Ford limits production at North American plants due to chip shortages
The move will affect the F-150.
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House passes bill that would put billions toward US chip production
The America COMPETES Act of 2022 seeks to position the US on equal footing with China.
Canada will get its first universal quantum computer from IBM
Quantum System One could help conquer science and chipmaking challenges.
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US warns global chip shortage will likely last through 2022
"We aren't even close to being out of the woods."
Sony and TSMC attempt to address chip shortages with a factory in Japan
The factory will only be ready in 2024, however.
Apple is the first public partner to join sustainable chip initiative
The initiative will help chipmakers reduce their carbon footprint.
Ford delays Mach E orders due to the global chip shortage
Affected owners will get 250kWh worth of extra charging as a make-good.
Ford, BMW and Honda cut production due to global chip crisis
Apple and Samsung are feeling the pain, too.
Apple to invest over $1 billion in new Munich silicon facility
The 30,000-square-meter site in Germany will house its growing cellular unit.
China five-year plan aims for supremacy in AI, quantum computing
It wants to challenge US technological dominance.
Commerce Department cuts off China’s biggest chipmaker from US tech
SMIC has faced scrutiny for months, but today's announcement could be dire.
Toyota forms a joint venture to make its own self-driving car chips
Auto manufacturers are chip manufacturers now.
Chip giant TSMC struggles with virus infections at its factories
In some cases, it disrupted production for at least a day.
Qualcomm gives up on buying chip giant NXP
It didn't expect the deal to survive Chinese regulators.
Toshiba's chip drama ends with sale to a financial group
This might affect the prices of memory in your devices.
Super-thin semiconductors delay the 'death' of silicon
You could get 10 times more transistors than you do with pure silicon.
Samsung's high-capacity V-NAND memory is perfect for massive SSDs
It's also promising to cram 2TB in a single unit.
Samsung topples Intel as world’s largest chipmaker
The Korean tech titan's semiconductor department alone beat the veteran chip company in revenue this quarter.
Intel finally plans to finish its Fab 42 factory in Arizona
The company made the announcement today alongside President Trump for some reason.
Roadmap says transistors will stop shrinking in 5 years
This doesn't mean that Moore's Law is dead, but it may be on notice.
