Another potential headache for US data centers — Trump tariffs - POLITICO

The Trump administration is weighing a new round of sweeping tariffs on semiconductors, eight people familiar with discussions told POLITICO — despite warnings from tech companies that the move could doom U.S. hopes of dominating artificial intelligence...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/27/data-centers-chips-tariffs-threat-01050957

Trump clears way for Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China

Before Monday's announcement, the US had prohibited sales of Nvidia's most advanced chips to China over national security concerns...

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/08/trump-nvidia-ai-chips-china

How China Checkmated Trump in the Trade War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtY1d_Qp56M

The State of the AI Industry is Freaking Me Out - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0TpWitfxPk

Intel shares jump after report says Trump administration looking at stake

The potential investment, which would be paid for by the US government, would be used to develop Intel's factory hub in Ohio, according to Bloomberg. It would also help shore up the chipmaker's finances at a time when Intel has been slashing jobs as part of a wider cost-cutting drive…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/15/intel-shares-jump-after-report-says-trump-administration-looking-at-stake

 

Biden Aims to Bolster Chip Manufacturing, but More Investment May Be Needed - The New York Times

President Biden's announcement on Wednesday of an $8.5 billion federal grant to Intel to build some of the world's most advanced computer chips is one of the most remarkable American experiments in industrial policy since Dwight D. Eisenhower used federal funds to build the nation's highway system...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/politics/biden-chip-manufacturing.html

U.S. to give $1.5B to build computer-chip plant in New York state - The Washington Post

The massive grant, part of the Chips Act, will help the U.S. establish a homegrown supply for some of the most critical components of modern life...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/19/biden-billion-chip-grant-new-york/

Apple will use American-made chips from TSMC’s new Phoenix fab - The Verge

The two fabs will produce more than 600,000 wafers annually by 2026, which White House officials said will be enough to meet the entire US demand for advanced chips... 

"The progress we've made with Apple Silicon has transformed our devices," Cook said on Tuesday. "When you stop and think about it, it's extraordinary what chip technology can achieve. And now, thanks to the hard work of so many people, these chips can be proudly stamped 'Made in America.'"… This reshoring vigor culminated in the CHIPS and Science Act, a legislative package that contains $52 billion for domestic chip production. Biden signed the bill into law in August…

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/6/23497417/apple-tsmc-phoenix-fab-plans-biden-amd-nvidia

Opinion | Biden Just Clobbered China’s Chip Industry - The New York Times

"That's why I have been so impressed with the aggressive and creative way the Biden administration has gone about curtailing China's alarming, decades-long effort to build a domestic semiconductor industry that's independent from the rest of the world. This month, the Commerce Department announced a set of restrictions that prevent China from getting much of what it needs to establish a commanding position in the chip business. The government said the rules were meant to block "sensitive technologies with military applications" from being acquired by China's military and security services. With few exceptions, the sanctions prohibit China from buying the best American chips and the machines to build them, and even from hiring Americans to work on them. Analysts I spoke to said the rules will devastate China's domestic chip industry, potentially setting it back decades..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/opinion/biden-china-semiconductor-chip.html

Why is the US about to give away $52bn to corporations like Intel?

"It's pure extortion."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/26/us-chips-act-intel-robert-reich

FBI, Commerce agents probing American electronics in Russian military gear - The Washington Post

FBI and Commerce Department agents are visiting tech companies to ask about computer chips found in drones, other weaponry

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/15/us-computer-chips-russian-military/

Manufacturers have less than five days’ supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says - The Washington Post

…About 75 percent of chip production today takes place in East Asia, and over 90 percent of the most advanced chips are manufactured in Taiwan — a particular vulnerability for the United States, given China's aggression toward the democratic island, U.S. officials have said. 

Some lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have voiced opposition to the subsidies, saying the semiconductor industry is highly profitable and doesn't need federal aid…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/25/semiconductor-shortage-inventory-2022-chips/

Senate approves sprawling $250 billion bill to curtail China’s economic and military ambitions - The Washington Post

… The proposal commits billions of dollars in federal funds across a wide array of research areas. It pours more than $50 billion in immediate funding into U.S. businesses that manufacture the sort of ultrasmall, in-demand computer chips that power consumer and military devices, which many companies source from China. And it paves the way for the next generation of space exploration at a time when Washington and Beijing are increasingly setting their eyes on the stars...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/08/senate-china-science-technology/