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Micron Taiwan Sees Handful of Workers Strike for Greater Share of AI-Driven Profits

Micron Technology faces a workers’ strike in Taiwan over demands for higher bonuses and a greater share of AI-driven profits.

A small group of workers at Micron Technology’s Taoyuan plant in Taiwan staged a strike over bonuses and profit-sharing, with union chairman Jerry Lin vowing to continue pressing for the workers’ demands after negotiations failed to reach an agreement.

Micron Still Faces October 22 Taiwan Strike; Reaches Deal with Another Union

Micron workers at a manufacturing facility in Taiwan.

Micron has reached a labour-management agreement with a union at its Taichung operations in Taiwan, but a separate union’s planned October 22 strike over employee bonuses and profit-sharing remains unresolved.

Lisa Su Makes Quick Taiwan Detour as AMD Moves to Boost Chip Supply Amid AI Demand

AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su holds a chip during an AMD event. Su visited Taiwan on October 6 as the company moves to expand chip supply amid surging AI demand.

AMD CEO Lisa Su made a quick visit to Taiwan to meet key manufacturing partners as the chipmaker moves to expand CPU and GPU supply amid surging AI demand.

Society Needs to Adjust to AI Like It Did to Cars: Jensen Huang to AP

NVIDIA Chief Jensen says society needs to adjust to artificial intelligence like it did with cars.

Huang compared anxiety around AI to fear of cars among people in the old days.

Taiwan Arrests 3 in NVIDIA Chip Smuggling Probe Tied to China Export Ban

aiwanese prosecutors have arrested three people on suspicion of forging documents to ship advanced NVIDIA AI chips to China, Macao, and Hong Kong. 

Taiwan has arrested three people for allegedly forging documents to smuggle Nvidia AI servers to China, Macau, and Hong Kong. The servers, made by Super Micro Computer, contain chips the US has banned from sale to China since 2022.

China is “poaching” Talent, AI and Semiconductor Tech from Taiwan: Report

China has been accused of poaching talent from Taiwan in order to obtain AI and semiconductor technology.

China has been accused of poaching talent from Taiwan in order to obtain AI and semiconductor technology.