Toyota Profit Takes Hit From Supply-Chain Troubles, Higher Costs
Toyota TM -0.32% Motor Corp. on Thursday maintained its full-year outlook for production and operating profit, despite rising raw material...
Semiconductors
The Microchip Era Is Giving Way to the Megachip Age
If microchips were cities, the new, industrywide strategy for making them better could be summed up in one word: sprawl....
China Chases Chip-Factory Dominance—and Global Clout
China is leading the world in building new chip factories, a step toward achieving more self-sufficiency in semiconductors that could...
Samsung Floats Nearly $200 Billion Spend on New Texas Chip Plants in Next Decades
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. has floated the prospect of investing nearly $200 billion for 11 new chip-making plants in Texas...
Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill
Political wrangling in Congress over government funding for the semiconductor industry is leaving tens of billions of dollars of potential...
Micron Issues Muted Sales Forecast On Demand Weakness
Memory-chip maker Micron Technology issued a subdued revenue outlook, spooking investors even as it reported a strong rise in earnings...
U.S. Launches Initiatives to Boost Economic Ties With Taiwan
WASHINGTON—Amid growing tensions with China, the Biden administration is forging closer economic ties with Taiwan in areas including trade, supply...
WSJ News Exclusive | Broadcom in Advanced Talks to Buy VMware
Broadcom is in advanced talks to buy VMware according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for what...
Nvidia Agrees to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle SEC Probe Over Cryptomining Disclosure
WASHINGTON—Nvidia has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a regulatory investigation that found it didn’t adequately reveal the impact...
Apple’s Not-So-Secret Plan to Take Another Gigantic Bite of the Microchip Market
Apple AAPL -3.66% has shown it can design the brains of its devices, and is now poised to do something...
Intel Gave CEO Pay Package Worth Nearly $180 Million Amid Turnaround Effort
Intel Corp. awarded Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger compensation last year that could be worth nearly $180 million, tying much...
Chip Makers Stockpiled Key Materials Ahead of Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Production of vital raw materials for chip making is concentrated in Russia and Ukraine. The countries are a major source...
Intel CEO Sees Revenue Growth Gaining Pace Starting Next Year
Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger set a goal for the company to reach double-digit revenue growth in three to...
WSJ News Exclusive | Intel Nears Roughly $6 Billion Deal to Buy Tower Semiconductor
Intel Corp. is close to a deal to buy Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for nearly $6 billion, according...
Toshiba Looks to Split Two Ways Instead of Three
TOKYO— Toshiba Corp. TOSYY 0.92% revised its restructuring plan and said it wants to split into two parts instead of...
AMD’s Planned Purchase of Xilinx Clears Last Big Regulatory Hurdle
TOKYO—Chinese authorities approved U.S. chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s AMD -2.47% planned $35 billion purchase of Xilinx Inc., XLNX...
Chip Shortage Leaves U.S. Companies Dangerously Low on Semiconductors, Report Says
WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturers and other companies that use semiconductors are down to less than five days of inventory for key chips,...
WSJ News Exclusive | Ford Shuts Off Orders for New $20,000 Maverick Pickup
Ford F -1.26% Motor Co. is taking the unusual step of cutting off customer orders for the Maverick, a more-affordable...
Intel to Invest at Least $20 Billion in Ohio Chip-Making Facility
Intel Corp. INTC -2.95% plans to invest at least $20 billion in new chip-making capacity in Ohio, according to a...
Intel Erases Reference to China’s Xinjiang After Social-Media Backlash
SINGAPORE—Intel Corp. removed references to the Chinese region of Xinjiang from an open letter it sent suppliers last month, after...
