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Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC sees nearly 40% jump in its net profit thanks to the AI boom

HONG KONG(AP) — Taiwan’s leading computer chip maker, TSMC, said Thursday that its net profit surged nearly 40% in the last quarter, boosted by the surge in use of artificial intelligence. Taiwan ...
Wall Street Journal

Memory-Chip Makers Are Enjoying a Boom to Remember, Thanks to AI

SEOUL—The notoriously volatile memory-chip industry is entering an extended boom period thanks to artificial-intelligence business with the likes of Nvidia and OpenAI.
The New York Times

Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan In July, the Taiwanese engineer ...
Reuters

Dutch government steps back from Nexperia intervention to pursue talks with China

AMSTERDAM/BEIJING, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A move by the Netherlands to step back from taking control of computer chip maker Nexperia was welcomed by China on Wednesday as a "first step in the right ...