Intel and Microsoft just announced a huge collaboration

Intel and Microsoft just announced a huge collaboration

Intel Intel has announced a new collaboration with Microsoft, revealing plans for the tech giant to utilize its services in manufacturing a custom computing chip. Intel is optimistic about surpassing its internal deadline of 2025 to outpace its primary competitor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), in advanced chip manufacturing. The announcement came during an event … Read more

Taiwan semiconductors: president-elect William Lai vows to ‘continue to assist’ sector

Taiwan semiconductors: president-elect William Lai vows to ‘continue to assist’ sector

Delivering his acceptance speech on Saturday, Taiwan’s president-elect William Lai Ching-te vowed to spare no efforts to further develop the island’s critical chip and semiconductor industry. “As president, I will continue to assist the development of the semiconductor industry, from materials, equipment, research and development, integrated circuit design, manufacturing to wafer fabrication and testing for … Read more

US$3 billion top Asia fund bets on Tencent again despite China gaming rules, favours Samsung over TSMC in chip market

US billion top Asia fund bets on Tencent again despite China gaming rules, favours Samsung over TSMC in chip market

A fund that outperformed most of its peers has added Tencent Holdings back to its portfolio recently, betting on the gaming company’s attractive valuation despite further industry curbs by the Chinese government. Federated Hermes Asia Ex-Japan Equity Fund, which beat 83 per cent of its peers for the past three years, made the purchase in … Read more

Competitive pay at TSMC plant may ripple across Japan, beat inflation

Competitive pay at TSMC plant may ripple across Japan, beat inflation

“Tailwinds are blowing,” said Kazuma Kishikawa, an economist at Daiwa Institute of Research. The Taiwanese company’s US$8.6 billion plant along with other vast spending plans by its peers such as Rapidus and Micron Technology could spur more investment and competition for talent and hence labour market liquidity and wage growth in broader sectors, he said. … Read more