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Intel shares fall 20% on plans to cut 15,000 jobs
Intel on Thursday revealed drastic plans to slash its employee headcount and capital spending in an attempt to put its business back on a stable financial footing, as it suffered the latest setback in its slow-moving turnaround plans.
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US CHIPS Act Funding for Intel
On March 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel Corporation announced a preliminary memorandum of terms under which Intel will receive approximately $8.5 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Funding will help advance Intel’s critical semiconductor manufacturing and research and development projects at sites in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Oregon – U.S. locations where the company produces some of the world’s most advanced chips and semiconductor packaging technologies.
Meanwhile, in China:
China’s ‘basic self-sufficiency’ in chip-making tools could come this summer, veteran says
Containing China: US Using Taiwan as East Asian “Ukraine”
Washington’s True Fear of China: An Obstacle to American Hegemony
A recent op-ed appearing in Foreign Affairs titled, “The Taiwan Catastrophe,” helps paint a clear picture of US motivations behind its growing confrontation with China and the increasingly unrealistic nature of Washington’s desired outcome.
Washington’s True Fear of China: An Obstacle to American Hegemony
US tightens rules on AI chip sales to China in blow to Nvidia
US tightens rules on AI chip sales to China in blow to Nvidia
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang told the Financial Times earlier this year that the 2022 controls had left the Silicon Valley company with its “hands tied behind our back” by barring sales of its most advanced chips to China. He has said further restrictions could seriously harm US chipmakers by eating into their ability to finance investment.
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China ups export curbs on key EV battery component, safeguarding graphite amid US tensions
US Sanctions to Cripple Chinese Innovation Backfires
Huawei unveils its latest Mate 60 Pro smartphone powered by a 7nm processor, completely designed and manufactured in China
US Sanctions to Cripple Chinese Innovation Backfires
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Chinese AI groups use cloud services to evade US chip export controls (all anonymous sources)
China’s SMIC Allegedly Violated U.S. Sanctions Selling Chips to Huawei
[02-2023] Biden to require chips companies winning subsidies to share excess profits
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will require companies winning funds from its $52-billion U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research program to share excess profits and explain how they plan to provide affordable childcare.
Biden to require chips companies winning subsidies to share excess profits
The US-China chip war is about to get thornier
For as long as the chip war between the United States (US) and China has been going on, the latter has done little to nothing to retaliate. Many viewed Beijing’s nonchalant stand as a way to avoid hurting Chinese ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence, and other related industries.
The US-China chip war is about to get thornier
Updated: China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over ‘national security’ risks
China has banned some sales of Micron products after launching a probe into the American memory chip giant for cybersecurity risks in early April.
China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over ‘national security’ risks
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U.S. Calls for Bombing Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry… Nord Stream Sabotage Redux

Finian Cunningham
Taiwan is facing the curse of being an ally of Uncle Sam in the same way that Germany and the rest of Europe have.
U.S. Calls for Bombing Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry… Nord Stream Sabotage Redux
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