World''s Largest iPhone Assembler Says Congested Supply Chains Are About To Ease Global supply chains have faced severe disruptions for almost two years, including port congestion and vessel bottlenecks that have resulted in soaring shipping rates and longer delivery times, adding to some of the hidest consumer inflation in four decades . Electronic component shortages have also been a significant issue and have led some manufacturing facilities to limit and or even halt production of finished goods. Now there are emerging signs and growing speculation that supply chains could ease in the second half of this year. Bloomberg reports not any consumer electronics assembler but the world''s largest one, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., otherwise known as Foxconn Technology Group (too many of us in the West), the assembler of BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Nokia devices, PlayStation 4, Wii U, and Xbox One, among many another popular consumer electronics, is expecting significant improvement in sourcing semiconductors in the first quarter and an overall improvement in their supply chain by summer.

Japan bets billions in subsidies will revive home chipmaking industry

12:00am, Friday, 11'th Feb 2022 South China Morning Post
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and a unit of Sony are the largest beneficiaries of Tokyo’s bid to join the global race to manufacture chips.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and a unit of Sony Group Corp have unveiled plans for a new production facility in southern Japan, becoming the largest beneficiaries to date of the subsidy scheme set up by the Japanese government as the first step in regenerating the domestic chip industry.TSMC has collaborated with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp (SSS) to set up Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc (JASM) and plans have been drawn up for a new fabrication plant in…
(Bloomberg) -- One startup aims to become the go-to provider of chip design solutions for companies as more tech firms like Apple Inc. start to develop their own custom processors for PCs and servers to challenge industry mainstay Intel Corp.

EU rolls out a red carpet for TSMC and other semiconductor giants

06:49pm, Tuesday, 08'th Feb 2022 South China Morning Post
The European Union announced a blueprint on Tuesday to make one-fifth of the worlds microchips, saying it was open for business to semiconductor giants from Taiwan and other industry leaders.The European Chips Act provides at least 42 billion (US$48 billion) by 2030 in public and private sector capital behind an ambitious plan to effectively double the blocs chip production, to 20 per cent of the global supply of semiconductors, the tiny processing units that will power the industries of
Monday afternoon''s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included American Water Works, Ballard Power, Exelon, Stanley Black & Decker, Taiwan Semiconductor and more.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (NYSE: TSM ) were each trading 1% higher on Monday despite the broad sector ETF SPDR S&P 500 consolidating with an inside bar pattern. Both stocks have reached new all-time highs recently with Nvidia soaring to the $346.47 mark on Nov. 22 and Taiwan Semiconductor hitting a Jan. 13 high of $145. Since reaching their all-time highs both stocks have sold off, with Nvidia dropping 38.35% to reach a Jan. 28 low of $212.96 and on that same date Taiwan Semiconductors bounced up from a bottom at the 114.19 level, which represented a 21.25% decline. While both semiconductor stocks have fallen lower, Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductors have both printed reversal candles on their daily charts, which indicates higher prices may be on the horizon. Nvidia may have a potential political advantage, however, being a U.S. company because on Friday the U.S. House formally passed a China competition bill to increase chip production.
Morgan Stanley analyst Charlie Chan upgraded contract-chip-manufacturing giant Taiwan Semiconductor to Overweight from Equal Weight.
Peloton shares soared Monday morning on reports of possible interest from some bigger names that might want to buy the fitness company.

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT can exceed 2.5 GHz and consume 350 W

01:58pm, Monday, 07'th Feb 2022 Kenyan News
Despite not yet adopting the new 6nm lithography from TSMC, the alleged Radeon RX 6950 XT, revised version of the enthusiast model of AMD gaming cards, should be able to reach higher clocks, surpassing the 2.5 GHz barrier. arrive courtesy of the leakers Greymon55 and Moore’s Law is Dead, which also reveal that the changes […] Source: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT can exceed 2.5 GHz and consume 350 W

Taiwan Semi rises as Morgan Stanley upgrades to overweight

01:47pm, Monday, 07'th Feb 2022 Seeking Alpha
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) shares rose in premarket trading on Monday, as Morgan Stanley upgraded the company, citing several factors, including bigger opportunities from Apple
TSMC, Intel and Samsung are all planning to make significant investments into semiconductor manufacturing this year.

Why Taiwan Semiconductor Is Stepping Up Its Investments

01:30pm, Saturday, 29'th Jan 2022 The Motley Fool
The world''s largest semiconductor manufacturer is set to spend more than $40 billion this year.
SoftBank''s Deal To Sell Arm To Nvidia In "Biggest Semiconductor Deal Ever" Killed By Regulators Here''s some more bad news for SoftBank: it''s planned deal to sell its Arm subsidiary to Nvidia - once billed as "the biggest semiconductor deal ever" - is falling apart as the two companies have failed to win approval from global regulators. While much has changed since the deal was struck in September 2020 (for one, a global supply crunch has restricted access to semiconductors, forcing governments to gather their ''strategic assets'' closely like a squirrel with its nuts), one important fact hasn''t: Following the bloodbath in US-traded tech stocks, SoftBank could really use the cash proceeds from the Arm deal to cover its other losses. It''s also a blow to the many bankers working on a deal that was valued at $40 billion back in September 2020. According to Bloomberg , news about the deal''s demise came out of the Nvidia camp; apparently, the company has been telling its own high-ranking employees that it doesn''t expect the deal to be consummated.
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