The World’s Most Important Product and the Only Two Companies That Can Make It

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Morris Chang, chairman of the world’s biggest contract microchip maker Taiwan … [+] Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). AFP PHOTO/Patrick Lin (Photo credit should read ...

Congress Is Giving Billions To The U.S. Semiconductor Industry. Will It Ease Chip Shortages?

Semiconductor chips are made by etching microscopic patterns in silicon wafers. Many “fabs” use 300 … [+] mm diameter wafers and make chips in batches of a few hundred to thousands a...

Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is a Risk to More Than Just the Chip Industry

Asian stocks worked out early there is no good outcome from Nancy Pelosi’s current tour of the region. By landing in Taiwan Tuesday or Wednesday, the speaker of the House risks Chinese military retali...