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Apple slated to use one third of TSMC’s advanced chips made in Arizona plant
American customers such as Apple pushed TSMC to offer advanced 4-nanometer chips when its new $12 billion plant in Arizona opens…
Major Apple supplier TSMC’s founder confirms advanced 3nm chips will be produced in its new Arizona factory
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC’s founder Morris Chang on Monday confirmed that it’s planning to produce chips with advanced 3nm …
Apple’s M3, A17 chips will be first to employ TSMC’s cutting-edge 3nm tech
Apple will be the first company to use TSMC’s N3E, an upgraded version of TSMC’s current 3-nanometer (3nm) tech in the M3 and A17 for…
Apple supplier TSMC’s sales urge with Q1 profit up 45%
Apple supplier TSMC posted a better-than-expected surge in quarterly profit on Thursday and forecast an up to 37% jump in current-quarter…
Apple supplier TSMC approves $2.8 billion for capacity expansion
TSMC’s board of directors has approved $2.89 billion in spending to increase capacity, the company said on Thursday.…
Apple supplier TSMC to invest $100 billion over 3 years to meet chip demand
Contract chipmaker and major Apple supplier TSMC said on Thursday that it plans to invest $100 billion over the next three years to increase…
TSMC board approves $743 million bond sale to build Arizona chip fab
TSMC will issue a total of NT$21.1 billion (US$743.2 million) in unsecured bonds to finance an expected $12 billion chip fab in Arizona …
Phoenix City Council okays development deal with TSMC for $12 billion U.S. chip factory
City officials in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday unanimously voted to authorize a development agreement with chipmaker TSMC that would…
Apple supplier TSMC counter-sues U.S. chip rival GlobalFoundries for patent infringement
Apple Inc supplier TSMC has counter-sued smaller contract chipmaking rival GlobalFoundries Inc in the United States, Germany and Singapore…
Intel plans for $5 billion expansion in Israel
Intel Corp said on Tuesday it had submitted plans to expand its production operations in Israel…
Bain Capital aims to list Toshiba chip unit on the Tokyo Stock Exchange within three years
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital LP on Thursday said it aims to list Toshiba Corp…
Apple’s device storage prices are getting better
When I last mentioned Apple SSD prices, they maxed out at $2/GB. Apple’s prices (per GB) also tended…
Toshiba signs deal to sell chip unit to Bain Capital-led, Apple-backed group for $18 billion
Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it had signed an $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital…
KKR said to be wooing Apple to switch sides in Toshiba bid
KKR & Co. is trying to persuade Apple Inc. to switch sides and join the private equity firm…
Bain Capital-Apple group to buy Toshiba chip business for $18 billion
After a messy, months-long bidding process, Toshiba has picked a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital…
Toshiba decides on Bain Capital-Apple Group in chip business sale
Toshiba Corp. decided Wednesday to sell its chip business to a group that includes Apple…
If Bain Capital bid for Toshiba succeeds, it could be Apple’s largest deal ever
Apple Inc. is throwing its considerable weight, and $3 billion in cash, behind Bain Capital…
Apple mounts a full-court press for Toshiba’s chip business, waging battle with Western Digital
Apple Inc. has sought to stop Western Digital Corp. from taking control of Toshiba Corp’s chip business…
Foxconn details plan to acquire Toshiba chips unit; Apple would own 20 percent
Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group is pressing its case to acquire Toshiba Corp.’s memory chips unit…
Bain Capital brings in Apple for last-minute $18 billion bid for Toshiba chip unit
A consortium led by Bain Capital has made a revised last-ditch offer for Toshiba Corp’s chip unit…
Patrick Moorhead: Apple’s plan to dominate silicon
Before creating my industry analyst and research company, I was fortunate enough to spend over a decade…
Apple embarrasses Intel
A key reason why the pace of Mac hardware updates has slowed in recent years can be placed…
Apple and Amazon to back Foxconn on Toshiba chip bid, Hon Hai Chairman Terry Gou says
Chairman Terry Gou of key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry…
Apple, a prodigious chipmaker, has some major competitive advantages
Along with being one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics makers, Apple…
Apple may bid for big stake in Toshiba
Apple Inc is considering teaming up with its supplier Foxconn to bid for Toshiba…
ARM takes on Intel in supercomputing
The designer of the chips that run most of the world’s mobile devices has announced its first dedicated processor for use in supercomputers…
