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  Renesas [Posting: 2025.08.22] Renesas Electronics is a representative Japanese semiconductor company that has built its global leadership on automotive MCUs and SoCs . The company’s expertise lies in providing comprehensive solutions that integrate microcontrollers, analog and power devices, timing ICs, and connectivity solutions . With acquisitions of Intersil, IDT, Dialog, Celeno, and most recently Transphorm, Renesas has expanded its product breadth far beyond controllers, strengthening its capabilities in power management, wireless connectivity, and wide bandgap (GaN) power semiconductors . In terms of semiconductor technology, Renesas has a dual strategy : it collaborates with TSMC for advanced nodes (28nm eFlash, 16nm, 12nm, and even 3nm for R-Car SoCs) while investing in in-house production, such as the Kofu 300mm fab dedicated to power semiconductors . This approach ensures both access to cutting-edge logic processes and secure supply of critical automotive and industrial...

  Ascend 910 from Huawei [Posting: 2025.05.19] US-China Trade War in 2025: Huawei Sanctions Remain Amid Semiconductor Dominance Battle Despite a temporary easing of US tariffs on China as of May 2025, sanctions against Huawei—one of the primary targets in the semiconductor dominance war—remain strictly enforced. Huawei’s Ascend AI processors are high-performance chips independently developed by Huawei, with the Ascend 910D model aiming to outperform Nvidia’s H100, and the Ascend 920 model set for mass production in late 2025 using a 6nm process and HBM3 technology, delivering over 900 TFLOPs of computing power. The United States maintains these sanctions under the justification of: Potential military use of Ascend chips in China’s military technology. Threats to US semiconductor technology leadership in the global AI market. Concerns over data security , with fears of information leaks to the Chinese government. While the US has temporarily eased tariffs in the trade wa...