In a recent opinion, TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, has clearly rejected the allegations of GlobalFoundries, a major chip manufacturer that has sued it for alleged infringement of 16 patents on chip technology.
According to the opinion, TSMC is still analyzing the actions filed yesterday, but is convinced that the allegations are unfounded. However, the opinion does not yet explicitly state that the patents in question do not violate its production processes.
It recalls, however, that it has more than 37,000 semiconductor patents worldwide and will defend its technology with all available options.
The opinion also criticizes that GlobalFoundries resorted to legal action instead of technology competition in the market.
GlobalFoundries was established in 2009 by AMD's production capacity department and is currently manufacturing chips for other manufacturers in addition to AMD. Last year, it announced a significant change in strategy, in the near future it will produce chips with current 14-nm and 12-nm manufacturing processes and will not deploy more advanced processes than other leading manufacturers. In particular, it canceled the transition to the upcoming 7-nm manufacturing process and, according to available information, was also to cancel the development for the next transition to 5-nm and 3-nm chips.
TSMC, the largest independent chip manufacturer, manufactures them for a number of leading IT companies, including chip design companies including Broadcom, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Mediatek and Xilinx.
GlobalFoundries has accused TSMC of current patents in its 7-nm, 10-nm, 12-nm, 16-nm and 28-nm manufacturing processes, and has also sued TSMC for companies producing TSMC chips. In the US and Germany lawsuits, it calls for the import of chips produced by patent-infringing technologies and hence for the import of products using these chips from several leading computer product manufacturers to these countries, and also according to the notice, significant damages.
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China says it's willing to resolve the trade war with a 'calm attitude,' hints it won't retaliate for now
- We firmly reject an escalation of the trade war, and are willing to negotiate and collaborate in order to solve this problem with calm attitude," Gao Feng, spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, says Thursday, according to a CNBC translation of his Mandarin-language remarks.
- Gao noted the Chinese and U.S. trade delegations have maintained "effective” communication.
- But he did not confirm U.S. President Donald Trump's claim on Monday that the Chinese team called the U.S. over the weekend with the desire of reaching a deal soon.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and China are set to have trade talks on Thursday "at a different level."
"There's a talk scheduled for today at a different level," Trump said in an interview with Fox News Radio without elaborating on what "a different level" means.
"Let's see what the end product is; that's what you have to judge it by," Trump said.
Trump said Monday that China in recent phone conversations expressed its desire for a deal and that the two sides will get back to the negotiating table. However, China repeatedly said it is not aware of the calls Trump mentioned.
The trade tensions escalated last week with both sides piling on new tariffs. China softened its stance Thursday saying it's willing to resolve the trade war with a "calm attitude" and indicating it won't retaliate against Trump's new tariff threat immediately. China also said the Chinese and U.S. trade delegations have maintained "effective" communication.
"China has plenty of means for countermeasures, but under the current situation, the question that should be discussed right now is about removing the U.S.′ new tariffs on $550 billion in Chinese goods to prevent escalation of the trade war," Gao Feng, spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, said Thursday.
His comment came after Trump on Friday threatened to raise duties on $250 billion in Chinese goods to 30% from 25% and increase tariffs on another $300 billion in products to 15% from 10%, in response to Chinese retaliation.
The two sides were also expected to meet face to face in September in Washington.
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