"I'll be setting tariffs next week and the week after, on steel and, I would say, chips. Chips and semiconductors, we'll be setting sometime next week, the week after," Trump said.
TSMC Q2 profit up 60%
TSMC is the world's largest contract maker of chips.
FPT and Nvidia to build AI factory
Nvidia had invested around $250 million in Vietnam.
White House announces $20bn in grants, loans to boost Intel chip production
Washington, United States - The White House unveiled almost $20 billion in new grants and loans Wednesday to support Intel's US chip-making facilities, marking the Biden administration's largest funding announcement yet as it tackles China's dominance of the crucial technology. President Joe Biden's decision to make the announcement during a trip...
Toyota sells record number of vehicles in 2023
It is the world's top automaker for the fourth year in a row.
Japan to invest $13 billion on semiconductors and generative AI
Tokyo, Japan - Japan's government said on Friday that it plans to spend 2 trillion yen ($13 billion) to boost domestic production of strategically important semiconductors and generative AI technology. The planned outlays will include 700 billion yen ($4.6 billion) to support the construction of a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...US tightens curbs on exports of advanced AI chips to China
Washington, United States - The United States on Tuesday said it was tightening curbs on exports of state-of-the-art AI chips to China, sending the share price of Nvidia and other semiconductor companies plummeting on Wall Street. The measures are the latest chapter in the policy started under the Trump administration to...
Japan fund to buy out JSR
Japan Investment Corporation hopes to finalize the deal by December.Germany gears up for continued recession after years of bloom
BERLIN, GERMANY - On his many visits to semiconductor factories and electric car plants, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz bangs the drum for an economy at the forefront of an industrial transformation. But the picture painted by business leaders and experts is less rosy, predicting hard times to come for Europe's largest...AI chip giant Nvidia likely to invest in Europe
SANTA CLARA, US - The CEO of Nvidia said that the world's most valuable chipmaker is "extremely likely" to invest in Europe. Nvidia's Jensen Huang told reporters that expanding in Europe was a "wonderful idea." By investing money in Europe, Nvidia would join other semiconductor giants like Intel that are also...TSMC begins making 3nm chips
TSMC operates the world's largest silicon wafer factories.
Micron to invest in chip production
The firm will invest $40bn by the end of the decade.
$5.76bn French factory on cards
STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries to invest in semiconductor unit.
Russia sanctions pile on helium industry woes
Helium is used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, and its shortage is expected to exacerbate the paucity of computer chips.
Samsung to build $17 billion microchip plant in Texas
Samsung said on Tuesday it will build a microchip factory in Texas, a $17 billion investment that comes as semiconductor shortages are causing supply chain delays across many industries. "Welcome to Texas, Samsung!' tweeted Texas' Republican governor Greg Abbott, who called the planned factory "the largest foreign direct investment in...
Samsung announces $205 billion investment plan
The tech giant is South Korea's largest conglomerate and its overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of the national gross domestic product
