
Trump’s tariffs torch big tech
Silicon Valley in melt down
Big Tech just got a bloody nose thanks to Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest trade war tantrum.

Chipzilla crawls to TSMC for a lifeline
White House pushes joint venture to keep Intel’s fabs under American control.
Troubled Chipzilla has reportedly struck a tentative deal with TSMC to form a joint venture aimed at bailing out Intel’s faltering fab operations in the US — with Apple’s chip supplier securing a 20 percent stake.

TSMC flings open Fab 22 in Taiwan in N2 process ramp-up
Gates-all-around nanosheets mark the death of FINFET
TSMC just christened its under-construction Fab 22 in Kaohsiung which will be the centrepiece of a colossal $45 billion Taiwan spend-up aimed at ushering in the era of 2nm-class chips.

China masks up in Taiwan chip heist scandal.
Beijing’s talent-thieving ops exposed by Taiwanese spooks
China has been playing dress-up in Taiwan’s tech scene, creating fake firms to lure semiconductor experts into helping bolster Beijing’s chip ambitions—without anyone knowing they were working for the mainland.

Troubled Chipzilla rides new CEO bounce
But new top investor says: take the money and run
The honeymoon's barely started for Troubled Chipzilla’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, and already one of the top stock whisperers on TipRanks is advising investors to get out while they’re ahead.

Nvidia mulls Chipzilla deal for gaming GPU fabs
Intel’s 18A node may become more than just internal salvation
Nvidia is eyeing Troubled Chipzilla’s foundry business to manufacture gaming GPUs—marking a potential inflexion point for Intel’s battered but still-breathing manufacturing arm, according to GuruFocus.

Trump using TSMC as a protection fee
Taiwan former president furious
Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou has accused Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump of forcing TSMC into paying what amounts to a “protection fee” by moving more of its operations to the US.

Beijing boffins create chips from Bismuth
More digestible than silicon
Troubled Chipzilla and its mates at TSMC might want to start sweating because a bunch of Beijing boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a non-silicon based transistor that’s faster and more efficient than anything out there.

Meta training its own AI chips
RISC-V business
Meta is quietly testing RISC–V–based AI training chips to kick Nvidia out of its wallet.

TSMC is making serious moves on Intel
Joint venture with Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom
TSMC is trying to rescue troubled Chipzilla’s floundering foundry business, pitching a joint venture to Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom to keep the US chip dinosaur from drowning in a tarpit of its own making.