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Mohawk Auto Group gifts meals to food pantries
SCHENECTADY, NY (NEWS10) — Mohawk Honda and Mohawk Chevrolet kicked off the season of giving by donating to two local food pantries, as the rise in food prices are fueling an influx of demand for food donations across the Capital Region. Mohawk Auto Group partnered with Schenectady Inner City Ministry and the Wilton Food Pantry to provide non-perishable food to families in need.
Both Schenectady Inner City Ministry and Wilton Food Pantry have seen a volume increase ranging from 40 to 60% as families struggle with rising prices due to inflation. The current volume of families that use these services is double that seen during the pandemic, according to pantry representatives.
During the month of November, both dealerships held a food drive where customers and employees made donations. On Tuesday, Mohawk Honda employees dropped off those donations at Schenectady Inner City Ministry. They delivered three cars worth of nonperishable food. Mohawk Chevrolet employees visited the Wilton Food Pantry Thursday and dropped off more than two cars full of goods.
“These donations will feed 1,500 families in the community; that is roughly 400 families a week,” said Schenectady Inner City Ministry Food Justice Initiatives Manager Thomas Schofield. “This is a tremendous gift right before the holidays.”
Both dealerships received a tour around the facilities and a demonstration of the process of providing food to community members. To learn more about Mohawk Auto Group’s volunteer efforts, visit their Facebook pages.
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… Read MoreTim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the US at the Arizona factory
apples CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple will buy US-made microchips at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, where President Joe Biden also spoke.
Cook said Apple would buy processors made in a new Arizona factory, according to a video from the event.
“And now, thanks to the hard work of so many people, these chips can be proudly stamped Made in America,” Cook said. “This is an incredibly significant moment.”
The chip factories will be owned and operated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the largest foundry company with over half of the global market share. TSMC produces the most advanced processors, including the chips in the latest iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The plants will be capable of manufacturing the 4-nanometer and 3-nanometer chips that are used for advanced processors such as Apple’s A-series and M-series and Nvidia‘s graphics processors.
“Today is only the beginning,” Cook said. “Today we’re combining TSMC’s expertise with the unrivaled ingenuity of American workers. We are investing in a stronger brighter future, we are planting our seed in the Arizona desert. And at Apple, we are proud to help nurture its growth.”
“Apple had to buy all the advanced chips from overseas, now they’re going to bring more of their supply chain home,” Biden said. “It could be a game-changer.”
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook looks on during US President Joe Biden’s visit to TSMC AZ’s first Fab (Semiconductor Fabrication Plant) in P1A (Phase 1A), in Phoenix, Arizona, December 6, 2022.
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters
TSMC currently does most of its manufacturing in Taiwan, which has raised questions from US and European lawmakers about securing supply in the potential event of a Chinese invasion or other regional issues. Chip companies such as Nvidia and Apple design their own chips but outsource the manufacturing to companies like TSMC and Samsung Foundry.
The factories in Arizona will be partially subsidized by the US government. Earlier this year, Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, which includes billions of dollars in incentives for companies that build chip manufacturing capabilities on US soil.
TSMC said on Tuesday that it would spend $40 billion on the two Arizona plants. The first plant in Phoenix is expected to produce chips by 2024. The second plant will open in 2026, according to the Biden administration.
The TSMC plants will produce 600,000 wafers per year when fully operational, which is enough to meet US annual demand, according to the National Economic Council.
The US plants will be a small fraction of TSMC’s total capacity, which produced 12 million wafers in 2020.
amd CEO Lisa Su said in remarks on Tuesday that AMD plans to be a significant user of the TSMC Arizona fabs.
American chip company Intel has also said it wants to compete for Apple’s business and is building chip factories in Arizona and Ohio, which are expected to be partially subsidized by the CHIPS act.
Last year, Intel said it would act as a foundry for other companies, although its manufacturing abilities currently lag behind TSMC’s. That makes Intel less attractive for the fastest chips.