The U.S. government, as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, has pledged to provide TSMC up to $6.6 billion for expanding its under-construction Arizona semiconductor fabrication units.
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TSMC, the world's leading foundry, is planning to charge up to 30% more for chips made in the U.S. than those made in Taiwan due to higher building costs of fabrications outside of Taiwan.
TSMC has announced that its 3nm technology has successfully entered mass production with good yields. The company is also preparing its Taiwan and Arizona fabs for 2nm chip production for the future.
TSMC, a contract chipmaker, reported that its November revenue totaled 222.71 billion Taiwan dollars ($7.27 billion), representing a 50.2% year-over-year increase with Apple being a major contributor.
TSMC will reportedly begin manufacturing 4nm chips along with 5nm chips at its Arizona fab by the end of 2024. Another fab capable of making 2nm chips is under construction nearby as well.
TSMC, which is known for its high-end chip manufacturing capabilities, is investing around $12 billion to expand its Fab 21 facility located in Phoenix, Arizona to manufacture 3nm chips.
Brookfield Infrastructure will provide $15 billion in funding to Intel to help the latter expand its Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. It will help Intel diversify its supply of semiconductors.
Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous taxi cab service, will be starting its fully autonomous rides in San Fransisco - without a safety driver. The service will initially be available for Waymo's own staff.
Apple Wallet has added support for driver's licenses and state IDs in Arizona. It's the first state to get support for this feature but the company has announced many more will get it soon.
Documents show that states will be footing the bill for costs associated with supporting state IDs on Apple Wallet. The contracts signed also seem to give Apple lots of decision-making power.
Waymo has announced via e-mail that it plans to begin operating fully self-driving vehicles, without safety drivers, in Phoenix, Arizona in the near future. It's unclear how many vehicles there'll be.
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UPS says it has teamed up with TuSimple to test self-driving trucks ferrying cargos of goods back and forth between Phoenix and Tucson​​​​​​​ in Arizona. The test started in May of this year.
Waymo has been approved by the Arizona Department of Transportation to start picking up and dropping off paying riders around the state using its fleet of autonomous Fiat Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
An investment firm backed by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has dropped a hefty sum for some desert property west of Phoenix, Arizona, to build a city housing - and run by - technology of the future.
Uber will now resume its self-driving program after it was halted because of a crash last Friday. The crash caused an Uber vehicle to be turned on its side, but nobody was seriously injured.
The iPhone-maker will start manufacturing and assembling some high-tech products on US soil. However, these are designed in-house server products instead of consumer products.
Ford has been given a permit to drive an autonomous version of a Ford Fusion on Californian roads. This will let Ford test in snow and heavy rain which autonomous vehicles have a hard time with.
Some light trolling can be fun on the internet, but Arizona's governors disagree. If you're a troll you could be looking at 25 years in prison if you just so happen to mess around occasionally.
Arizona law enforcement is still a target of hackers performing cyber attacks. Last month the hacker group LulzSec released confidential info from the state's law enforcement files. Now another well known hacker group, Anonymous, has...
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It has been known for some time now that Microsoft is planning on opening retail stores around the United States later this year; the announcement was made back in February when Microsoft appointed David Porter...
Intel Corporation, the world's largest chip maker, announced plans today for a new semiconductor plant in Arizona which is expected to be ready for production in two years. The plant will be located alongside...
A student has been convicted of illegally downloading music and films from the internet in the first case if its kind in the US. Parvin Dhaliwal, who was studying at the University of Arizona, had...
Microsoft and the state of Arizona reached an agreement Tuesday. The class-action lawsuit alleged that Microsoft overcharged its customers in the state. According to PCWorld "The deal provides Arizona software buyers with up...
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