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Apple M3 chip tipped to launch in 3 variants; Know all about it
30Oct By adminNo Comments
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Apple M3 chip tipped to launch in 3 variants; Know all about it

[ad_1] Apple event: After months of anticipation, the launch of the next-generation Apple Silicon chip is just around the corner. The Apple event, termed ‘Scary Fast', perhaps a reference to the new M3 chips, is set to take place at 5:00 PM PT on October 30. Likely to be named M3, the new chip is expected to bring performance upgrades while also offering better energy efficiency. It could power Apple's new Macs such as the MacBook Pro and iMac. The chip itself is tipped to come in different variants, depending on the number of cores, and it could also mark a shift to a 3-nanometer production process. Let us take a closer look at Apple's upcoming M3 chips.Apple M3 chips: DetailsIn his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman shared the details about the types of M3 chips that ...
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Warren Buffett’s TSMC Selloff Backs Apple Over Its Supplier
17Feb By adminNo Comments
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Warren Buffett’s TSMC Selloff Backs Apple Over Its Supplier

[ad_1] Just months after disclosing a huge stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported dumping almost all of it. In doing so, the world's most famous investor may have left more than $1 billion in profit on the table while revealing even he may not be immune to macroeconomic jitters. Berkshire held 60.06 million American depositary receipts in the world's biggest chip manufacturer at the end of September, worth $4.12 billion at the time, according to an exchange filing. By the end of the year, those holdings fell to 8.3 million. Berkshire hasn't disclosed the prices it paid or received for these shares, but a quick look at TSMC's stock price chart shows that the timing was unfortunate: Shares climbed 29% to hit a 10-month high e...
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Sorry USA, $40 Billion Won’t Buy Chip Independence
7Dec By adminNo Comments
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Sorry USA, $40 Billion Won’t Buy Chip Independence

[ad_1] President Biden and Apple’s Cook applauded a plan that offers a minuscule share of global chip capacity. President Joe Biden is so proud of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s new facility that he went to Arizona to celebrate it. A $40 billion figure tends to attract heads of state and corporate chieftains, with the chip factories TSMC is building there being hailed as the largest foreign direct investment in US history. “Apple had to buy all the advanced chips from overseas,” Biden said at the plant outside Phoenix on Tuesday. “Now, they're going to bring more of their supply chain here at home. It could be a game changer.” Unfortunately, Mr President, it won't be a game changer. Everything announced by TSMC this week was in line with long-term plans for the site. Th...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, President Joe Biden to Help TSMC Unveil $40 Bn US Chip Buildout
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, President Joe Biden to Help TSMC Unveil $40 Bn US Chip Buildout

[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook and AMD CEO Lisa Su will join President Joe Biden at an Arizona event for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. CEO Lisa Su will join President Joe Biden on Tuesday at an Arizona event for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., where the chipmaker will announce plans to bolster its investment in the state to $40 billion and construct a second production facility.Cook, Su and Biden will be at the site of a $12 billion plant in Phoenix that TSMC is already building, a showcase in the administration's efforts to encourage companies to bring more chip manufacturing to the US and prevent a repeat of the supply disruptions over the last two years that cost companies hundreds of billions i...
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