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Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC sees nearly 40% jump in its net profit thanks to the AI boom

HONG KONG(AP) — Taiwan’s leading computer chip maker, TSMC, said Thursday that its net profit surged nearly 40% in the last quarter, boosted by the surge in use of artificial intelligence. Taiwan ...

Chip shortages threaten 20% rise in consumer electronics prices

Consumer electronics makers including Dell, Lenovo, Raspberry Pi and Xiaomi have warned that chip shortages were likely to ...
Wall Street Journal

Memory-Chip Makers Are Enjoying a Boom to Remember, Thanks to AI

SEOUL—The notoriously volatile memory-chip industry is entering an extended boom period thanks to artificial-intelligence business with the likes of Nvidia and OpenAI.
New Scientist

Why is AI making computers and games consoles more expensive?

The latest commodity coveted by the AI industry is computer memory, and the sector is signing deals directly with manufacturers for billions of dollars worth of chips – the very same chips that ...
Reuters

Dutch government steps back from Nexperia intervention to pursue talks with China

AMSTERDAM/BEIJING, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A move by the Netherlands to step back from taking control of computer chip maker Nexperia was welcomed by China on Wednesday as a "first step in the right ...
The New York Times

Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan In July, the Taiwanese engineer ...
Wall Street Journal

Memory-Chip Makers Boom Thanks to AI

That's the estimated revenue that DRAM, a major type of memory chip, will generate next year, a record haul and more than four times as much as in 2023, according to research firm TrendForce. The ...