Taiwan computer chip maker TSMC to expand investment
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This story was the first in a series of stories on Micron detailing their plans to build a giant chip plant in Clay, a northern suburb of Syracuse. This article details Micron’s plans and the effort to bring this project to Central New York.
The White House wrapped up a longstanding investigation into America’s reliance on foreign producers of computer chips and imposed a new set of tariffs that is
President Donald Trump imposed the tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, under a new national security order released by the White House.
President Donald Trump enacted a new 25% tariff on “certain advanced computing chips” on Wednesday, according to a White House fact sheet. That includes Nvidia’s H200 chip and AMD’s MI325X. However, chips imported to support building up the US technological supply chain would be exempt.
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger warns the United States still faces a long road to bring advanced chip manufacturing back from Asia despite recent milestones.
NVIDIA’s advanced GPUs are primarily manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan, but geopolitical risks are pushing the company to diversify its production. A significant partnership with Intel aims to leverage their manufacturing, packaging, and testing capabilities for custom chips, reducing reliance on a single source.
Honda has postponed the reopening of a plant in China and manufacturers of consumer electronics are warning of price increases due to the shortage of computer chips.
The Government is investing in new strategies to encourage chip manufacturing here. Enterprise Minister Peter Burke believes Ireland can be a leader in this sector, but he says we’re currently ‘a long way’ from targets set out in the 2030 EU Chips Act.
Pakistan has approved the country’s first chip-making unit in Faisalabad, officials said in an effort to start local semiconductor production.
From the CHIPS Act to the U.S. revoking a waiver it had granted TSMC to use U.S. machinery, the government is trying to have a heavy hand in this global industry. The U.S. government is very, very, very interested in computer chips — or, more ...
The AI chipmaker had announced back then that it would pay $23.28 per share for Intel common stock, buying over 214.7 million Intel shares at the price set out in the agreement, as per Monday’s filing. The deal forms part of a broader strategic agreement to co-develop chips for data centers and personal computers.