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China’s tungsten squeeze could hit chip makers

China has cut off Japan’s supply of high-purity tungsten powder, and the fallout is now reaching one of the semiconductor industry’s most sensitive choke points: tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6. Two Japanese suppliers, Kanto Denka and Central Glass, have told major customers including Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC that they will stop making WF6 from 1 […]