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Category: Computer Chips
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Nvidia, Powered by A.I. Boom, Reports Soaring Revenue and Profits
The Silicon Valley company was again lifted by sales of its artificial intelligence chips, but it faces growing competition and heightened expectations.
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Can AI Make the PC Cool Again? Microsoft Thinks So.
Microsoft, HP, Dell and others unveiled a new kind of laptop tailored to work with artificial intelligence. Analysts expect Apple to do something similar.
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Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91
He invented DRAM, the technology that allowed for the faster and higher-capacity memory storage that is the basis for modern computing.
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Incident at TSMC’s Semiconductor Plant in Arizona Injures One
The reported explosion did not affect construction at the facility, which was awarded a $6.6 billion CHIPS Act grant last month.
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How China Got So Dominant in Cars and Solar
Heavy subsidies for industry, together with weak sales in China, have set the stage for an export boom, raising fears of factory job losses elsewhere.
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U.S. Awards $120 Million to Polar Semiconductor to Expand Chip Facility
The grant is the latest federal award in a series stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act meant to ramp up domestic production of vital semiconductors.
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Billions in Chips Grants Are Expected to Fuel Industry Growth, Report Finds
The United States will triple its domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, the largest increase in the world, according to a report from the Semiconductor Industry Association.
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Biden, Seeking to Build on Fruitful Week, Will Announce Billions in Chip Grants
The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign policy agenda.
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U.S. Awards Samsung $6.4 Billion to Bolster Semiconductor Production
The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the expansion of an existing site in Austin.
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How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry
Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub of chip manufacturing with enormous government support.