OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took a whirlwind tour of the Far East last winter, meeting with high-powered execs from companies like TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix. However, according to a report in the New ...

During last winter's PR blitz, TSMC executives reportedly called OpenAI Sam Altman a "podcasting bro" and balked at his $7 trillion, 36-fab-plant proposal.

However, one of Altman's proposals was reportedly so outlandish that executives at TSMC mockingly referred to him as a "podcasting bro," according to sources. Altman, 39, has quickly become one of ...

Even for the boss of the world's biggest chipmaker, Sam Altman's chip plans are a lot. TSMC's CEO C.C. Wei said Tuesday that OpenAI's ambitions were "too aggressive." His comments follow reports ...

The talks were cordial, but TSMC officials made clear that the number of fabs Altman was proposing was too many, and TSMC feared it would not be able to operate the factories at the needed 80% or ...

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, ... TSMC makes semiconductors for Nvidia, the leading developer of A.I. chips. The plan would allow Nvidia to churn out more chips.

As part of his pitch to investors, Altman has proposed building dozens of chip foundries that would then be run by existing chip makers, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is talking to TSMC about fabricating AI chips. That’s according to a Financial Times story this morning, putting a name to yesterday’s Bloomberg report on Altman’s ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly trying to raise trillions of dollars for an initiative to boost the global manufacturing of semiconductors needed for artificial intelligence.