Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the tech giant will soon start using semiconductor chips manufactured in the United States, the first time in almost 10 years. Cook made the announcement while speaking at the site of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plant under construction in Phoenix, Arizona. TSMC is the largest dedicated…

Intel will invest 30 billion ringgit, a little over $7 billion, in a cutting-edge semiconductor packaging facility in Penang, a northwest state of Malaysia, the country’s authorities said on Monday. The investment will add to the company’s advanced chip packaging capabilities already on the island state. More details on the deal are expected at Wednesday’s…

Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has chosen Taylor, Texas, for its $17 billion advanced chip-manufacturing plant, which is expected to create 2,000 direct high-tech jobs. “The new manufacturing facility will produce advanced logic chips that will power next-generation devices for applications such as mobile, 5G, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI),” Texas Gov. Greg…

Commentary The importance of Taiwan as a global manufacturing and innovation hub for semiconductors, or microchips, and other high-tech inputs crucial to major U.S. goods producers and defense firms was recently highlighted in an event hosted by the Global Taiwan Institute, a think tank dedicated to Taiwan policy research. With the theme “Opportunities and Challenges…