Hardware US introduces new restrictions for exports of chipmaking tools to China Just as China's SMIC achieves 7nm breakthrough By Adrian Potoroaca , August 1, 2022, 4:04 PM 16 comments
Industry Hardware The US looks to kill Chinese chipmaking ambitions with ASML sales ban No more deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography tools for China? By Rob Thubron , July 6, 2022, 5:16 AM 55 comments
Software Microsoft Russian users report that they can't download Windows 10 and 11 A good excuse to switch to Linux? By Tudor Cibean , June 21, 2022, 10:22 AM 46 comments
Industry Hardware Economist says China must seize TSMC if the US tightens sanctions Could overreliance on Taiwan's chip industry prove costly? By Rob Thubron , June 7, 2022, 7:35 AM 65 comments
Industry Tech Culture Taiwan export ban limits Russia and Belarus to chips with frequencies under 25 MHz And performance must be under 5 GFLOPS By Rob Thubron , June 2, 2022, 5:16 AM 43 comments
Hardware Industry Russia might start using China's Zhaoxin x86 chips because of sanctions Seriously underpowered but sufficient for office applications By Tudor Cibean , May 19, 2022, 1:39 PM 43 comments
Hardware Industry Russian tanks are using chips from household appliances due to sanctions Diminishing Russia's war effort By Daniel Sims , May 14, 2022, 7:38 AM 98 comments
Tech Culture US targets Russian Bitcoin miners in latest round of sanctions Russians have been using crypto to lessen the impact of economic sanctions By Rob Thubron , April 22, 2022, 8:14 AM 11 comments
Hardware Industry Russia plans to manufacture chips locally on a 28 nm node by 2030 It may be a bit unrealistic By Tudor Cibean , April 16, 2022, 9:53 AM 44 comments
Industry Intel suspends business in Russia, appeals for return to peace Intel has joined a very long list By Rob Thubron , April 6, 2022, 8:44 AM 41 comments
Industry Gaming World of Tanks developer is quitting Russia and Belarus Wargaming says it will suffer substantial losses as a result By Rob Thubron , April 4, 2022, 9:37 AM 33 comments
Tech Culture Science Russia says it will quit the ISS, but NASA wants cooperation to continue Might we need Elon Musk after all? By Rob Thubron , April 4, 2022, 8:24 AM 19 comments
Gaming Russian developer of Loop Hero tells players to pirate the game Sanctions have stopped payments to Russian developers By Daniel Sims , March 29, 2022, 7:01 PM 8 comments
The Web Tech Culture Cloudflare rejects demands to cancel its services in Russia CEO says the Kremlin would "celebrate" a shutdown By Cohen Coberly , March 8, 2022, 5:11 PM 21 comments
Science Russia says it will stop selling rocket engines to the US "Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don't know what" By Cal Jeffrey , March 3, 2022, 3:41 PM 50 comments
Industry Biden administration wants Chinese tech companies to aid in export controls against Russia Companies that refuse to help may face sanctions By Adrian Potoroaca , March 1, 2022, 1:25 PM 16 comments
Tech Culture Science Elon Musk says SpaceX could stop the ISS crashing into Earth following Russian sanctions Russia's space chief warned the 500-ton structure could hit the US, Europe, India, or China By Rob Thubron , February 28, 2022, 5:16 AM 34 comments
Hardware Industry Intel and AMD stop industrial chip sales to Russia Restrictions on semiconductor imports could severely hurt Russian industries By Vann Vicente , February 27, 2022, 10:29 AM 30 comments
Hardware Industry Huawei plans to circumvent US sanctions by licensing phone designs to other companies The Chinese tech giant isn't ready to give up on its consumer business By Adrian Potoroaca , November 15, 2021, 10:54 AM
Industry Mobile Huawei experiences largest-ever revenue fall as sanctions crush its consumer division "Our aim is to survive" By Rob Thubron , August 6, 2021, 8:18 AM 11 comments
Mobile Industry Huawei's revenue falls for second quarter in a row as sanctions bite Profit margins were up, but sales are suffering By Rob Thubron , April 28, 2021, 10:27 AM
Industry China imported a record $35.9 billion worth of semiconductors in March amid global chip shortages High demand for products and fear of sanctions led to panic stockpiling By Rob Thubron , April 13, 2021, 8:47 AM
Industry Mobile Huawei is feeling the effects of US sanctions, records first quarterly revenue decline A sign of things to come? By Rob Thubron , March 31, 2021, 12:10 PM 9 comments
Industry China turns to Japan for semiconductor equipment, avoiding US restrictions Once worthless second-hand machines are selling for almost $1 million By Rob Thubron , March 1, 2021, 11:27 AM 37 comments
Industry Mobile Huawei's solution to crashing smartphone sales? Pig farming US sanctions are taking a toll By Rob Thubron , February 19, 2021, 7:11 AM