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☆ Intel, once a Silicon Valley star, has been floundering. Now it's mounting a turnaround.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

During his tenure as CEO, Grove transformed the chip company into a giant of Silicon Valley that, during the 1990s, was as important to the PC market as Microsoft. Pat Gelsinger, who has led Intel as CEO since 2021, has enacted a sweeping set of new initiatives to turn the chip company around. Its Gaudi 3 AI chip, unveiled as a rival to offerings from Nvidia and AMD, is expected to generate just $500 million in sales this year. Meanwhile, Alvin Nguyen, senior analyst at Forrester, told Business Insider that this is a big public win for Intel. Gelsinger's second headline announcement was that the company is establishing Intel Foundry as a separate subsidiary within Intel, with its own new operating board and independent directors.

Persons: —, Andrew Grove, he'd, Grove, Grove —, Pat Gelsinger, Gordon Moore, Gelsinger, HWA CHENG, Patrick Moorhead, Moorhead, Alvin Nguyen, Forrester, Gelsinger's, It's, Forrester's Nguyen, Bernstein Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Intel, Business, Nvidia, Gaudi, AMD, Revenue, HWA, Getty, Amazon Web Services, Intel Foundry, Reuters Locations: Silicon, Japan, Moore's, AFP, Poland, Germany, Arizona , Oregon, New Mexico, Ohio

☆ AMD jumps on earnings report that validates our decision to reinvest in the stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

AMD sold off on its first-quarter earnings report due in large part to its MI300 sales guidance falling short of sky-high expectations. Nvidia remains the dominant player in AI chips, but AMD is continuing to carve out a lane in the rapidly expanding market. Among the highlights, Su said Microsoft has expanded its use of the AI chips for certain software applications, including messaging app Teams. AMD's data center business is now nearly 50% of companywide revenues, up from 37% in the fourth quarter of 2023. Within data center, sales of both AI chips and traditional server chips will grow in the third quarter, Su said.

Persons: Lisa Su, Su, Jim Cramer, it's, —, FactSet, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Cheng Organizations: Revenue, AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Broadcom, Club, Microsoft, CNBC, Micro Devices, Afp, Getty Locations: Taipei

☆ The biggest winner from Tesla and Alphabet earnings? Jim Cramer says it's Nvidia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

What we learned from Tesla and Alphabet earnings gave us reasons to remain upbeat about Nvidia shares despite another brutal tech sell-off . Nvidia was the "big winner" Tuesday evening, Jim Cramer said Wednesday on CNBC. The Club stock was down only 3% at the time of Jim's comments. Following an earnings miss that pressured Tesla stock, CEO Elon Musk sang Nvidia's praises. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, we've, ChatGPT, Musk's, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Nvidia's, Blackwell, Jim, Jim Cramer's, Jensen Huang, Cheng Organizations: Nvidia, CNBC, The Club, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Devices, Google, Management, Club, AFP, Getty Locations: Taipei

☆ Insider Today: Asia's superpower clash
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The latest to get in on the act: Tesla, which is selling a $450 bottle of mezcal on its website. The election result was a blow to Modi, who has governed India for a decade with an increasingly firm grip. India watchers expect the country's new government to move slower on some issues following the surprise election result. NvidiaGoing up against Nvidia is generally considered a pretty bad idea for startups in Silicon Valley. But Silicon Valley often thrives when true technologists keep hacking away at something they believe in, even if everyone else thinks it's dumb.

Persons: —, Narendra Modi, SAJJAD HUSSAIN, Modi, He'll, Jamie Dimon, Dominic Bugatto, Alyssa Powell, hawking, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, HWA CHENG, Chelsea Jia Organizations: Service, Business, Bharatiya Janata Party's, Bharatiya Janata Party, titans, UN Security Council, Southern, Southern District of, Goldman, BI, HWA, Getty Images, Nvidia Locations: India, New Delhi, China, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Salt Lake City, Nashville, Atlanta, AFP, Silicon Valley

☆ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is given the rockstar treatment in AI-powerhouse Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Wayne Chang | Will Ripley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Taipei, Taiwan CNN —When Nvidia surpassed Apple this week to become America’s second most valuable company, its CEO Jensen Huang was being feted like a rockstar in his birthplace Taiwan. Taiwan media has dubbed the phenomenon “Jensanity.”He’s not the only celebrity CEO in town. The United States has imposed a number of restrictions on the export of AI chips to China. Late last year, Chinese tech giants like Tencent were rushing to stockpile AI chips before those curbs took hold. “Taiwan in particular is very important to the semiconductor ecosystem.”People attend Computex 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, ”, gesturing, ” He’s, Lisa Su, Pat Gelsinger, Cristiano Amon, —, isn’t, Hwa Cheng, OpenAI, ” Christopher Miller, China’s, “, CNN Huang, Computex, Lai Ching, AMD’s Su, We’ve, Joe Biden Organizations: Taiwan CNN, Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, Getty, “ Tech, Technology, CNN, Media, Communist Party, United, “, Chips Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, Computex, AFP, Beijing, United States, China, “ Taiwan, America, Asia

☆ China's war drills around Taiwan enter Day 2. Here's what it means for cross-strait relations
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Members of Taiwan's military conduct routine exercises at Liaoluo Port in Kinmen on May 24, 2024. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images) I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty ImagesChina's latest military exercises around Taiwan risk escalating cross-strait tensions — but war remains unlikely, political observers say. Beijing warned that the two-day drills, which continued on Friday, were aimed at punishing the island's new President Lai Ching-te for his "hostility and provocations." The drills are "legitimate, timely and entirely necessary," as acts of "Taiwan independence" in any form "cannot be tolerated," it added. "This pretext for conducting military exercises not only does not contribute to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, but also highlights its hegemonic nature," the ministry said.

Persons: HWA CHENG, Cheng, Lai Ching, Lai, Xi Jinping, China's, Lai —, Wang Yi, Nancy Pelosi's, Xi, Joe Biden, Gabriel Wildau Organizations: HWA, Getty, Afp, Xinhua, Atlantic, China's Ministry of National Defense, Liberation Army, PLA, Eastern, Command, U.S ., Fujian, Guard, U.S, APEC, Teneo Intelligence, Republicans Locations: Liaoluo, Kinmen, China, Taiwan, AFP, Beijing, Eurasia, Republic of China, People's Republic of China, United States, U.S

☆ Don't think all Nvidians are now rich, says one engineer
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAn Nvidia engineer who makes $250,000 a year said the amount employees make at the chip giant was "not as rosy" as some might think. He told Business Insider that while some Nvidians may be lucky enough to be millionaires, "a million doesn't go too far." The software engineer didn't want to be identified as he's not authorized to speak to the media. AdvertisementThat means that a Nvidia employee earning $1 million a year may not be considered rich in a place like San Francisco. "I'm really happy with the price Nvidia stock is trading at."

Persons: —, didn't, he's, There's, Charles Schwab, I'm, I've, it's, Jensen Huang, HWA CHENG Organizations: Service, Business, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Social Security, Charles Schwab Modern Wealth Survey, HWA, Getty, Bloomberg Locations: Coast, California, San Francisco, India, AFP

☆ Taiwan's political disrupter could be kingmaker in a split parliament. Here's why it matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate Ko Wen-je speaks during an interview in New Taipei City on December 12, 2023. He urged his disappointed young supporters, some of them crying, not to give up, and framed himself as a one-man social movement crusading for political change. Since this social movement has not fully materialized, let's keep working hard," the former Taipei City Mayor told supporters in Mandarin. That kind of populist messaging appeals to people who feel like Taiwan's current economic and political system is not benefiting them. Taiwan's young and restlessIn any case, Taiwan's two major parties now face a battle to cater to younger voters that could come at the expense of older votes or a focus on broader strategic interests.

Persons: Ko Wen, Cheng, we'll, Ko, let's, Wei, Ting Yen, Sara Newland, Taiwan's, Newland, Lai Ching, Taiwan People's Party —, —, Yuan, Beijing's, Tsai Ing, Annice Lyn, Xi Jinping, Lily, Hwa CHENG, HWA CHENG, Ho Organizations: Taiwan People's Party, AFP, Getty, TAIPEI, Taipei City Mayor, Democratic Progressive Party, Kuomintang, Franklin, Marshall College, CNBC, Sara Newland Smith, Ko's, Taipei, KMT, Smith College, National Taiwan University, Democratic, Chinese Communist Party, HWA, Afp, Sunflower Movement Locations: Taiwan, New Taipei City, China, Taipei, Xinzhuang, AFP

☆ Shut out of the high-flying Super Six? Here are some entry prices to consider
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

The goal: Determine entry points for investors who don't currently have a position. If you already own shares, consider your cost basis and last buy for entry points. Microsoft Three potential entry points: $380, $365 and $342. Alphabet Three potential entry points: $140, $130 and $120. It doesn't mean we will necessarily upgrade all a stock if it reaches one of the entry points discussed above.

Persons: Apple, that's, MSFT, It's, we're, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jensen Huang, Cheng Organizations: Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Semiconductor, Vision, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Nvidia Corp, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Thursday's, Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Taiwan has chosen its new president. What’s at stake and how might China respond?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Nectar Gan | Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The world was watching to see not only who won the election, but how democratic Taiwan’s authoritarian neighbor will respond. China’s ruling Communist Party views Taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it. In an initial response, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said Taiwan’s presidential election result “will not change the basic layout and course of development in cross-strait relations.”“Taiwan is China’s Taiwan,” he said. Taiwan's Vice President and presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Lai Ching-te speaks during a campaign rally in Keelung on January 8, 2024. In August 2022, China staged massive war games around Taiwan to show its displeasure with then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei.

Persons: Lai Ching, Xi, China’s, ” Xi, ”, Amanda Hsiao, ” Hsiao, Lai, Chen Binhua, Hwa Cheng, “, Wen, doesn’t, Hsiao, Nancy Pelosi’s, Lai’s, Yuan Organizations: CNN, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, Party, Taiwan, Communist, International Crisis, Taiwan Affairs Office, Getty, China’s Taiwan Affairs, Atlantic, US Locations: China, Beijing, Taiwan, Taipei, United States, Japan, Keelung, AFP, ” Beijing, “, South, Washington

☆ Nvidia’s AI Boom Almost Blows Past Politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, last month in Taipei. Photo: i-hwa cheng/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesNvidia rules the artificial intelligence world, but that world is getting a little smaller—and more crowded. The chip maker now synonymous with AI reported another quarter of blowout sales and earnings growth late Tuesday. Nvidia’s strong lead in the chips necessary to power generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT is also evident in its surging bottom line. Adjusted operating margins hit a record high of 64% in the fiscal third quarter ended October, far above the company’s average of 38% for the same quarter over the past five years.

Persons: Jensen Huang, hwa cheng Organizations: Nvidia, Agence France, Revenue Locations: Taipei

☆ Nvidia and AMD CEOs: Two of the world’s most powerful tech execs come from the same Taiwanese family
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Michelle Toh | Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The chief executives of Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) aren’t just two of the most powerful people in the global AI chip industry, they’re also family. “For almost half a century now, Taiwan’s economy has been centered on electronics production, chip assembly, chip manufacturing, chip design, everything semiconductors. According to Nvidia, Huang was born in 1963 in Taipei before moving to the southern city of Tainan. “I would say anyone who logs on the internet is likely touching not just one, but dozens and hundreds of Nvidia and AMD chips,” said Miller. I would say anyone who logs on the internet is likely touching not just one, but dozens and hundreds of Nvidia and AMD chips.

Persons: Taipei CNN — Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, they’re, Su, Jean Wu, Wu, Huang, ” Su, ” Wu, ” Christopher Miller, ”, it’s, there’s, Hwa Cheng, Edith Yeung, Miller, Robyn Beck, AMD’s, Florence Lo, “, Christopher Miller Organizations: Taipei CNN, Nvidia, AMD, CNN, Consumer Technology Association, rockstar, Technology, Bloomberg, Getty, Race Capital, ASUS, Consumer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, Stanford University, McKinsey, Associated Press, CTA Locations: Hong Kong, Taipei, Taiwan, United States, China, Silicon Valley, Silicon, Tainan, Thailand, Washington, Kentucky, New York City, Las Vegas, AFP, Santa Clara , California

☆ Nvidia Touches $1 Trillion Market Cap
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nvidia's stock soared last week after the company said the AI boom is translating into record sales. (I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg News)Chip maker Nvidia is on pace to enter an exclusive club of companies with a $1 trillion-market capitalization. Its shares would need to close at $404.858 or higher to reach a $1 trillion market cap, according to Dow Jones Market Data based on the latest shares outstanding. The stock recently traded around $408.

☆ Taiwan says US officials have visited to discuss concerns about chip subsidies
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-Hua and the Speaker of the Czech Republic parliament Marketa Pekarova Adamova attend a Taiwan-Czech Joint Business Council Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/I-Hwa ChengTAIPEI, March 31 (Reuters) - The United States has sent officials to Taiwan to listen to concerns in the chip industry about the criteria for new U.S. semiconductor subsidies, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Friday. The criteria are worrying companies like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) and SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday, a concern shared by the world's leading contract chipmaker in Taiwan, TSMC (2330.TW). "The U.S. side has sent relevant officials to Taiwan to listen to the industry's opinions, to collect their views," she added, without giving details. "Following on, if the industry needs the government to help communicate with the United States, the Economy Ministry will certainly assist with communication," Wang said.

☆ Taiwan welcomes large Czech delegation after Honduras shifts allegiance to China
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The roughly 150-person Czech delegation arrived in Taipei on Saturday, led by the speaker of the lower chamber of the Czech parliament, Marketa Pekarova Adamova. "This visit of the delegation to Taiwan certainly represents that Taiwan is in a democratic alliance," she said. Pekarova Adamova, who is due to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen later on Monday, told the business forum that Taiwan was a crucial investment partner for her country. "Taiwan is not only an important economic partner but also a friendly and democratic partner and deserves our attention and support." Newly elected Czech president Petr Pavel drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing in January after taking a call from Tsai, a clear shift from his predecessor's attempts to win Chinese business.

☆ China protests 'vile' Taiwan visit by German minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has ramped up military, political and economic pressure to assert those claims. The politically sensitive visit is taking place as Berlin is reviewing its previously close ties with China. In January, a visit to Taiwan by a delegation of high-ranking lawmakers from the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), the smallest party in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, also led to protests from Beijing. "It is a great pleasure and honour for me to be the first minister heading a specialist government department to visit Taiwan in 26 years," she added. Given the sensitivity of the trip, Stark-Watzinger is not scheduled to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

☆ Taiwan to give cash payouts to citizens in 'New Year blessing'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] People wearing face masks as precaution against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shop at a market in Keelung, Taiwan April 28, 2022. REUTERS/I-Hwa ChengTAIPEI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to give cash payouts of nearly $200 to every citizen this year, Premier Su Tseng-chang announced on Wednesday, saying the island's economic growth will be shared by everyone. Su said a total of T$140 billion, part of the tax revenue, would be spent as cash payouts and each citizen would get T$6,000 ($195.61). "We wish to give all citizens a New Year blessing after the beginning of the Lunar New Year," Su told reporters, referring to the week-long holiday that starts on Jan. 20. $1 = 30.6740 Taiwan dollars)Reporting By Yimou Lee and Jeanny Kao; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ IPhone maker Foxconn reveals its electric car future
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Lordstown Motors sold the factory to Foxconn earlier this year while Foxconn, in turn, agreed to build Lordstown’s electric pickup, the Endurance, there. Another California-based startup, Indi EV, has also agreed to have Foxconn build its car, the Indi One, there. Aside from road-going automobiles, Foxconn has also agreed to build an electric farm tractor, the Monarch MK-V, at the factory. Luxgen’s parent company, Yulon Group, and Foxconn created a joint venture called Foxtron in 2021 to develop and manufacture electric vehicles. Various Foxconn companies are part of an large industry group called the MIH, or Mobility in Harmony, consortium, which is jointly developing the basic electric vehicle engineering platform that underlies Foxconn’s electric vehicles.

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