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 (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

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 …

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:
Huawei licenses key 5G tech to Oppo, amid a US crackdown, and says it has patent cross-licensing deals with 20 companies, including extended deals with Samsung  —  Chinese tech giant keen to make the most of its trove of intellectual property  —  PHOENIX, U.S. — Huawei Technologies …

Ryosuke Eguchi / Nikkei Asia:
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  —  Chipmaker opts for production cut but bullish on facility investment  —  TOKYO — Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings on Wednesday opened …

Nikkei Asia:
Sources detail Huawei’s plans to stealthily build a domestic chip supply chain with partners in Beijing, Wuhan, Qingdao, and Shenzhen, investing over $55.8B  —  Battered by sanctions, Huawei leads the way in stealthily building a domestic semiconductor supply chain

Bloomberg:
Samsung unveils a roadmap for mass production of advanced chips, with its second-generation 3nm chips coming in 2024, 2nm chips in 2025, and 1.4nm chips in 2027  —  Samsung Electronics Co. announced an aggressive five-year plan to lure US chip buyers with more advanced technology …