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PHOENIX, Arizona -- On a late afternoon in autumn at Mesa Community College, a diverse group had gathered for their "Quick Start" class, including teenagers still considering their career options and workforce veterans looking for something new. [1]

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Applied Materials has unveiled its latest chipmaking equipment offering "atomic level" precision, as the U.S. supplier to TSMC, Intel and Samsung bets that demand for ever more powerful AI chips will continue to boom. [2]

PHOENIX, Arizona -- U.S. semiconductor investment is set to outpace that of major chip economies China, Taiwan and South Korea from 2027 amid a boom in AI demand and Washington's push to localize production, a SEMI forecast showed. [3]

Hi everyone! This is Cheng Ting-Fang, your #techAsia host this week. Greetings from the "Silicon Desert" of Arizona, where I have had the rare opportunity to visit Intel's newest and most advanced facility. [4]

Phoenix fire: Recycling facility blaze near Estrella in control, no injuries reported; videos A recycling facility fire in Phoenix’s Estrella area sent black smoke across the city as fire crews responded; video of the blaze was shared online. [5]

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Laughter, cheers and applause filled the Arizona Science Center on a rainy October morning as kids ran around a rack of white "bunny suits" in a mock semiconductor clean room. [6]

Robin Hu is advisory senior director at Temasek and emeritus Asia chairman of the Milken Institute. OpinionAsia is the testing ground for America's economic security strategy ![Avatar]( [7]

Rock Star Coating Pros Delivers Premium Pool Deck Resurfacing Solutions for Modern Outdoor Living Rock Star Coating Pros is helping homeowners and property owners across Phoenix, Arizona address worn and unsafe outdoor surfaces by delivering pool dec... (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-31 · 75% match

How Arizona is cultivating talent for a US chip revival

PHOENIX, Arizona -- On a late afternoon in autumn at Mesa Community College, a diverse group had gathered for their "Quick Start" class, including teenagers still considering their career options and workforce veterans looking for something new.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-10 · 75% match

Applied Materials says chipmaking is entering the 'atomic era'

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Applied Materials has unveiled its latest chipmaking equipment offering "atomic level" precision, as the U.S. supplier to TSMC, Intel and Samsung bets that demand for ever more powerful AI chips will continue to boom.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-08 · 71% match

US chip plant investment to outpace China, Taiwan and South Korea from 2027

PHOENIX, Arizona -- U.S. semiconductor investment is set to outpace that of major chip economies China, Taiwan and South Korea from 2027 amid a boom in AI demand and Washington's push to localize production, a SEMI forecast showed.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-10 · 70% match

China's wafer shake-up and the rise of 'Silicon Desert'

Hi everyone! This is Cheng Ting-Fang, your #techAsia host this week. Greetings from the "Silicon Desert" of Arizona, where I have had the rare opportunity to visit Intel's newest and most advanced facility.

[5] MM www.hindustantimes.com · 2026-03-22 · 41% match

Phoenix fire: Recycling facility blaze near Estrella in control, no injuries reported; videos

Phoenix fire: Recycling facility blaze near Estrella in control, no injuries reported; videos A recycling facility fire in Phoenix’s Estrella area sent black smoke across the city as fire crews responded; video of the blaze was shared online.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-05 · 60% match

US races to train tech workers for manufacturing, but will AI get the jobs first?

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Laughter, cheers and applause filled the Arizona Science Center on a rainy October morning as kids ran around a rack of white "bunny suits" in a mock semiconductor clean room.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-11 · 40% match

Asia is the testing ground for America's economic security strategy

Robin Hu is advisory senior director at Temasek and emeritus Asia chairman of the Milken Institute. OpinionAsia is the testing ground for America's economic security strategy ![Avatar](

[8] MM bignewsnetwork.com · 85% match

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Rock Star Coating Pros Delivers Premium Pool Deck Resurfacing Solutions for Modern Outdoor Living Rock Star Coating Pros is helping homeowners and property owners across Phoenix, Arizona address worn and unsafe outdoor surfaces by delivering pool dec

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-28 · 75% match

The 'TSMC effect' comes to Arizona as U.S. pushes chip ambitions

PHOENIX, U.S. -- Yalin Chen Dorman has been a real estate agent in Phoenix, Arizona, for 10 years, but only recently has she found herself doing much business in the northern part of the desert city.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-07 · 75% match

TSMC to triple U.S. chip investment to $40bn to serve Apple, others

SemiconductorsTSMC to triple U.S. chip investment to $40bn to serve Apple, others President Biden hails manufacturing revival in America TSMC is building a multibillion-dollar facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to produce cutting-edge chips for U.S.

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