JPMorgan upgrades Malaysia, citing data centers and policy reforms

JPMorgan upgrades Malaysia, citing data centers and policy reforms

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 26: The JPMorgan Chase logo is seen at their headquarters building on May 26, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Data centers have been widely talked about and Malaysia is emerging as an attractive investment opportunity offering different sectors and ideas to play, according … Read more

GlobalFoundries hiring as semiconductor chip demand rises

GlobalFoundries hiring as semiconductor chip demand rises

The semiconductor industry is recruiting workers in a tight labor market as the competition for talent ramps up and funding from the CHIPS and Science Act designed to spur domestic production continues to be dispersed. It is also staring down a projected shortfall of as much as one million workers in the broader U.S. economy … Read more

CHIPS Act last $6 billion in semiconductor award money

CHIPS Act last  billion in semiconductor award money

The rollout of the Biden administration’s CHIPS Act award money has so far focused on providing major awards for major companies, with just four leading-edge semiconductor manufacturers receiving the lion’s share of the $33 billion that has been allocated to this point. Now, with $6 billion remaining, the focus is shifting to sending smaller awards … Read more

China’s SMIC is now world’s third-largest chip foundry: Counterpoint

China’s SMIC is now world’s third-largest chip foundry: Counterpoint

A logo hangs on the building of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s largest chipmaker SMIC is now the world’s third-largest foundry in terms of revenue in the first quarter, according to Counterpoint Research. State-backed SMIC, or … Read more

India is a key chip design market, says Qualcomm, as Modi makes chip push

India is a key chip design market, says Qualcomm, as Modi makes chip push

A worker inspects a circuit board for a smartphone at Dixon Technologies’ Padget Electronics Pvt factory in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Dixon boasts a market value of more than $2.5 billion and the capacity to produce about 50 million smartphones this year. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg … Read more

Malaysia emerges as a hotspot for chip firms amid U.S.-China tech war

Malaysia emerges as a hotspot for chip firms amid U.S.-China tech war

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – 2018/01/24: A foreigner is seen with a Malaysia flag as a background. Kuala Lumpur or commonly known as KL is the national capital for Malaysia and is the fastest growing metropolitan regions in South-East Asia. The urban city is also well known to the world for tourism and shopping. Kuala Lumpur … Read more

Intel awarded up to $8.5 billion from CHIPS Act, with loans available

Intel awarded up to .5 billion from CHIPS Act, with loans available

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as he attends the groundbreaking of the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio, U.S., September 9, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The White House said Intel has been awarded up to $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act funding, as the Biden administration ramps … Read more