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Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics...

Photonics, and chip manufacturing (Nikkei Asia): China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing, Nikkei Asia reports. The export curbs create supply-chain bottlenecks for semiconductor and optical industries that underpin AI hardware.

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Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing (Nikkei Asia): China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing, Nikkei Asia reports. The export curbs create supply-chain bottlenecks for semiconductor and optical industries that underpin AI hardware.