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Nexperia, a Chinese Semiconductor manufacturing plant, located in the Netherlands, was seized by Dutch authorities last week in response to embargo pressures.
A Dutch seizure of Chinese-owned computer chip maker Nexperia came after rising U.S. pressure on the company, a court ruling released on Tuesday showed, underscoring how the firm has been caught in the crossfire between Washington and Beijing.
The government said on Sunday that it had intervened in Netherlands-based Nexperia, which makes chips for cars and consumer electronics. It cited worries about possible transfer of technology to its Chinese parent company, Wingtech.
[...] Nexperia is one of the largest makers globally of basic chips such as transistors that are not technically sophisticated but are needed in large volumes.
[...] The source said that company executives in the meeting believed that Dutch authorities were acquiescing to the United States and added that the company was very confident that it could have the decision reversed.
The Dutch government said on Tuesday there was no U.S. involvement or pressure in the decision to intervene in Nexperia.
(Score: 5, Informative) by sgleysti on Sunday October 26, @08:30PM
I'm an electrical engineer and use these kinds of parts in products at work. They're basic old tech like the summary says: Discrete (individual) transistors and diodes, simple individual logic gates, maybe some voltage regulators. Stuff that usually has at least 3 sources and is available from Chinese companies.
Nexperia does have a cool tech for bipolar junction transistors called BISS: breakthrough in small signal. They have really nice Vce(sat) vs. base current characteristics. I'll bet other companies are making those too now, but I haven't looked as I don't generally need to get that fancy at work, and I don't need multiple sources in personal projects.
Nexperia also came out with some SiGe diodes a while back. Very cool because they have a better forward voltage vs. leakage current tradeoff than Schottky rectifiers, but they cancelled these parts probably due to inadequate demand. Sad day.