In a major boost to American domestic manufacturing, the Trump admin today announced that TSMC is committing an additional $100 billion…
Tag: chips
Apple free of U.S. tariffs on chips imported from China through June 2027
Apple has gained extra time to adjust to potential tariffs on chips imported from China, as any cost impact has been delayed until June 2027…
Apple explores chip assembly talks with Indian manufacturers
Apple is engaged in early-stage discussions with Indian semiconductor firms to handle the assembly and packaging of certain iPhone chips…
Trump admin plans 1:1 chip production rule to curb overseas reliance
The Trump administration aims to encourage chipmakers to produce semiconductors domestically at volumes matching their customers’…
President Trump will set tariffs on semiconductor chips, steel in coming weeks
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he plans to impose tariffs on steel and semiconductor chip imports in the coming weeks…
Apple Silicon supplier TSMC affirms commitment to Taiwan with new domestic fab
On Monday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading chipmaker and Apple Silicon supplier, announced…
TSMC achieves production yields at new Arizona facility on par with Taiwan plants
TSMC has achieved production yields at its Arizona facility on par with established plants in Taiwan, an early indicator that its American…
Apple pays Arm less than 30 cents in royalties for each chip
Apple pays chip architect Arm less than 30 cents in royalties for each chip it uses in Macs, iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, Apple Watches, and…
Apple’s chip trade-secrets lawsuit against startup Rivos can proceed, judge rules
A federal judge in California has allowed Apple’s lawsuit against startup Rivos Inc. to proceed, alleging that Rivos poached Apple engineers…
Major Apple supplier TSMC plans first German chip fab with cost up to €10 billion
Major Apple supplier TSMC is in talks with partners to spend up to €10 billion ($11 billion) to build a chip fabrication plant in Germany …
Apple’s M3 MacBook Pros and iPad Pros might be delayed to 2024
Apple is widely expected to unveil a new 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC 2023 next month, but it’s expected to be powered by an Apple M2…
TSMC struggles to fabricate enough 3nm Apple Silicon chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is struggling to meet demand from top customer Apple for 3nm Apple Silicon chips…
Apple corners the market, orders 100% of TSMC’s 3nm chips for next-gen iPhones and Macs
Apple has cornered the market, freezing out rivals, by ordering 100% of chips produced using TSMC’s N3 first-generation 3nm process…
TSMC revenue surges 50% in November despite quixotic ‘Zero COVID’ lockdowns
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported a 50% increase in November sales, a month challenged by the CCP’s quixotic…
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…
Apple supplier Foxconn hires TSMC pioneer as semiconductor strategy adviser
Apple supplier Foxconn has appointed chip industry veteran Chiang Shang-yi to a newly created role of semiconductor strategy officer…
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 plans to source chips from TSMC’s Arizona plant in 2024
Apple is planning to begin sourcing chips for its devices from a plant under construction in Arizona, marking a major step toward…
Apple supplier TSMC preps another multibillion-dollar chip factory investment in Arizona
A major Apple supplier, chip fabricator Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chip maker, is preparing…
Major Apple supplier TSMC mulls Japan expansion as China tensions continue
Major Apple supplier and chip manufacturer TSMC is weighing a potential expansion in Japan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday…
TSMC: Taiwan and U.S. tensions with China pose ‘serious’ challenges for semiconductor industry
Rising Taiwan- and U.S.-China tensions are causing “more serious” challenges for the semiconductor industry, the chairman of Taiwanese…
Apple supplier TSMC’s shares leap after profit beats estimates
TSMC shares jumped more than 4% on Friday morning, outperforming the broader market, after the Taiwanese chipmaker announced…
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…
Arm sues Qualcomm, in attempt to unwind Qualcomm’s $1.4 billion Nuvia purchase
Arm Ltd, which is owned by Softbank Group Corp, this week sued Qualcomm and Qualcomm’s recently acquired chip design firm Nuvia for…
Apple supplier TSMC’s shares jump after quarterly profit beats estimates
Apple supplier TSMC’s shares jumped 3.7% on Friday after the Taiwan-based chipmaker announced a second-quarter profit that…
Apple supplier TSMC’s Q2 profit up 76%
Major Apple supplier TSMC posted a 76.3% rise in second-quarter net profit on Thursday on high demand for the Taiwanese chip…
Apple supplier TSMC to fabricate ultra-advanced 2nm chips by 2025
Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) says it will begin the production of ultra-advanced 2nm chips by 2025…
Apple sues chip startup Rivos alleging employee poaching, trade secret theft
Apple has filed a lawsuit against chip startup Rivos, alleging the firm not only poached Apple employees, but also stole trade secrets …
Apple supplier TSMC sales set sixth quarterly record on strong chip demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest foundry, reported a sixth straight quarter of record sales, thanks to…
Power restored at TSMC’s plant in southern Taiwan after outage
TSMC said on Wednesday power had been restored at a major manufacturing site in southern Taiwan after an outage earlier in the day…
Intel to spend up to $20 billion on U.S. chip plants in Arizona
Intel plans to spend as much as $20 billion to build two chip fabs in Arizona and to open up its fabs to outside customers…
Global chip shortage ‘affecting everybody except Apple,’ Android phones face delays
Samsung today warned that there is a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors causing a global chip shortage that could delay…
How the world ended up with an acute chip shortage
The world is facing an acute chip shortage. Numerous companies, including the auto sector, are facing an inability to get semiconductors…
Nvidia, SoftBank strike a $40 billion deal for Arm Ltd.
NVIDIA agreed to buy SoftBank Group Corp.’s chip division Arm Ltd. for $40 billion, taking control of some of the most widely used…
Nvidia seeks to acquire chip designer ARM Limited from SoftBank
SoftBank’s ARM Limited is attracting takeover interest from Nvidia in what could become the biggest-ever semiconductor deal…
Apple is not planning a bid on SoftBank’s sale of ARM Limited
SoftBank recently approached Apple to gauge Cupertino’s interest in bidding for chip design firm ARM Limited. The two firms had preliminary discussions…
How much is Arm Holdings really worth?
In 2016, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son paid $32 billion for the Cambridge UK-based Arm Holdings, a 43% premium over the stock’s price and a multiple…
SoftBank hires Goldman Sachs to explore sale of Arm Holdings
SoftBank has hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on a potential IPO or sale of chip designer Arm Holdings which it acquired in 2016 for about $32 billion…
TSMC: We could fill order gap if unable to sell chips to Huawei due to U.S. ban
TSMC could quickly fill any order gap should U.S. restrictions against Huawei prevent sales of chips to the Chinese firm, the company…
Wife finds missing husband’s body using Apple’s Find My iPhone app
A woman found her missing husband’s body before police were able to by using the Find My iPhone app…
As Microsoft and Qualcomm work on ARM-based PCs, the stage is set for Apple A-series Macs
Qualcomm today announced that it is working with Microsoft to bring support for Windows 10…
Apple could transition to ARM chips in Macs, but probably won’t
With every release of a new iPhone powered by another cutting-edge processor designed by Apple…
