TSMC's stateside fabs are in hot demand

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, Supermicro, Nvidia, and Broadcom are all shoving each other to the front of the queue for production capacity at TSMC’s Arizona factory.

G5 processor gets built on N3P as Pixel shifts foundry strategy

Google has ditched Samsung as the maker of its Tensor chips and signed up with TSMC.

Huang reckons Rubin will reshape compute from the ground up

Nvidia supreme dalek Jensen Huang has confirmed that his outfit is already elbows-deep in its next big AI architecture, Rubin, which is apparently going to be a full-blown “revolution” for the compute world.

Capitalism is failing

US President Donald Trump is so keen on nationalisation he is thinking of moving the entire semiconductor industry under some form of state control.

Intel gets $2 billion lifeline while slashing its own investments

SoftBank is chucking US$2 billion at Troubled Chipzilla in what looks like an effort to revive its sagging foundry business and rekindle interest in its battle with the mighty TSMC.

But numbers don’t add up

Chip-making giant TSMC has been bragging about a mountain of taxpayer cash supposedly rolling in from four countries, but the numbers look a bit suspect.

Local wafer supply to benefit TSMC, Samsung and US fabs

GlobalWafers is joining the parade of semiconductor suppliers setting up shop in the US, announcing a new silicon wafer plant in Texas to help fuel America’s push for chip independence.

Socialism sneaks in the back door

Troubled Chipzilla might soon be partly owned by Uncle Sam if President Donald Trump gets his way.

Former CEO Craig Barrett urges customers to bankroll Intel’s survival

Former Chipzilla chief Craig Barrett [pictured] has warned that Intel needs a $40 billion cash injection to stay at the sharp end of chip manufacturing and he is not expecting Washington to stump up the money.

Three current and former employees detained 

Taiwanese prosecutors have detained three current and former staff of chip giant TSMC on suspicion of stealing core trade secrets, including details of its 2-nanometre manufacturing technology.