TSMC produces more than 90% of the world’s advanced microchips, which power everything from smartphones and artificial intelligence to weapons. That’s why many in Taiwan believe that global dependence on its semiconductors serves as a “silicon shield,” a deterrent against a potential Chinese ...
As funds flow into US coffers, we expect a showdown among top advanced-nodechipmakers, Intel, Samsung and TSMC, to turn the US into the battleground for 2nm processes. Recent updates reveal advancements in the advanced nodes of these companies' US plants. ...
The analysis estimates that a total investment of $9 billion in one-time capital expenditures is likely necessary to match the pace of semiconductor manufacturing capacity buildup in the United States. Of this, approximately $5 billion is likely to be funded by companies with leading position...
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The products that won’t be subject to Trump’s new tariffs include machines used to make semiconductors. That would be important forTaiwan Semiconductor ManufacturingCo., which has announced a major new investment in the US, as well as other chipmakers. ...
IntelCorp. has officially qualified for as much as $3.5 billion in federal grants to make semiconductors for the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the matter, after the chipmaker reached a binding agreement with US officials. The secretive program, called Secure Enclave, seeks to establis...
US imports of these materials from China have already fallen as US companies figured out new sources or substitutes for the materials. But a recent US Geological Survey study found that outright bans on gallium and germanium by China could cut US gross domestic product by $3.4 billion. In...
“We only found out after we filed the declaration — without doing that, we wouldn’t have known,” Chen said. “The news is now spreading like wildfire.” Caijing, a Chinese business magazine, reported on the exemptions on Friday, citing multiple tech companies that import semiconductors,...