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Nikkei Asia In partnership with the Malaysian government, SoftBank’s Arm Holdings will create a base of operations in that nation for ASEAN and Oceania. The Malaysian government’s $250-million, 10-year investment will give local chip developers access to the Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) and the Arm Flexible Access (AFA) program. Seven CSS licenses will be […]

Nikkei Asia The U.S. finalized a CHIPS Act grant of $6.6 billion to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), with at least $1 billion to be disbursed by the end of the year. The funds will be distributed in phases as the company hits certain project milestones. TSCMC will produce 3 nanometer (nm), 2 nm, and […]

Nikkei Asia Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has told multiple Chinese customers that it will suspend production of their AI and high-performance computing chips, as the chipmaker steps up efforts to ensure compliance with U.S. export controls. The Chinese chip design clients affected are working on high-performance computing, graphic processing units, and AI computing-related applications […]

Facility to speed up development of equipment and materials via EUV systems

Japan is looking to lure AI investment away from Europe and elsewhere by becoming the “most AI-friendly country in the world,” with a regulation-light approach.