TSMC Dodges US Chip Tariffs - MOSK: 08.08.2025

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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- TSMC Arizona Plants Leave it Exempt from 100% Chip/Semi Tariffs - IDC: Global Tablet Shipments Up in June-Q, But… - Japan Forcing iPhone Open to More Browser Engines - Second Round of __OS 26 Betas Out to Public Testers - Apple Maps Rolling Biking Directions Out to Hong Kong and Taiwan - Formula One Group Cites “F1: The Movie” in Billion-Dollar Earnings - Checking in on the Saint Paul cyberattack plus an upcoming tweak to the iPhone and iPad Wi-Fi picker on Checklist No. 435 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Good news for one Apple partner, a big quarter for tablets.
0:13.4	And you will never guess what movie Formula One group likes.
0:17.9	It is Friday the 8th of August 2025.
0:26.5	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:34.1	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you. Patrons through Patreon.
0:42.2	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS cam.
0:48.7	Before we get into the show, this is going to be kind of cryptic, and it's not going to mean anything to most people listening, but if at the other show you were one of the people who wrote to my mom
0:58.6	to say happy birthday, that was 20 years ago this week. Thanks for being here.
1:09.9	More good news for Apple on the tariff front.
1:13.3	A piece from Bloomberg says the Cooperino Company's chip-making partner TSM
1:18.0	will also avoid President Trump's 100% tariff on chips and semiconductors imported into the U.S.
1:27.0	During Wednesday's press avail in the Oval Office with Apple CEO Tim Cook,
1:32.0	Trump said companies either building in the U.S.
1:34.7	or with firm plans to build in the U.S. would be exempt from his
1:38.6	somewhat squishy tariff proclamation.
1:42.8	Still, that seems to have been good enough for the Ministry of Taiwan's National Development
1:47.3	Council.
1:49.1	Bloomberg had him saying Thursday that TSM is exempted from the chip tariffs because it
1:55.4	set up plants in the U.S.
1:58.9	Second quarter was a good quarter for tablets in general and iPad in particular, it seems.
2:05.5	That is the word from IDC.
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