Intel is setting aside over $2 billion to give to its employees
About $20,000 per employee
TSMC has received $4 billion from clients to reserve future manufacturing capacity
And to create more manufacturing capacity
Texas Instruments will start building new 300mm semiconductor wafer fabs next year
The construction site is located in Sherman, Texas, in an area with capacity for up to four fabs
Micron is building a $7B DRAM plant in Japan, will spend up to $150B for R&D over the next decade
The facility could become operational in 2024
Sony set to become a major customer of TSMC's first fab in Japan
TSMC and Sony are considering a $7 billion joint investment in a chip factory in western Japan
Intel breaks ground on two advanced chip fabs in Arizona
Intel is gearing up to eat TSMC's and Samsung's lunch
Intel will invest $94.7 billion to build chip fabs in Europe
The latest move amid a global race to expand chip manufacturing capacity
Intel has reportedly secured the majority of TSMC's 3nm production capacity
AMD and Apple won't be pleased
Intel says its US mega-fab will be a $120 billion "little city"
"I want to build factories a lot faster than we can today," said CEO Pat Gelsinger
TSMC is spending $100 billion on expansion and R&D across the next three years
Helping alleviate chip shortages, hopefully
Chip shortages expected to worsen as Texas fabs struggle to restart production
Potential price hikes incoming
Samsung ahead of TSMC as world's leading wafer manufacturer
Still not enough to satisfy demand, though
TSMC has now made over one billion 7nm chips
They could cover 13 Manhattan city blocks and pack one quintillion 7nm transistors
Intel is planning an $8 billion new manufacturing facility in Ireland
Intel is looking for ways to deal with increasing consumer demand
DRAM revenues to top $100 billion in 2018
DRAM fever to break by next year, say analysts