{"id":730,"date":"2023-05-24T03:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T03:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/chip-war-apple-strikes-major-us-made-semiconductor-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T03:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T03:50:41","slug":"chip-war-apple-strikes-major-us-made-semiconductor-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/chip-war-apple-strikes-major-us-made-semiconductor-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip war: Apple strikes major US-made semiconductor deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chip war: Apple strikes major US-made semiconductor deal<\/p>\n

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Apple says it has struck a multi-billion dollar deal with chipmaker Broadcom to use more US-made parts.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Under the multi-year agreement, the two US companies will develop components for 5G devices that will be designed and manufactured in America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple says the deal is part of a plan it announced in 2021 to invest $430bn (\u00a3346bn) in the US economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The move comes as a trade row centred on the technology industry intensifies between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The long-running dispute has seen the US impose a series of measures against China’s chip making industry and invest billions of dollars to boost America’s semiconductor sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent months, US tech giants have come under increased scrutiny from both Democrat and Republican lawmakers over their reliance on Chinese manufacturers and components.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple has been gradually diversifying its supply chains, with more of its devices now made in countries like India and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year, it said that it will buy semiconductors from a factory being built in the US state of Arizona by Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2022, Apple also announced plans to make the iPhone 14 in India, a significant milestone in the company’s strategy to diversify manufacturing outside of China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The move expanded the company’s Indian manufacturing operations – it has been making iPhones in the southern state of Tamil Nadu since 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month, Apple launched its first Indian retail stores – in the financial hub Mumbai and the country’s capital Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Under the latest deal, which expands the iPhone maker’s existing relationship with Broadcom, components for Apple devices will be designed and built in Colorado and other parts of the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We’re thrilled to make commitments that harness the ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit of American manufacturing,” Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tensions between the US and China have escalated in recent months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this week, China said products made by US memory chip giant Micron Technology were a national security risk, in Beijing’s first major move against a US chip maker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The country’s cyberspace regulator announced on Sunday that America’s biggest maker of memory chips poses “serious network security risks”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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