The Biden administration announced on April 8 that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest chipmaker, has agreed to expand its investment in Arizona by promising to manufacture the world’s most sophisticated chips on U.S. soil. The Commerce Department announced that it would provide up to $6.6 billion in direct funding to the Taiwanese […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce has proposed awarding up to $8.5 billion in grants and $11 billion in loans to tech giant Intel to expand its semiconductor production and output. The proposed funding, which stems from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, marks the government’s largest investment ever in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, according to […]
Lawmakers are pressing President Joe Biden to close a major loophole as they work to avoid helping Beijing make strides in the semiconductor race. Will President Biden soon meet China’s Xi Jinping? Reports say plans are already in the works and are scheduled for next month in San Francisco. A company under Chinese shopping giant […]
Do recent semiconductor export controls on China go far enough? The U.S. commerce secretary says their aim is to “choke” China’s military, but Grant Newsham, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, says more needs to be done. NTD spoke with him for more on the latest in the U.S.-China semiconductor war.
In an event held by Stimson at 10:30 a.m. ET on Aug. 29, Chien-Huei Wu, Ph.D., visiting fellow at Stimson Center East Asia Program will speak about how Taiwan has responded to global semiconductor supply chain restructuring spurred by the United States. Yuki Tatsumi, senior fellow and co-director of Stimson Center East Asia Program and […]
Santa Clara-based company Applied Materials recently announced a major investment to build a new research facility to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing. But why Silicon Valley, why now, and what are the impacts? To answer these questions, NTD spoke to an engineering and STEM expert earlier this week to learn more.
Southern California is celebrating its Fleet Week just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. NTD hears more from aboard a navy ship. It’s a long weekend and means time to travel with friends and family. Airports are anticipating a busy Friday ahead of the holiday. As people travel, authorities are reminding people to be […]
Vice President Kamala Harris was in the Bay Area on May 22 to celebrate a major announcement in the semiconductor industry. After a year-long negotiation, three states in the lower basin of the Colorado River reached an agreement to cut back on their respective water usage to keep the river flowing. The UC schools are […]
With foreign companies feeling the heat in China, NTD spoke to David Goldman, corporate director and columnist of the Asia Times, for his take on what’s happening to the chip and semiconductor industry—which runs modern life, from phones to laptops to fighter jets—and the two superpowers seem to be facing off over it.
The Dutch government agreed to block China from having access to chip manufacturing technology, heating up a longstanding conflict over semiconductors with Beijing. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities slammed The Hague and accused the European Union state of siding with the United States in an ongoing chip war. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development […]
It is crucial that the United States be joined by its allies with export controls to dampen China’s ability to compete in the advanced digital tech sector. To break down the significance of these economic policies, NTD spoke with Stephen Ezell, vice president of global innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
The White House is now claiming Chinese spy balloons hovered over the United States during the Trump administration. What new details do we know about the balloon, as the former president fires back? There’s just one more day until President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address. We take a look at his […]
Ahead of the North American Leaders’ Summit between President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador later in the day, the White House released a statement Tuesday morning that said the three countries will take steps to bolster the continent’s semiconductor industry. The United States, Canada, and Mexico will deepen […]
America’s semiconductor war with China is heating up. Beijing is launching a dispute against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization, or WTO. The case is over Washington’s sweeping semiconductor ban. The move aims to prevent Beijing from using American technology to advance its own military, because semiconductors are critical for military technology, from nuclear […]
The German government intends to approve a China-based company’s acquisition of a chip production factory belonging to the Dortmund-based semiconductor company Elmos, despite the German intelligence agency warning against the move, according to German business daily Handelsblatt. Swedish company Silex Microsystems AB, which is a subsidiary of China’s Sai Microelectronics Group, is planning to acquire […]
The United States and Mexico are planning to cooperate in the manufacture of semiconductors and electric vehicles, according to a White House fact sheet. Both nations seek to establish a Supply Chain Working Group with the initial focus being on semiconductors and information and communications technology supply chain ecosystems, the Sept. 12 fact sheet states. […]
U.S. bills are cracking down on the Chinese tech sector, especially the ban on selling high-end semiconductors to China. One viewer wrote in to ask if it will hit semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan, too. The answer is yes.
