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Musk to speak at chip tool giant ASML event ahead of Space X IPO
18+ hour, 53+ min ago (276+ words) AMSTERDAM, June 11 (Reuters) " Elon Musk is expected to appear virtually at an event by computer chip equipment giant ASML on Thursday "to discuss Terafab, his plan for a "massive chipmaking plant to supply Tesla and IPO-bound Space X. The pricing of…...
Microsoft's Xbox plans for major layoffs next month, Bloomberg News reports
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (241+ words) June 10 (Reuters) " Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant cuts to marketing and other budgets, Bloomberg "News reported on Wednesday. The job cuts "would mark the first major restructuring under Asha Sharma, who took charge as…...
TSMC working hard to meet chip demand, would "like" to hike prices
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (790+ words) HSINCHU, Taiwan, June 4 (Reuters) " Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is striving to keep up with demand and avoid becoming a bottleneck in the global supply chain during the relentless boom in artificial intelligence, its CEO said on Thursday....
Space X wins Texas tax breaks for chip project, ahead of record IPO
1+ week, 1+ day ago (778+ words) By Sheila Dang and Akash Sriram ANDERSON, Texas/NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) " Space X secured tax incentives on Wednesday for its proposed Terafab chip manufacturing project in Grimes County, Texas, despite fierce opposition from residents who warned the development could…...
Arm says Byte Dance, Oracle use its data centre CPU chips
1+ week, 2+ day ago (89+ words) WTAQ Arm says Byte Dance, Oracle use its data centre CPU chips TAIPEI, June 2 (Reuters) " Chinese tech "company Byte Dance and U. S. data centre firm Oracle are "among "the customers "of Arm's AI data centre chips, "the head of "the "chip…...
US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
1+ week, 4+ day ago (461+ words) By Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin May 31 (Reuters) " The U. S. Department of Commerce on Sunday moved to close a potential loophole that may have led companies to export the world's most advanced chips " like Nvidia's most sophisticated Blackwell processors " to subsidiaries…...
Analysis-In China, AMD CEO Lisa Su is understated while Nvidia's Huang is more razzmatazz
1+ week, 6+ day ago (704+ words) By Eduardo Baptista and Liam Mo Their contrasting approaches show two very different forms of "corporate diplomacy around the world's most politically sensitive artificial intelligence chip market, where their fortunes have also been diverging. Just a year "ago at the…...
Qualcomm strikes AI chip deal with Tik Tok owner Byte Dance, Bloomberg News reports
2+ week, 2+ day ago (329+ words) May 26 (Reuters) " Qualcomm reached a deal with Tik Tok owner Byte Dance to supply chips for AI data centers, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of "the smartphone chip designer rose nearly 5%. Byte Dance…...
Tata Electronics and ASML partner on India’s first semiconductor fab | WTAQ News Talk | 97. 5 FM " 1360 AM | Green Bay, WI
3+ week, 4+ day ago (40+ words) May 16 (Reuters) - Tata Electronics and ASML on Saturday signed an agreement to build India's first front-end semiconductor fabrication plant in the state "of Gujarat, as the country accelerates efforts to develop a domestic chip industry. The Dutch c. .....
Southeast Asia needs to expand semiconductor production, global trade group SEMI says | WTAQ News Talk | 97. 5 FM " 1360 AM | Green Bay, WI
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (39+ words) (Refile to remove extraneous 'and' in paragraph 1) KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries should aim to build more "semiconductor fabrication plants in the coming decade to help the sector diversify and reduce supply risks, the head. .....