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Chipmakers might find that US subsidies have fine print
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The government might want a share of your profits 

Big Tech hoping to make a killing by having their chip expansion plans financed by the US government might want to look at the small print.

UK chipmakers threaten to leave unless British government gets its act together
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Brexit leads to exit

UK chipmakers are threatening to move their operations to the US or Europe unless the government pulls its finger out and announce a semiconductor strategy.

Chipmakers to spend record cash on new fab equipment
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$109 billion in 2022 and 2023

According to a fresh report, big chip manufacturers are increasing spending on new fab equipment, reaching a record $109 billion in 2022, a 20 percent increase compared to the previous year.

Chinese chipmakers could be boosted in post-Moore’s Law
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Chinese dragon could take Chipzilla 

Not everyone is mourning the slow death of Moore’s Law and Chinese chipmakers could use the period to catch up with their Western rivals.

Apple developers and chipmakers are revolting
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Standing against the Steve Jobs's design disaster 


Apple developers are revolting against the terrible design of Steve Jobs and Jony Ive’s “ufo” headquarters.

Applied Materals surprises Wall Street
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 19 August 2016 10:27

Applied Materals surprises Wall Street


Chip making could be picking up

There are signs that chip making might be starting to pick up after one of the largest supplier of tools used to make semiconductors turned in a bigger than expected profit.

China to get aggressive on chipmaking
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 09 November 2015 10:58

China to get aggressive on chipmaking


Battle Chipzilla and other monsters


The Chinese government appears to be keen to create its own chipmaking giant to battle Chipzilla and the Taiwanese and Japanese monsters.