Honda announced the suspension of operations in five automotive manufacturing plants, citing the lack of legacy chips from Nexperia as the reason behind the move.
Texas Instruments has started producing 300mm wafers at its new Sherman, Texas mega-site, with the SM1 fab capable of outputting tens of millions of chips per day.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few.