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South Korea Investing $451B Into Domestic Semiconductor Industry Through 2030

The South Korean government revealed its local chipmakers, led by Samsung, will spend $451 billion to upgrade their capabilities through 2030.

Foxconn and Stellantis are joining forces to form a new advanced digital cockpit company called Mobile Drive.

GlobalFoundries made a $1.6 billion wafer supply deal with AMD. It will also develop 5G and 6G RF parts with Raytheon.

Qualcomm made a six-year deal supply deal with UMC, the world’s fourth-largest contract chipmaker. Read more here.

TSMC and the Japanese government are co-funding a potentially revolutionary $337 million semiconductor research project.

AMD revealed it would supply Tesla with CPUs and GPUs for the upcoming refreshes of its Model X and S in-car infotainment systems.

Nvidia announced it would acquire DeepMap, a mapping solutions startup, to improve its self-driving car technology.

Criminals are using the global chip crisis as an opportunity to rip off unsuspecting manufacturers for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Nexperia is spending $700 million to expand its development capabilities and manufacturing capacity. And it just activated a new production line.

GlobalFoundries recently broke ground on a $4 billion, 300mm Singapore-based silicon wafer fab that will begin full production in 2023.