What Caught Our Eye This Week
TSMC Faces Challenges in Arizona
During an annual shareholders’ meeting this week, TSMC Chairman Mark Liu said the chipmaker’s new fab in Arizona is turning out to be “more costly” than expected.
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What Caught Our Eye This Week
The Bad UI That Could Kill
The user interface is the heart and soul of every consumer product. In the early days of smartphones, Apple’s breakthrough touch-screen UI set the iPhone apart and above.
What Caught Our Eye This Week
Intel MIA at Computex
After a two-year hiatus, Computex was back this week as a hybrid event. The trade show’s big draws were CEO keynotes by Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and AMD’s Lisa Su.
TSMC in the Running for European Chips Act Funding
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is engaged in intense negotiations with the EU to build a fab in Europe, according to European industry sources.
The development places TSMC solidly back in the running for European Chips Act (ECA) funding.
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Nvidia’s Automotive Playbook: Hyperion 9, Drive Map, Omniverse
At the GTC Conference this week, Nvidia unveiled the Hyperion 9 AV architecture, its next-generation autonomous vehicle platform. In a bid to build momentum for its growing ecosystem, Nvidia claimed Hyperion 9 will elevate its automotive pipeline to more than $11 billion over the next six years.
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CHIPS Act: Feeding Frenzy Begins
Pat Gelsinger certainly scored a choice seat at President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union Address. The Intel Corp. CEO was seated a row in front of First Lady Jill Biden, giving Gelsinger some “run” during a nationally-televised event.
Intel and its rivals are dispatching legions of lobbyists to DC, all circling a $52-billion honey pot authorized by Congress for semiconductor R&D. Makers of chips and laws are anxiously awaiting congressional action to fully fund the CHIPS for America Act.
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Silicon Catalyst Webinar: What to Know about Investing in Semiconductor Startups
The Ojo-Yoshida Report delivers a keynote at Silicon Catalyst’s webinar.