US strong-arms TSMC to save Intel
Trump demands 49 per cent stake in Intel as price for tariff relief
The Trump administration is trying to force Taiwanese chip giant TSMC to buy nearly half of Troubled Chipzilla to secure a break on trade tariffs.
Intel board at war over CEO’s comeback plan
Tan boxed in as directors stall every move
Lip-Bu Tan took the helm of Troubled Chipzilla with a turnaround plan and the board’s supposed backing. It hasn’t taken long for both to unravel.
Trump demands that Intel's CEO is fired
Bring me the head of Lip-Bu Tan
US President Donald Trump has demanded the head of Troubled Chipzilla’s freshly anointed chief executive, Lip-Bu Tan, claiming the semiconductor veteran is “highly conflicted”.
Trump slaps 100 per cent tariff on chip imports
Offers Apple get out of jail free card
Donald Trump is back on the tariff warpath, this time threatening to slap a 100 per cent levy on all semiconductor imports unless the chips are made on US soil.
Trump vowed to save TikTok but his deal is collapsing
Deadline looms as China refuses to hand over algorithm
Donald Trump promised he alone could “save TikTok” from a US ban. Months later, the app is still in limbo, and his beautiful big deal is falling apart.
Elsa AI rollout at US FDA sparks chaos
Stoned AI delivers hallucinations and headaches
The Trump administration is flogging artificial intelligence as the silver bullet for Washington’s health bureaucracy, but it is turning out to be more trouble than it is worth.
TSMC's US fabs cost Big Tech more
AMD and Nvida forced to swallow higher prices
Getting cutting-edge chips out of TSMC’s US fabs is proving far pricier than sticking with its tried-and-tested Taiwan plants, but big tech doesn’t have much choice right now.
Nvidia’s H20 chip ban is lifted, but the production mess is just beginning
Supply chain pressed snooze
The much-hyped lifting of the US ban on Nvidia’s H20 AI chips sounds like a win, but the reality is a lot messier.
Stargate turning into a tire fire
Trump-backed $500 billion AI moonshot already stalling
The $500 billion Stargate project, trumpeted at the White House as America’s grand AI leap forward, is looking more like a tire fire than the start of a golden age.
Trump bends on Nvidia chip sales to China
Beijing visit by CEO prompts rare reversal
Nvidia has wrung a rare concession out of the Trump administration, securing permission to flog its H20 artificial intelligence chip in China after a tense few months of uncertainty.
