US to announce billions in subsidies for advanced chips
By Rishabh Jaiswal (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is expected to award billions of dollars in subsidies in coming weeks to top semiconductor companies including Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to help build new factories in the U.S., the
China’s military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite US ban
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. from export to China, a Reuters review of tender documents
Taiwan’s land squeeze pits advanced chips against ancestral temples
By Sarah Wu HSINCHU/LONGTAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Wearing rain ponchos and holding photos of their ancestral temples near Hsinchu, Taiwan's semiconductor capital, 40 residents braved lashing winds in early October to protest plans to take their rural land for cutting-edge chip
Apple revamps Mac lineup and pricing with new family of chips
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple on Monday introduced new MacBook Pro and iMac computers and three new chips to power them, with the company saying it had redesigned its graphics processing units (GPU), a key part of the
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries seeks funding under CHIPS Act
By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) - Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries said on Monday it has submitted applications for funding under the U.S. CHIPS act to expand capacity and modernize its local manufacturing facilities. The CHIPS and Science Act provides a total of $52.7 billion
Oracle spends more than $100 million on Ampere chips
By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - Oracle Corp agreed to prepay $104.1 million for processor chips made by startup Ampere Computing, according to Oracle's proxy statement filed on Friday. Oracle also invested $400 million in Ampere through a convertible note in its
South Korea to toughen punishments for technology leaks in chips, displays
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Monday it will toughen sentencing for stealing industrial secrets, after concerns that current regulation was not strong enough to deter attempts to funnel technologies from companies like Samsung. South Korea has been
US urges S. Korea not to fill chip shortfalls in China if Micron banned
A smartphone with a displayed Micron logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Rishabh Jaiswal and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) - The United States asked South Korea to urge its chipmakers not to
Huawei makes breakthroughs in design tools for 14nm chips
Visitors walk past the Huawei logo at the World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival (WAICF) in Cannes, France, February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard By David Kirton, Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh SHENZHEN, China - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has made breakthroughs in electronic