CHIPS

President Biden speaks with Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as they look at a mock-up of a semiconductor facility in Syracuse, N.Y.

Politics & Government

Biden is giving $6 billion to Micron for a semiconductor project in upstate New York

3:43pm April 25, 2024

by Susan Davis

The Micron project comes after the White House has announced massive investments for Intel, TSMC and Samsung in recent weeks using funds from the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan off the island's east coast on Wednesday and temporarily disrupted production at semiconductor factories that produce chips major Silicon Valley companies rely on for products and services.

World News

Taiwan earthquake briefly halts chip factories that power the global economy

5:23pm April 03, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes more than 90% of world's most advanced chips, also halted production, but it plans to resume chipmaking overnight.

In North Carolina, Biden to compare economic plan with GOP's

9:56am March 28, 2023

by Associated Press

President Joe Biden will visit an expanding North Carolina semiconductor manufacturer on Tuesday as he launches an extended effort to spotlight the impact legislation passed earlier in his administ

President Biden's ambitious proposals to address the high cost and short supply of child care haven't garnered enough support in Congress, so now his administration has come up with a workaround.

Politics & Government

Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do

5:00am March 17, 2023

by Andrea Hsu

The administration is turning to semiconductors in the hopes of expanding affordable child care.