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Intel chief executive Patrick Gelsinger discusses developments in the technology industry, implications of geopolitical conflicts on global trade, and leadership lessons learned.

The electronics industry is unlikely to face significant supply chain disruptions despite a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake that rocked Taiwan and forced chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to halt operations temporarily.

AMD's next-gen Zen 5 won't have a monster 40% IPC improvement, recent leaks suggest somewhere in the 'teens or low to mid-twenties'.

Taiwan Earthquake: Taiwans earthquake impacts tech supply chain. Manufacturers face challenges in restoring operations. TSMC and Nvidia navigate potential disruptions. Pricing pressure expected in semiconductor industry. Short-term manufacturing disruptions anticipated globally.

NVIDIA says 'After consulting with our manufacturing partners, we don't expect any impact on our supply from the Taiwan earthquake'.

Taiwan Earthquake: Taiwan was rocked Wednesday by a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake with at least nine people killed and over 1000 injured, causing widespread disruption in chip fabrication plants located in Taiwan for a few hours.

SK hynix pushes past $100 billion market capetlization, becomes South Korea's second biggest company by market cap to Samsung, thanks to AI GPUs.

The quake produced terrifying scenes across the island and rattled the region. It also offered one more warning about the concentration of the supplies of key computing supplies.

A major earthquake in Taiwan has halted some TSMC chip production lines, potentially impacting the manufacture of Apple devices (via Bloomberg). A...

TSMC Plants: “Some of the high-end chips need 24/7 seamless operations in a vacuum state for a few weeks,” analysts Bum Ki Son and Brian Tan said. “Operation halts in Taiwan’s northern industrial areas could mean some high-end chips in production may be spoiled.”