SoftBank-backed firm taking on AMD and Intel

ARM is apparently tired of flogging CPU blueprints and wants to play with the big boys by building its own chips. That means going head-to-head with Troubled Chipzilla and AMD in the high-stakes silicon game.

Worth $10 billion each

TSMC has announced that it is building four new fabs worth $10 billion each in Taiwan.

Will hire 40,000 people in transformation

Samsung has unveiled a $205 billion expansion that will see 40,000 people hired over the next three years.