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Intel looks to reassert industry leadership with new GPU line, 3nm products in 2022

Intel intends to launch a new high-performance consumer GPU alongside multiple 3nm data center products next year.

Industry analysts predict that the global semiconductor industry will grow by 8.8 percent in 2022 due to intense demand for microelectronics.

Manufacturers have changed their part ordering models following the global chip shortage. Is that shift driving an inventory glut?

Foxconn, Apple’s lead EMS provider, bought a $91 billion chip factory to bolster its position in the electric vehicle industry.

Western Digital and Kioxia are reportedly negotiating a $20 billion merger. But a possible IPO and global trade tensions threaten the deal.

SMIC revealed it would spend $8.8 billion to build a chip factory that makes products with a 12-inch manufacturing process

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger reasserted the firm’s plans to establish a $93.9 billion chip fab in Europe by decades’ end.

The European Commission intends to support the advancement of its domestic semiconductor industry via new legislation called the European Chips Act.

Google is reportedly designing custom processors for its 2023 Chromebooks and tablet computers. But it might run into supply chain problems.

Chipmakers are developing SiC and GaN parts production technologies to take advantage of the electric vehicle sector’s explosive growth.