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Republican lawmakers challenge TSMC’s influence in Washington as lobbying spend hits $3.28M The Taiwanese chip giant has deployed 22 lobbyists to shape US semiconductor policy, with 18 of them coming

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Scoop: Republican lawmakers challenge TSMC's Washington clout Madison Mills Wed, June 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM PDT 2 min read 2330.TW -2.17% Illustration: Maura Kearns/Axios A group of congressional Republicans is urging the U.S. International Trade Commission to enforce U.S. patent rights in a case involving Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., according to a letter exclusively obtained by Axios.

YMTC and CXMT have returned to Washington's Chinese Military Companies list, placing China's two leading memory chipmakers back at the center of US scrutiny over semiconductors, military-civil fusion, and China's technology supply chain.

Register for free to manage your followed authors and newsletters in one place. Nvidia unveiled a new superchip called the RTX Spark, which combines CPU and GPU capabilities into a single chip designed to power a new generation of artificial intelligence-focused laptops and desktops. New PC models from brands such as Microsoft and Dell are expected to debut in the fall of this year. 2. What will

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China's ongoing ability to access advanced AI chips from the likes of NVIDIA and AMD has remained a hard-to-crack conundrum in Washington for quite some time now. Even so, the Trump Administration now appears to be tightening the proverbial screws on these advanced chips by chopping off a major loophole that has allowed Chinese companies to circumvent US-led export controls. Back in May 2025, th

Tech Industry Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech News By Jowi Morales published 4 hours ago Was Jensen right all along? (Image credit: Huawei) Share this article 1 Join the conversatio

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A $2 billion CHIPS Act package backs quantum hardware across major modalities, underscoring Washington’s view of quantum computing as strategic infrastructure. The harder task is turning that hardware into useful applications.

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