Microchip makes more moves to shore up its supply chain

Facility to be located in Surakarta, central Java

Chip manufacturer has 12 fabs in Taiwan

Despite earlier delays, Arizona plant now expected to be operational by end of 2024

The new regime with tougher penalties came into force this week

The deal will help South Korean cloud company Naver reduce its reliance on Nvidia hardware

And allocates land for chip fabs

Investment will be used to advance power consumption and performance

Construction on the trio of plants is expected to start later this year

Organizational reshuffle comes ahead of chairman Mark Liu’s retirement

Announcement comes as first Japanese factory starts production

Company has posted job adverts looking for workers in India and California

New system will help improve accuracy of heavy rain predictions

Machine is set to come online later this year

Australian Academy of Science says lack of HPC strategy risks country’s future prosperity and security

System will be powered by eight Grace Hopper superchips

Deal marks the fourth multi-billion purchase for Japanese chip maker

Sydney-based startup has raised $120m to date

Plans result from government scheme to boost chip production in the country

If approved, the plant will produce 65nm and 40nm chips

The project will be a joint venture between state-backed Rapidus and the Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center

Second site expected to be operational by the end of 2027

Partnership forms part of Singtel’s commitment to Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0

System expected to be operational by 2028