Companies currently negotiating deal following visit to country by AMD CEO, Lisa Su

Walkout comes almost two years after union carried out first-ever strike in company’s history

Facility is South Korea’s first commercial quantum computing center

Agreement with see Samsung supply AMD with HBM4 and DDR5 RAM for its forthcoming GPUs and CPUs

Company claims ‘wetware’ deployed in Melbourne and Singapore facilities will require “fraction of the energy” needed by digital systems

Working with academia and industry

Company will also establish APAC’s largest Nvidia DGX Cloud cluster

Japanese chipmaker will gain access to GF’s FD-SOI platform, amongst other technologies

Companies will codevelop AI infrastructure based on AMD’s forthcoming Helios platform

Australian quantum computing is now searching for a permanent new chief executive

Chinese tech company expecting to receive sample chips by end of March

The proposed agreement would allow Taiwanese companies to allocate tariff exemptions to US-based customers importing chips

System will be operated by telco’s Viettel AI unit

Reverses previous decision from the company to manufacture 7nm chips at the site

Company aiming to deliver utility-scale quantum computer by 2029

Technology will support AI infrastructure demands, with prototypes expected to be available in 2027

Startup founded by former engineers from Intel and AMD

No timeline for deployment has been provided

Consumer electronics customers already having to readjust purchase orders

Production at the site slated for latter half of 2028

System is scheduled for deployment in second half of 2026

Company expected to receive its first shipment of RNGD AI chips later this month

Deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026

US will lower semiconductor tariffs on Taiwan