DETROIT—General Motors Co. is more than halfway through shipping newly-assembled pickups that it had parked due to a shortage of semiconductor chips, a top executive at the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Friday. “We’ve made great progress,” Steve Carlisle, GM’s North American chief executive said at the Reuters Events Automotive Summit. “We’re a bit…
GM Expedites Shipment of Pickup Trucks Parked Due to Lack of Chips: Executive
Micron to Build $7 Billion Plant in Japan to Expand DRAM Production: Report
TOKYO—U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. will build a new factory at its Japanese production site in Hiroshima at a cost of 800 billion yen ($7.0 billion), the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported on Wednesday. The new facility will make DRAM chips, which are widely used in data centers, with production set to begin in…
Volkswagen Executive Sees Global Chip Shortage Running Well Into 2022
DETROIT—Volkswagen AG’s top Americas executive said on Tuesday the global semiconductor chip shortage will run well into next year. “Without a doubt, this shortage is going to go well into 2022, at least the second half of ’22,” Volkswagen Group of America Chief Executive Scott Keogh said at the Reuters Events Automotive Summit. The shortage…
Why America Should Defend Taiwan From China; Malcolm Davis Discusses AUKUS in Space
October 18, 2021
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The next phone you buy may cost double if China invades Taiwan because Taiwan’s semiconductor business would be under the Communist Party’s control. They could then leverage economic deals against the United States—with cars, laptops, and others costing way more. It’s not just consumers who would be impacted—the global economy, America’s credibility, and the freedom…
Chip Tech Firm Arm Plans to Slash Development Time for Connected Devices
SAN FRANCISCO—Arm Ltd., the British chip technology firm in the midst of a $54 billion takeover by Nvidia Corp., on Monday announced tools aimed at cutting the development time of so-called “internet of things” connected devices by some 40 percent. For decades, the process of developing most computing devices saw chips and hardware first completed,…
China Could Seize Taiwan to Fulfill Semiconductor Needs, US Researchers Warns
October 15, 2021
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Thirst for the world’s lead-edging microchips could be a driving force for Beijing wanting to take over self-ruled Taiwan, U.S. researchers warned. De facto independent country Taiwan is the home to some of the world’s largest and most advanced semiconductor plants, including the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). “Currently, there is…
China Could Seize Taiwan to Fulfill Semiconductor Needs, US Researchers Warn
October 15, 2021
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Thirst for the world’s lead-edging microchips could be a driving force for Beijing wanting to take over self-ruled Taiwan, U.S. researchers warned. De facto independent country Taiwan is the home to some of the world’s largest and most advanced semiconductor plants, including the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). “Currently, there is…
Samsung Expanding US Chip Manufacturing
October 8, 2021
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To help avert the global shortage of semiconductor chips, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd is considering expanding its manufacturing operations in the southwest of the United States. The leading yet unconfirmed location for this new plant, contingent on subsidies and access to electricity and water, is the city of Taylor in Williamson County, Texas. South…
Intel Breaks Ground on $20 Billion Arizona Plants as US Chip Factory Race Heats Up
Intel Corp on Friday broke ground on two new factories in Arizona as part of its turnaround plan to become a major manufacturer of chips for outside customers. The $20 billion plants—dubbed Fab 52 and Fab 62—will bring the total number of Intel factories at its campus in Chandler, Arizona, to six. They will house…
White House Prods Companies on Chips Information Request
WASHINGTON—The White House pressed automakers, chip companies and others on Thursday to provide information on the ongoing semiconductor crisis that has forced cuts to U.S. auto production, and to take the lead in helping solve it. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, who along with Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, met on Thursday…
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