Industry Hardware China accuses Taiwan of "selling out" its semiconductor industry to the US Would Taiwan give away TSMC to secure Trump's backing? By Alfonso Maruccia, February 27, 2025, 9:48 AM 26 comments
Hardware Industry Building semiconductor plants in the US takes twice as long, costs twice as much as in Taiwan Experience and streamlined processes give Taiwan a big edge By Skye Jacobs, February 20, 2025, 11:41 AM 13 comments
Hardware Industry Trump threatens tariffs on imported chips and tech goods despite warnings about higher PC, smartphone prices Higher tariffs to target TSMC's Taiwan operations By Kishalaya Kundu, January 28, 2025, 9:48 AM 109 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC's production impact limited to 20,000 wafers following 6.4-magnitude earthquake When operational, the company processes an average of 37,000 wafers per day By Skye Jacobs, January 23, 2025, 8:03 AM
Industry Hardware TSMC chip production impacted by 6.4-magnitude Taiwan earthquake, delays expected TSMC evacuated its affected fabs By Rob Thubron, January 21, 2025, 6:58 AM
Hardware Industry TSMC CEO is optimistic about Arizona chip quality despite challenges, most advance tech will remain in Taiwan "Every step requires a permit, and after the permit is approved, it takes at least twice as long as in Taiwan" By Skye Jacobs, January 17, 2025, 4:52 PM 11 comments
Space Hardware Axiom proposes Taiwan's semi giants to manufacture chips in space Initial trials will occur on the ISS, with future manufacturing shifting to Axiom's private space station By Zo Ahmed, January 15, 2025, 11:05 AM
Industry Hardware Taiwan is finally allowing TSMC to build leading 2nm chips outside the country Island aims to strengthen semiconductor ties with allies like US By Zo Ahmed, January 14, 2025, 10:47 AM
Gaming Mobile Upcoming 18-inch gaming laptop set to support 192GB RAM and RTX 5000 GPU Sadly, we don't know what it looks like By Zo Ahmed, December 27, 2024, 10:44 AM 8 comments
Industry News Around the Web TSMC hit with lawsuit over alleged discrimination against American workers Are Taiwanese workers favored by TSMC in the US? By Rob Thubron, November 14, 2024, 9:13 AM 10 comments
Hardware Industry Taiwan economic minister says TSMC's core advanced tech like 2nm chips won't leave country There are concerns the Trump Administration could pressure TSMC to move its most advanced technology to the US By Skye Jacobs, November 13, 2024, 6:15 AM 7 comments
Hardware Apple Apple turns to Foxconn and Lenovo to build new AI servers based on Apple Silicon Cupertino wants to build new servers for inference By Alfonso Maruccia, November 8, 2024, 1:08 PM
Industry Hardware Huawei keeps trying to poach TSMC engineers by offering to triple their salaries Huawei wants their expertise -- and trade secrets By Rob Thubron, November 7, 2024, 7:45 AM
AI Industry Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addresses "emotional" customer reactions amid product shortages He also talked about the AI bubble and a potential China invasion of Taiwan By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2024, 8:44 AM
Electronics AI An "unmanned hellscape" of drones: US plan for defending Taiwan "I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month" By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2024, 5:16 AM 15 comments
Industry Hardware Donald Trump thinks Taiwan should pay for US defense, says it took America's chip business "How stupid are we? They took all of our chip business. They're immensely wealthy" By Rob Thubron, July 17, 2024, 11:38 AM 40 comments
Industry Hardware The heads of Nvidia, TSMC and Quanta take an evening stroll to discuss... what exactly? The chip industry would love to know what they were talking about By Skye Jacobs, June 1, 2024, 2:07 PM 12 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC's EUV machines have a remote kill switch should China attempt a hostile takeover China couldn't do much with TSMC even if it did execute a successful takeover By Shawn Knight, May 21, 2024, 2:34 PM 13 comments
Hardware Industry From China to Mexico: Foxconn is leading an AI technology manufacturing shift US sanctions and trade agreements encouraging a significant change in business plans By Alfonso Maruccia, April 4, 2024, 6:18 AM
Industry Hardware Massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan, threatens tech supply chain Recent events have exposed the fragility of the tech supply chain By Shawn Knight, April 3, 2024, 10:46 AM
Industry Hardware TSMC prepares for 1nm production as price hikes drive most semiconductor industry growth Plans indicate rising Asia-Pacific tensions don't scare the company By Daniel Sims, January 25, 2024, 7:38 AM
Industry Tech Culture Thousands of fake HDMI cables seized in a single day in Taiwan Did you know HDMI is a brand, and not just a product type? By Alfonso Maruccia, November 30, 2023, 3:53 PM
Industry Tech Culture Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces presidential bid, says China can't pressure him due to ties with Apple, Nvidia "I will not be threatened" By Rob Thubron, August 28, 2023, 9:09 AM
AI Industry TSMC will invest around $3 billion to increase its chip packaging capabilities The world's most valuable semiconductor company is still increasing its Taiwan presence By Alfonso Maruccia, July 26, 2023, 8:41 AM
Industry Hardware TSMC says US jobs & wages are safe despite bringing more Taiwanese talent to troubled Arizona plant The company also denied claims of work-related fatalities at the site By Rob Thubron, July 14, 2023, 9:29 AM