Cryptocurrency has been on a red alert as of late with recent policy changes in Singapore while Thailand allows the central bank to be more involved with digital currencies.

Taiwan-based Ennoconn sees record highs in orders for its three major business sectors, and with no signs of the orders slowing down, company chairman Steve Chu expects clear growth in the high double digits for the second half of 2022 and even 2023.

The Chips and Science Act 2022 signed by US president Joe Biden on August 9 is seen as an important move to boost US competitiveness in the face of a “sputnik moment” with China. As we examine the content, with the conditions set in the law, we found the semiconductor companies will have to take sides if they decide to take the subsidy for building the fabs.

The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule on August 12 to impose restrictions on four emerging and fundamental technologies, among which an electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) software which is important to designing artificial intelligence (AI) chips, further preventing China from designing and producing next-generation advanced semiconductor chips.