US President issued an order on Thursday directing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US to focus on microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotech and quantum computing.

TSMC's new N3E chipmaking tech will offer better performance, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, the report said.

The US is considering sanctions against China to try to deter it from invading Taiwan, while Taipei has lobbied the European Union to do the same

Taiwan's Globalwafers will start work in November on the first silicon wafer facility built in the US in more than two decades.

Vedanta won subsidies on expenditure and cheap power from western Gujarat state to build the computer chip mega-project, sources say

From next month US companies that export chipmaking equipment to Chinese factories that produce advanced chips with sub-14nn processes will require a government licence

Some executives say the US ban on exports to China of Nvidia and AMD's advanced computer chips could backfire if it creates chances for startups in China's fast-growing chip market.

"We cannot allow Chinese companies beholden to the Communist Party into our telecommunications networks and millions of Americans’ iPhones,” Senator Marco Rubio said.

The ban aims to prevent US semiconductor technology from falling into Chinese hands, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said

Hynix’s parent, the SK Group, also recently announced plans to build a chip packaging facility in the United States

Top universities and research institutes in China have been spending large sums on advanced US computer chips designed by Nvidia to power artificial intelligence research work.

Chinese tech chiefs at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai are said to be looking at speeding up their own AI chip development programme