microchips

AI powerhouse Nvidia has announced a $5 billion investment in Intel, marking a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating advancements in artificial intelligence and personal computing. Intel shares have surged almost 24 percent at market open in response.

CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of having “sold us out” to the Chinese government with policies that “ended up selling American chips to China.”

Intel will reportedly be awarded as much as $8.5 billion in federal grants related to the CHIPS Act, with up to $11 billion more in potential loans available. The funds are expected to be used for manufacturing and research facilities in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon.

The Pentagon’s surprise decision to withdraw $2.5 billion in funding for Intel’s semiconductor manufacturing plans has created a significant shortfall in the company’s expected incentives under the CHIPS Act.

Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn announced Monday its withdrawal from a $19.5 billion joint semiconductor manufacturing deal with Indian metal and energy company Vedanta.

A woman near Atlanta, Georgia, whose pit bull named Chief disappeared in 2017 recently got the surprise of her life.

A Massachusetts family was notified in late March that their dog, who went missing in May of last year, has been found and identified.

Computing giant Dell reportedly plans to phase out all computer chips made by China by 2024. The company is also informing suppliers that they should shift their production out of China — or risk losing Dell as a customer.

A man from Fort Worth, Texas, and his beloved pet are back together after a seven year search that ended in Florida.

Over 100,000 cars have reportedly been cut from North American production this week due to chip shortage. The auto industry has reportedly been forced to cut production by more than a million vehicles this year.

ByteDance, the Chinese corporation that owns the video microblogging platform TikTok, announced this week that it will begin designing and producing its own computer chips with an eye toward chipsets that will maximize the performance of the company’s video software.

Intel has delayed the groundbreaking ceremony for its new Ohio plant referred to by the company’s CEO as the start of a “Silicon Heartland” due to worries over a proposed law designed to support U.S. semiconductor production.

Vedanta — an Indian oil, gas, and metals conglomerate — plans to finalize a $20 billion deal with the Taiwanese microchip maker Foxconn by June to produce semiconductors within India starting in 2024, India’s Swarajya magazine reported on Thursday.

Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend the operation of 14 production lines across eight factories in Japan for nearly one week later this month as part of the Japanese automaker’s effort to cope with a microchip shortage caused by a month-plus Chinese coronavirus lockdown of Shanghai, China, Kyodo News reported Wednesday.

A Massachusetts dog that was ‘stolen’ 11-years-ago was found running around on the loose Wednesday and was reunited with its original owner. 

The sale of the UK’s largest semiconductor factory to a firm controlled by the Communist China has not properly been investigated, claim MPs.

The British government has reportedly approved the sale of the UK’s largest microchip factory to a firm tied to the Chinese Communist Party.

Chinese Communist Party authorities have seemingly prioritized microchips over hungry citizens this week, according to two reports published by the state-run Global Times on Tuesday, which reveal the Party ensured semiconductor production continued unabated in Shanghai during its latest lockdown to contain the Chinese coronavirus while simultaneously failing to provide sufficient food to residents of northeastern China’s Changchun city during its own lockdown.

Intel announced it intends to create a “leading-edge semiconductor fab mega-site in Germany” to move supply chains back to the West.

Ford will reportedly soon begin shipping some Ford Explorers without the chips that control rear air conditioning and heating controls among other features not considered critical. The decision to ship vehicles missing chips is the latest development in the ongoing worldwide microchip shortage that is plaguing automakers and manufacturers of all types.

Ukraine’s two leading suppliers of neon have halted their operations as Russia continues its attacks on the country. Neon is an essential component in microchips which were already struggling with severe shortages, harming American businesses in sectors ranging from consumer appliances to auto manufacturing.

An electricity blackout that affected nearly 5.5 million households and businesses across Taiwan on Thursday was caused by a “human error” that resulted in an equipment malfunction at a power plant managed by the state-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower), Taiwan government officials announced late Thursday local time.

The European Union has announced new plans to combat its reliance on foreign bodies — such as Communist China — in regards to microchip manufacturing, including pumping an extra €15 billion into the essential sector.

According to the U.S. Commerce Department, manufacturers had less than five days’ supply of some computer chips on hand late last year. In 2019 the same manufacturers had a median level of inventory to cover 40 days of production.

Computer chip maker Intel will reportedly be investing $20 billion to develop a new chip manufacturing site in New Albany, Ohio. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told TIME in an interview that the chipmaker expects the location to become “the largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet,” adding that the plant could expand to 2,000 acres. Gelsinger said that the new site could become the “Silicon Heartland.”

Printer giant Canon has begun telling customers how to bypass their ink cartridge DRM technology as the global chip shortage has resulted in the company being unable to manufacture ink cartridges with the appropriate DRM chips. The ink cartridge DRM tech is a key component of Canon’s business as it discourages customers from using third-party ink cartridges in their printers.

With the American economy floundering becauswe of shortages, the Biden administration has approved licenses to sell chips to Huawei.

The UK’s largest microchip factory which has been taken over by China reportedly received innovation funding from the British government.

A state-backed Communist Chinese firm has conducted a hostile takeover of the UK’s largest microchip factory amid a global chip shortage.

Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes believes there’s a way to improve NFL officiating, and that way is already inside the football.

The high demand for microchips spurred by the coronavirus is affecting the manufacturing supply chain, including automobile production.