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U.S. Announces Samsung Electronics Incentives for Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

billion grant awarded to Taiwan based TSMC to build advanced semiconductor fab capabilities in Arizona. As noted in a prior Supply Chain Matters semiconductor supply chain commentary, The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that Samsung Electronics would be doubling its planned U.S. The move follows a $6.6

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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TSMC Ups its Investment in U.S. Based Semiconductor Fab Production

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights added information regarding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) expanded presence and investment in U.S. These are the smallest and most technology advanced chips currently available, and for the most part, production has come directly from the chip maker’s Taiwan based facilities.

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The World’s Most Vulnerable Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology won the Financial Time’s business book of the year award. It also provides a good explanation for why the semiconductor supply chain is the world’s most vulnerable supply chain. technology. It produces the world’s most sophisticated chips.

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Automation is here and transforming logistics

Resilinc

Union leaders who represent dock workers may feel like that future has already arrived, as they fight against the automation of ports. Pacific Coast—see automation as vital to their businesses’ survival. The automated terminal handled about 5 million of Shanghai’s 43.5 million TEU (a TEU is a 20-foot container) in 2020.