Semiconductors are becoming “weaponised” with the current trade wars and supply chain issues.
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Intel on Tuesday picked Germany as the main site for a €17-billion fabrication plant, the first details of its planned €80-billion investment in Europe.
Intel’s latest focus on making chips to meet rising demand will give AMD a chance to build a greater foothold in the segment, analysts said.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said Intel would be interested in participating if a consortium emerges to buy semiconductor and software design company ARM.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gives himself an A- grade for his first year running the chip maker. Investors are proving to be tougher graders.
For all the talk about Intel’s entry into the chip foundry business, it’s easy to forget there’s another competitor plugging away in South Korea.
Intel plans to spend $20-billion on a chip-making hub that the company expects to grow to be the world’s biggest silicon manufacturing site.
TSMC spent a record $30-billion last year on factories that churn out the world’s most advanced chips. It seems even that wasn’t enough.
The Biden administration spurned a plan by Intel to increase production in China over security concerns, dealing a setback to an idea pitched as a fix for US chip shortages.
An extremely expensive game of one-upmanship is being played out in the semiconductor industry where the winners will look like heroes and the rest may not even survive.