computer chips

Biden issues an executive order restricting tech investments in China

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

In a sign of growing strains between the world's two biggest powers, Biden has signed an executive order to block and regulate U.S.-based investments going toward China for computer chips, micro electronics, quantum technologies and AI.

Britain unveils $1.2 billion strategy to boost computer chip industry

By Associated Press

Under the U.K. plan, the country's semiconductor industry will get up to $1.2 billion in government investment over the next decade. The amount is dwarfed by the U.S. Chips Act and the E.U.'s chip program, which are offering tens of…

U.S. computer chip controls threaten China's tech ambitions

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

President Xi Jinping’s government sees the chips that are used in everything from phones to kitchen appliances to fighter jets as crucial assets in its strategic rivalry with Washington and efforts to gain wealth and global influence.

Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon Moore dies at 94

By Associated Press

Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died. He was 94.

Federal computer chip funding to require security restrictions, worker benefits

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

The Commerce Department is opening the application process for computer chip manufacturers to access $39 billion in government support to build new factories and expand production.

WATCH: Biden visits Arizona semiconductor site, highlights job growth

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Joe Biden visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.

WATCH: Biden signs CHIPS and Science Act to stimulate U.S. semiconductor production

By Associated Press

The $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing is part of his administration's push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China.

House approves bill to boost computer chip industry

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.

Senate passes bill to boost computer chip production in U.S.

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States passed the Senate on Wednesday as lawmakers raced to finish work on a key priority of the Biden administration.

Bill to boost the semiconductor industry, high tech research passes key Senate test

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Senate has advanced a $280 billion bill designed to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry and to accelerate high tech research that backers say will be critical to the economy in future decades.