Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings and US’ Western Digital open a new ~$6.79B flash memory fab in Mie Prefecture, amid a market downturn for memory chips (Ryosuke Eguchi/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC’s next generation N3E 3-nm chipmaking technology for the A17 chips in some of its 2023 iPhones and M3 chips for Macs  —  Move will mark industry’s first adoption of updated production technology  —  TAIPEI — Apple aims to be the first company to use …

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Dell aims to stop using chips made in China by 2024 and tells suppliers to significantly reduce the number of all China-made components in its products  —  ‘This trend looks irreversible,’ supplier exec says of tech industry’s production shift  —  TAIPEI — U.S. computer maker Dell aims …

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to move some MacBook production to Vietnam in 2023, asking Foxconn to begin as early as May, to further diversify from China  —  iPhone maker aims to have ‘out of China’ production alternatives for key products  —  TAIPEI — Apple plans to move …

Will Feuer / Wall Street Journal:
Citing a weakened market, Micron says wafer production for DRAM and NAND memory chips will be down about 20% over the past quarter; Micron’s stock fall 5%+  —  Company cites market conditions for softening demand  —  Micron MU -5.04%decrease; red down pointing triangle Technology Inc …

Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Amazon plans to partner with small and medium-size pharmacies in Japan to launch an online prescription drug marketplace in the country in 2023  —  E-commerce giant considers creating platform with local pharmacies  —  TOKYO — Amazon.com is considering entering …

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Chinese regulators approve paid games from Tencent and NetEase for the first time since July 2021, as part of granting 73 games licenses  —  Beijing gives nod to licenses as it gradually loosens crackdown on tech sector  —  HONG KONG — Tencent Holdings and NetEase, two of China’s biggest …