Category: chipmaker

Apple Inks Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal With Broadcom for US-Made Chips

Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it has entered a multi-billion-dollar deal with chipmaker Broadcom Inc. to use chips made in the United States. Under the multi-year deal, Broadcom will develop 5G radio frequency components with Apple that will be designed and built in several U.S. facilities, including Fort Collins, Colorado, where Broadcom has a major…


Intel, Brookfield to Invest up to $30 Billion in Arizona Chip Factories

Intel Corp. and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management on Tuesday agreed to jointly fund up to $30 billion for the U.S. chipmaker’s leading-edge chip factories in Arizona, fueling Intel’s ambition to bring more chip production onshore without weighing on its balance sheet. Brookfield’s infrastructure affiliate will invest up to $15 billion for a 49 percent stake…


Chipmaker Intel Starts Informing Customers of Price-Hike Plan

Intel Corp. said on Thursday it has started informing customers of its plan to raise prices for many of its chip products due to rising costs, a move that the company had first hinted in its first-quarter earnings call on April 28. The price increases could come into effect in autumn and the percentage increases…


Taiwan Joins Quantum Computing Race, Establishes National R&D Team

Taiwan recently unveiled a national team dedicated to quantum computing R&D, taking advantage of the island’s advanced semiconductor industry. An announcement was made about the initiative involving 17 research groups on March 16 by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the national research institute Academia Sinica, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),  reported…


Taiwan Becomes The World’s Top Spender In Semiconductor Equipment, Dethroning South Korea and China

Taiwan’s leading role in chipmaking has come under the spotlight amid a global shortage of semiconductors. On top of being the world’s largest chip producer, Taiwan has also become the world’s top spender on semiconductor equipment, dethroning South Korea and China. According to the global semiconductor trade association (SEMI), Taiwan was the largest buyer of…


Taiwanese Top Executive Quits China’s Largest Chipmaker

China’s largest chipmaker said on Nov. 11 that its Taiwanese vice-chairman has resigned in a leadership reshuffle, less than a year after he took the role, leaving its board entirely Chinese. China’s state-supported Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) said in a Nov. 11 statement (pdf) following a board meeting that Chiang Shangyi resigned as the…


Nvidia Rallies With Key Catalysts Ahead: Will Chipmaker Be the Next to Join $1-Trillion Club?

Nvidia, Inc. (NVDA) shares rallied strongly Thursday, helping the graphics chipmaker add close to $100 billion in market capitalization in a single session. The strong gains raise the specter of an imminent correction, but the company stands to gain from a series of catalysts lined up for the coming months. Nivida a Star Performer Year-to-Date:…


Chipmaker GlobalFoundries Valued at $26 Billion in Lackluster Nasdaq Debut

Shares of GlobalFoundries Inc, which is owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co, opened flat on the Nasdaq on Thursday, giving the chipmaker a market capitalization of about $26 billion. GlobalFoundries finished its first day of trading at $46.40, slightly lower than the $47 per share it priced in the initial public…


China’s Biggest Chipmaker Unable to Acquire Advanced Chipmaking Equipment and Technology

Amid global chip shortages, China’s largest chipmaker—facing a U.S. blacklist—struggles to acquire advanced chipmaking equipment and technology, and to meet the high global demand, it is rapidly expanding existing production lines but cutting its R&D investment and personnel. On Sept. 3, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) announced that Zhou Zixue, the company’s chairman, resigned citing personal…


Chipmaker TSMC Aims for Net Zero Emissions by 2050

TAIPEI—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said on Thursday that it aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050, matching a plan announced by President Tsai Ing-wen in April. “TSMC is deeply aware that climate change has a severe impact on the environment and humanity. As a world-leading semiconductor company,…