

In the 1980s, American policymakers saw Japanese chip makers as their biggest threat.

New cleaning method for EUV machines – a game changer for chipmaking

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can remove tin contamination from ultraviolet lithography machines manufactured by the Netherlands-based ASML, which is at the centre of the US-China chip war.

Asia-Pacific trade wars: How Japan and Korea have embraced protectionism

The difficult relationship between two key US allies in Asia-Pacific has become a full-blown trade war, which is bound to have an impact on the global economy.

Massive protest calls on South Korea president to resign

President Park Geun-Hye has been rocked by allegations that an old friend used her influence to meddle in state affairs and gain personally.

Samsung recovers 60 percent of Note 7s from S. Korea and US

The company's recall and exchange programme for the troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone has cost almost $5 billion.

Emission scandal to cost $18B for Volkswagen

Volkswagen says it would take $18 billion hit to its 2015 results for its emissions-test cheating scandal