FAST FIVE: Semiconductors Emerge As Battleground In US-China Race Semiconductors Emerge As Battleground In US-China Race Authored by Jessica Mao via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), 300-millimeter wafers are pictured in a machine for coating with gold in a clean room during the mass production of semiconductor chips at the Bosch's semiconductor plant in Dresden, eastern Germany, on July 12, 2022. The move could further hamper the growth of China's semiconductor industry and protect American companies; the only two US memory chip makers, Western Digital and Micron Technology. These restrictions are designed to prevent chipmakers from significantly expanding the production...