Tag: Semiconductors
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
The tech industry is reeling from President Trump’s surprising new deal with Nvidia. Earlier this week, Trump said he would allow the company to...
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
War or not, the Biden administration was placing a high-stakes bet that the United States could use its leverage to hold China back, and...
U.S.-China chip war: How Trump’s Nvidia-AMD deal has redefined Washington’s export control policy
Under both the first Trump and Biden administrations, Washington argued that it needed to limit China’s technological development by barring more and more sensitive...
AMD CEO won’t offer $100 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg—she says it’s more important staff don’t feel like a ‘cog in the wheel’
“I think competition for talent is fierce. I am a believer, though, that money is important, but frankly, it’s not necessarily the most important...
Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood
While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly turned AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech...
TSMC secrets leak puts Japan’s Tokyo Electron on hot seat
A Taiwanese investigation into the possible theft of chip technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is putting a low-profile, lesser-known tech linchpin in Japan...
Trump announces tariffs ‘of approximately 100%’ on chips and semiconductors
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, raising the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances...
TSMC gets a reprieve from Trump’s 100% chip tariffs thanks to its U.S. factories, Taiwan says
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC “is exempt” from U.S. President Donald Trump’s 100% tariff on semiconductor chips, Taipei said Thursday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the...
Former Intel board members: America’s champion is likely to retreat, and we still need a leading-edge chip manufacturer
A little over five years ago, the Trump administration announced Operation Warp Speed to deliver a vaccine for COVID-19. It was one of the...
A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses | TechCrunch
Earlier in July, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick gave chipmakers like Nvidia the green light to start selling certain AI chips in China...