Yet Intel still matters, as Mr Trump’s interest shows. The most advanced chips, vital for smartphones and AI, are now made almost entirely by TSMC. America’s tech giants depend on it. Such reliance on ...

As we published this, President Donald Trump was even mulling quasi-nationalisation. More than ever, semiconductors hold the ...

Nvidia, the world's dominant AI chip provider, has been feeling the geopolitical heat lately. It recently struck a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to pay 15% of the sales of H20 to the U.S.

The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in the struggling chipmaker. Some say it makes perfect strategic ...

Google unveils its new Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold smartphones: upgraded Tensor G5 chip made at TSMC, new cameras, new AI, and more.

How do you improve on one of the best phones you can buy? Google's answer? A few small improvements. Having spent time with the new Pixel 10 Pro series, it turns out that these improvements make a big ...

We went hands on with the Google Pixel 10 and one thing is clear: it offers the Pro pixel experience, without the Pro price.

The president has this year secured trillions of dollars’ worth of pledges to invest in the US — even if some of those commitments are repackaged versions of existing plans. That includes a vow by ...

Two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has floated the idea in connection with an ongoing plan to acquire ...

But Intel wasn't alone in winning CHIPS Act grants. As CNBC points out, Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) was awarded $6.6 billion ...

The U.S. government may want an equity stake hold in chipmakers like Taiwan's TSMC in exchange for CHIPS Act subsidies. The ...

Intel’s fate is increasingly tied to geopolitics as it stands beside - and against - TSMC in shaping the U.S. tech stack.