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Trump hails $100bn US investment pledge by Apple
Published on 07/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has announced that Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, a move that could help it sidestep potential tariffs on iPhones.
US chip giant opens $4bn Singapore plant
Published on 12/09/2023
» SINGAPORE: The world's third-largest contract semiconductor maker, GlobalFoundries, on Tuesday opened a $4-billion manufacturing plant in Singapore as part of a global expansion to help ease an industry supply crunch.
Biden leads US tech execs in Vietnam talks
AFP, Published on 11/09/2023
» HANOI: US President Joe Biden and senior executives from top American tech firms including Google and Intel will meet Vietnamese business leaders Monday after the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in the face of shared concerns about China.
Asian equities retreat on US slowdown worries
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 22/04/2023
» RECAP: Asian and European markets fell yesterday on lingering recession worries as data indicated the US economy was slowing down. Thailand has low recession risk but the SET has slid amid negative global sentiment and falling oil prices.
GlobalWafers announces plans for massive US plant
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Taiwan's GlobalWafers on Monday unveiled plans to establish a massive plant in northern Texas to produce a component vital to making semiconductors with an investment of up to $5 billion.
Intel CEO Calls Chip Maker 'Willing Buyer' as Industry Consolidates
Business, Published on 23/08/2021
» Intel Corp. chief executive Pat Gelsinger is committed to buying other chip-makers as the industry consolidates, despite a leading acquisition candidate's plan to go public.
Intel Could Find a New World of Complications with GlobalFoundries
Business, Published on 19/07/2021
» Pat Gelsinger is wasting no time putting his money where his mouth is.
Phones, consoles, gadgets to cost more as chip crisis bites
AFP, Published on 18/02/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: Prices of popular gadgets such as PlayStations and iPhones could rise because of microchip shortages caused by a "perfect storm" of coronavirus-driven demand, supply chain disruptions and trade war stockpiling, experts warn.
IBM Split Doesn't Guarantee a Speedy Recovery, History Suggests
Business, Published on 12/10/2020
» International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Arvind Krishna is betting on the well-practiced gambit of a corporate divorce to revive the former corporate icon. But tech history shows the outcome can be disappointing.
'Silicon Saxony' stands on foundations laid under East Germany
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» DRESDEN (GERMANY) - When US computer processor maker AMD was building a factory in the eastern German city Dresden in the late 1990s, it sent around 200 local engineers for training to its site in Texas.