China spending $150 billion to upgrade on semiconductor production
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Only a matter of time

The Chinese government has been spending over $150 billion by 2030.

Chinese want local chips
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Decoupling might be a bad thing

Manufacturers in China are increasingly looking to source chips locally because they fear the US and other governments may prioritise domestic users of the semiconductors vital to national security.

EU might not have enough cash to sort out chip shortage
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Public funding set to suffer

The EU is planning to divert funding on public projects to highly profitable chip companies so that they will set up chip plants in the bloc.

Apple must regret wasting its cash on its own chips
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Intel cleans its old partner’s clock

Fruity Cargo Cult Apple made a big thing of the fact that it was replacing Intel Chips with its own technology.

Intel will have to face the music on defective chips
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Fails to get Meltdown and Spectre cases thrown out

Chipzilla will have to go to court and defend itself against claims it knew its microprocessors were defective and failed to tell customers.

Carmakers need to modernise their chips
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Too large and stupid, and the chips

Carmakers are too dependent on ancient chips and transistors and need to modernise, according to Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger.

Huawei leans on Chinese electronics
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US trade war harms US electronics companies

American tech companies are getting the go-ahead to resume business with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei but it may be too late as the outfit has moved on and is seeing other people.

AMD sees increases in market share
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Top-performing stocks

Wall Street is scribbling the letters AMD on its list of top-performing shares, according to financial magazine Barrons.

AMD results show marked improvement
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Shut your mouth Intel and look at my wad!  

AMD has surprised Wall Street and Intel fanboys by reporting better than expected first quarter results.

Samsung booms as chip sales slow
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Record first-quarter profit

Samsung Electronics has recorded at a record first quarter profit on Friday, but market reaction was muted due to growing concerns that the semiconductor boom that has driven the South Korean tech giant’s earnings is about to end.