On Monday, in a statement Qualcomm Inc said, it will supply a key chip for the dashboard of Renault SA’s new electric vehicle. Qualcomm, the world’s biggest supplier of key semiconductors in mobile phones, has expanded into vehicles with chips that can power dashboards and infotainment systems at the same time. Earlier this year Qualcomm Renault…
According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, the Biden Administration has approved license applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy chips for its growing auto component business. While the Trump Administration had imposed trade restrictions on the Chinese company following non-compliance of US sanctions, the…
According to two people familiar with the matter at hand, the U.S. Department of Energy is closing in on a deal to purchase a supercomputer made with chips from Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc even as a key lab waits for a larger supercomputer from Intel Corp that has seen delays for months.…
In a statement Ford Motor Co said, it will temporarily close its Kansas City assembly plant which builds its best-selling F-150 pickup truck because of a shortage of semiconductor-related parts. The shortage is caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Production is slated to resume in August 23, said the U.S. automaker while adding, it…
On Wednesday, Chinese tech giant Baidu said, it has started mass-producing its second-generation Kunlun artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as it races to become a major player in the chip industry with Beijing’s backing. In a statement Baidu said, the second-generation Kunlun AI chips, using 7 nm process technology, produced computational speeds of two-to-three times faster…
In a statement U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, the Biden Administration plans on spending $52 billion to mitigate issues revolving around the supply of semiconductors subject to the U.S Congress passing a bill funding such efforts.
On Friday, in a report Nikkei Asia said, Apple Inc and Intel Corp have emerged as the first adopters of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s next-generation chip production technology ahead of its deployment in 2022. Both tech companies are testing their chip designs with TSMC’s 3-nanometer production technology, said sources briefed on the matter. These chips will be available…
According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, MKS Instruments Inc, a semiconductor equipment maker, has approached Atotech Ltd, a specialty chemicals group, with an acquisition offer. The potential deal will see MKS expand it’s offerings in chip manufacturing through the addition of Atotech’s plating chemicals. The offer comes a few months after Atotech…
In a statement the chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) told U.S. broadcaster CBS that it expects to catch up with the “minimum requirement” for auto chips by customers by the end of June. Automakers are hard-pressed for auto chips and have shut assembly lines due to their shortage. Taiwan, home to a booming…
In a statement an official from the White House said, two top-level White House aides will host a meeting on the resiliency of the U.S. supply chain midst a broader policy review on the issue. According to Jen Psaki, White House’s press secretary, the meeting would be hosted by President Joe Biden’s top economic aide,…
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