#tsmc

[gladosluver]

TWILIGHT SYNDROME MURDER GAYS 🔥🔥‼️💥

FACT: the very first dubganronpa was created nearly 3 years ago, and this is a throwback to the original "plot" of it where junko just kinda hated gay people. it was shared privately and is SUPER janky so yall wouldnt know that if i didnt tell u. IT ALSO EXPLAINS THE HOMOPHOBIA I GUESS

moral of the story: the plot was lost before it even began.

there WILL be a behind the scenes/outtakes video of this since there was SO MUCH that got cut out

[ifater-tech]

Az USA korlátozza a fejlett AI chipek Kínába exportálását

Az Egyesült Államok kereskedelmi minisztériuma elrendelte a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a világ legnagyobb chipgyártója számára, hogy függessze fel a fejlett mesterséges intelligencia (AI) chipek szállítását kínai ügyfeleknek. A korlátozás a 7 nanométeres és annál fejlettebb technológiával készült chipekre vonatkozik, amelyek AI gyorsítókban és GPU-kban használhatók.

Az ügy hátterében a Kínai és az Egyesült Államok közt évek óta zajló kereskedelmi háború áll, mely során többek között a 2019-ben éppen vezető okostelefon- és hálózati eszköz gyártó Huawei-t minden USA területén bejegyzett licensz használatáról letiltották és az akkor illetve azóta tiltólistára került céggekkel bármely az Egyesült Államokban jegyzett licenszt érintő  kereskedelmi kapcsolatot csak külön engedéllyel kaphatnak az aztoka használó vállalatok. Ennek értelmében a TSMC nemrégiben értesítette az amerikai hatóságokat, hogy egyik chipjét a Huawei Ascend 910B AI processzorában találták meg és a TSMC egy vásárlója, a kínai Sophgo chiptervező sértette meg az export korlátozásokat.

Az USA egyre szigorúbban lép fel a Kínába irányuló technológiai exporttal szemben. A hónap elején a GlobalFoundries chipgyártót 500 ezer dolláros büntetéssel sújtották, mert engedély nélkül szállított a kínai SMIC-nek. Az amerikai politikusok további szigorításokat követelnek, és aggodalmukat fejezték ki az exportkorlátozások gyengesége miatt. A Biden-kormány további korlátozásokat tervez, de a törvények módosítása késik.

Kína eközben felkészül a további amerikai szankciókra. Nagy erőkkel vásárolják fel a chipgyártó eszközöket, új szövetségeket kötnek, és szakembereket toboroznak. Olyan országokkal működnének együtt, amelyek nem értenek egyet az USA politikájával, és igyekeznek önfenntartóvá válni a chipgyártásban. Mindezzel együtt a fejlett AI chipek exportjának korlátozása komoly csapást jelenthet Kína technológiai ambícióira, és tovább fokozhatja a két ország közötti feszültséget.

Forrás: Reuters

[jjmcquade-misc]

China and the chip manufacturing.

An highly predictable news, but not that soon, this will become also a problem for the whole industries, a competitors out of the control from western, a lesson to learn from this step by step on how self damage an economic system with arrogance.

[taiwantalk]

I think Taiwan should build underground tsmc chip factories in western ukraine. and just also build hyperloop or regular giant tunnels between ukraine and Poland.

ukraine is technologically savvy and could produce quality chips for Europe

And then tsmc can set up corporate offices in Poland.

[older-brother-kit]

The Sibling Matchmakers Club

Ch. 6: And So It Begins

here’s the link to the latest chapter on AO3!

normally I’d post the full chapter here as well but I thought it’d be easier not to this time since I doubt a lot of people remember this story and I know it’s kind of a dead fandom at this point. either way, here’s the first chapter on both tumblr and AO3 for anyone who’d like to check it out! it’s a Parent Trap AU for Herongraystairs, with Mina, James, and Lucie getting switched!

[azspot]

But over the next two years, Bruce came to realize that the reality of working at TSMC wasn’t exactly what he had envisioned. While working on nanometer-level processes to make state-of-the-art chips, he struggled with language barriers, long hours, and a strict hierarchy. Bruce soon began second-guessing what he had signed up for. The plant, which was originally set to begin operating in 2024, fell woefully behind schedule; production at the facility is now set to start in 2025. Bruce, who said he signed a confidentiality agreement with TSMC, requested anonymity for this story.

He wasn’t the only one disappointed with TSMC’s progress in Arizona — other U.S. workers who spoke to Rest of World echoed Bruce’s concerns. In the past two years, the company has relocated hundreds of Taiwanese workers and their families to Arizona. Instead of a gleaming new facility, these workers found an active construction site, and a company struggling to bridge Taiwanese and American professional and cultural norms. 

Over the past four months, Rest of World spoke with more than 20 current and former TSMC employees — from the U.S. and Taiwan — at the Arizona plant. All of them requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media or because they feared retaliation from the company. In February, Rest of World traveled to Phoenix to visit the growing TSMC complex and spend time with the nascent community of transplanted Taiwanese engineers. 

The American engineers complained of rigid, counterproductive hierarchies at the company; Taiwanese TSMC veterans described their American counterparts as lacking the kind of dedication and obedience they believe to be the foundation of their company’s world-leading success.

[arcticdementor]

The Biden administration recently promised it will finally loosen the purse strings on $39 billion of CHIPS Act grants to encourage semiconductor fabrication in the U.S. But less than a week later, Intel announced that it’s putting the brakes on its Columbus factory. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has pushed back production at its second Arizona foundry. The remaining major chipmaker, Samsung, just delayed its first Texas fab.  This is not the way companies typically respond to multi-billion-dollar subsidies. So what explains chipmakers’ apparent ingratitude? In large part, frustration with DEI requirements embedded in the CHIPS Act.  Commentators have noted that CHIPS and Science Act money has been sluggish. What they haven’t noticed is that it’s because the CHIPS Act is so loaded with DEI pork that it can’t move.

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Handouts abound. There’s plenty for the left—requirements that chipmakers submit detailed plans to educate, employ, and train lots of women and people of color, as well as “justice-involved individuals,” more commonly known as ex-cons. There’s plenty for the right—veterans and members of rural communities find their way into the typical DEI definition of minorities. There’s even plenty for the planet: Arizona Democrats just bragged they’ve won $15 million in CHIPS funding for an ASU project fighting climate change. That project is going better for Arizona than the actual chips part of the CHIPS Act. Because equity is so critical, the makers of humanity’s most complex technology must rely on local labor and apprentices from all those underrepresented groups, as TSMC discovered to its dismay.  Tired of delays at its first fab, the company flew in 500 employees from Taiwan. This angered local workers, since the implication was that they weren’t skilled enough. With CHIPS grants at risk, TSMC caved in December, agreeing to rely on those workers and invest more in training them. A month later, it postponed its second Arizona fab. Now TSMC has revealed plans to build a second fab in Japan. Its first, which broke ground in 2021, is about to begin production. TSMC has learned that when the Japanese promise money, they actually give it, and they allow it to use competent workers. TSMC is also sampling Germany’s chip subsidies, as is Intel.

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In short, the world’s best chipmakers are tired of being pawns in the CHIPS Act’s political games. They’ve quietly given up on America. Intel must know the coming grants are election-year stunts — mere statements of intent that will not be followed up. Even after due diligence and final agreements, the funds will only be released in dribs and drabs as recipients prove they’re jumping through the appropriate hoops. For instance, chipmakers have to make sure they hire plenty of female construction workers, even though less than 10 percent of U.S. construction workers are women. They also have to ensure childcare for the female construction workers and engineers who don’t exist yet. They have to remove degree requirements and set “diverse hiring slate policies,” which sounds like code for quotas. They must create plans to do all this with “close and ongoing coordination with on-the-ground stakeholders.”  No wonder Intel politely postponed its Columbus fab and started planning one in Ireland. Meanwhile, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was launching a CHIPS-funded training program for historically black colleges.

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This is the stuff declining empires are made of. As America pursues national security by building a diverse workforce, China does it by building warships.  The CHIPS Act’s current identity as a jobs program for favored minorities means companies are forced to recruit heavily from every population except white and Asian men already trained in the field. It’s like fishing in all the places you aren’t getting bites.

[imjustexistingtbh]

im fine.

[teaite]

Manuel started really quickly flirting with Gina but she said no. even if they have really good chemistry, she wouldn’t let him flirt with her. she just thought of him as her friend and nothing more.

He thought Gina is gold-digger but she quickly changed his mind and he decided to leave after being embarrassed.

she really should change her friend circle ngl. i mean she’s looking for spouse not for quick money. if she was like that she would go for Carlos Contender and not  for someone much younger than him

[kramlabs]

Warren Buffet: “seismic action” event planned on TSMC?

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ASML:

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But is it Dutch as in East India Dutch?

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H/t: @tomorrowmaybetomorrowmaybe

[bitcoinversus]

Arizona to Gain 20,000 Construction Jobs from TSMC's New Fabs

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is advancing U.S. semiconductor manufacturing with its substantial investment in Arizona. The company plans to build three state-of-the-art fabrication plants (fabs) in Phoenix, representing the largest foreign direct investment in a greenfield project in U.S. history. This initiative is expected to create over 6,000 high-tech, high-wage jobs and…

[gladosluver]

! FAKE BLOOD/DEATH WARNING !

sato death recreation irl by yours truly

guess who convinced their only 2 irls to be tsmc trio (we had a hajime but they moved out of the prefecture and told nobody)

despite doing adobe stuff for years now, and literally being adobe certified, i specialize in vector graphics. i rarely ever edit real photos, so this was really difficult and tbh doesnt really look that nice BUT i tried and slayed and thats all that matters

alt stuff v

we had about 3 minutes to get these pictures so theyre not thattt accurate. right when this photo was taken 5 administrators walked by but since we were in the art hallway i guess they thought we were taking reference photos or something

i always found the concept of games blurring/censoring gore and death WAYYY more disturbing than just showing the actual thing, especially when layered over the face. the absence of something so distinct and defining. the presence of a simple jarring black box where there should be someone you once knew. you know whats supposed to be there, but it just. isnt. it makes you feel like you werent supposed to see it

anyways heres some adventures from the day

i had to create a Little Guy in another artists style so i quickly made this mizuiyama chibi and clicked one button and. this happened. i cant recreate this no matter how hard i try. it took up the ENTIRE DAMN PASTEBOARD and made my computer lag

when taking the photos me and 'mahiru' (not using their real name for privacy) went out into the hallway and i tried to say "lets do a photoshoot" and "take photos of me" at the same time. but instead i looked them dead in the eyes and said "shoot me."

dont tell 'natsumi' this but the original plan was yui/licorne/kyoko but she started singing the usa national anthem for some fucking reason and i changed it up at the last second because i wanted an excuse to beat her on her big head.... someone brought a giant bento box in a very conveniently-swingable bag and when i tell you that shit was CALLING to me like the green goblin mask..

theres some event going on where students were supposed to be characters and one of our classmates was a teletubby and since we were some of the only people dressed up for the occasion it looked a bit like this

no joke when i walked in NOBODY was being cool then suddenly i saw TWO PEOPLE COSPLAYING PIECES OF TOAST. JUST. GIANT BROWN SQUARES. RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY. GIGGLING. a few other people in the design program were dressed as stitch and someone came up to them and said "i used to be scared of you little shits"

even tho this is "cringe" or whatever 1) we all die in the end so be free 2) i only get to see them for a few hours a week so we had to embrace this. also i was stranded at the school for over half an hour after this in the freezing cold whoopsies. i did have a little scare when a police car pulled up and i thought they got my ass for something i didnt even know i did

[trendynewsnow]

Biden Administration Finalizes $6.6 Billion Grant Agreement with TSMC for U.S. Chip Manufacturing

Biden Administration Finalizes Historic Grant Agreement with TSMC On Friday, the Biden administration announced the completion of a significant agreement to provide Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) with up to $6.6 billion in grants. This initiative is part of a broader effort by federal officials to enhance U.S. chip manufacturing capabilities before the conclusion of President…

[unita2org]

CINA RISPONDE A LETTERA USA A TSMC: "UN CLASSICO MODO DI FARE NON DA MERCATO"

2024-11-14 16:36:53 Durante una conferenza stampa ordinaria convocata dal ministero cinese del Commercio, il portavoce del dicastero, He Yongqian, ha risposto a domande in merito alla lettera inviata dal dipartimento del Commercio USA alla Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) per imporre restrizioni all’esportazione di alcuni chip complessi da 7 nm o di progettazione più avanzata…

[lionmageaz]

TSMC Employees In Arizona Have Sued The Semiconductor Giant Over Unlawful Favoritism Being Shown To Taiwanese Workers At The Facility

"Kotchen & Low recently won a class action lawsuit against Cognizant over favoring Indian workers on H-1B visas over local hires."

You don't say?

[older-brother-kit]

BIG UPDATE: me and The Sibling Matchmakers Club

hey everyone. it’s sure been a while!! two years have came and went, new books in the series have been released, and I haven’t updated my main fic TSMC in a long long time. if you don’t know who I am or remember me, I’m Ellie and I’ve written a couple fics but mainly The Sibling Matchmakers Club which is a parent trap AU for TSC on here and ao3!

here’s the link!

for anyone still interested (if anyone is still here and interested in TSC lol) I’m actually planning to update! a lot of things happened and life was too hard to write for a while, but I never actually lost interest in that fic and I always wanted to go back to complete it. now is that time!

I am going to be updating TSMC on a day this coming week!

I’m even planning to start working on chapter 7 directly after I post chapter 6 and already have it all planned in detail, so all hope is not lost!! TSMC will be completed no matter what!!! I still remember when I first came up with this idea and outlined/planned the entire story, and I never lost that excitement for it. I also want to really thank everyone who ever supported me in my writing, and everyone who left comments both on AO3 and on here!! <3 <3 <3 those comments (especially the ao3 ones I’ve gotten throughout the past 2 years) have especially kept me determined to finish it!

I also have a couple halfway finished one-shots for TSC that I plan to complete!

those won’t be out as soon since I want to focus only on TSMC for the moment, but know that I have 2 separate one-shots that are halfway done! one is a Kitty AU where they’re college students stuck in a snowstorm (that I wrote the first half of on Valentine’s Day of 2020… now isn’t that crazy) and the other is a family centered fic about Kit learning to deal with affection from Jem and Tessa! so those will be out at some point as well!

that is all, thank you for reading and if you remember TSMC or are interested in any of this please let me know <3 thank you again!!